The October was a challenging month for the project team of MarTech LNG. After the LNG shipping seminars celebrated a successful start in the ports of Esbjerg and Fredrikshavn (Denmark), the project partners decided to continue with the ports of Rostock, Szczecin and Klaipeda.
With three events, in three partner countries in only one week the project team set themselves an ambitious goal. Those events focused at providing technological knowledge about LNG to support new business relationships along the value chain.
Time is advancing quickly and the implementation of the new IMO-(S)ECA guidelines for maritime shipping is coming into effect on the 1st of January 2015. LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) is one of the most promising fuel to support the compliance strategy. In this context it has found its way into the coalition agreement as well as the Mobility and Fuel Strategy of the German Government. However, there are still many unanswered questions for the maritime industry regarding the comprehensive usage of LNG.
For that reason and in the scope of the MarTech LNG Project the ATI erc gGmbH and CPL Competence in Ports and Logistics organised in cooperation with the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany the „LNG Shipping Symposium Northern Germany“ in the Technologypark Rostock-Warnemünde.
The full-day meeting with over 70 representatives from regulatory authorities, science and economy gave insights on their experiences, problem-solving approaches and current challenges regarding „LNG fueled shipping“. The key issues discussed were „storage and stocking solutions“, „regulatory requirements“, „the economic aspects“ and „exchange of experiences“.
The symposium was concluded by a joint boot trip through the port of Rostock and a joint business dinner.
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Seminar in Klaipeda
On the 27th of February 2014 the project „MarTech LNG“ organized together with Emerson Process Management the technology seminar „Terminal and tank farm automation day Klaipeda“ in Klaipeda Lithuania.
This seminar discussed in detail the role of equipment and processes related to the management of terminals and tank farms. To capitalize on new business opportunities and ensure future growth linked with LNG, terminals and tanks need to have the equipment and processes in place to react accurately and efficiently on ever-changing market, customer, and regulatory demands.
For this purpose Emerson presented approved applications and solutions for help accurately predict performance, efficient asset management and logistics, minimize safety risks, increase productivity and profit.
More seminars and trainings are plant for the partner regions of Sweden and Poland.
The workshop of the project „MarTech LNG“ in Rostock attracted a great deal of interest
Under the motto „Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) as business opportunity for enterprises in the South Baltic Region“ stakeholders from the maritime industry, representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and State Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and researchers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the catchment area met at the technology center of Rostock-Warnemünde. The aim of this meeting was the exchange and development of experiences, knowledge and maritime training in the field of LNG.
The event was organized by the German project partners ATI erc gGmbH and the Wismar University of Applied Sciences. In this two-day workshop from 9th to 10th of January 2014 stakeholder got the possibility to gather information about LNG related business opportunities and research potentialities. Furthermore there was the possibility to discuss political impetus needed for implementation and use of LNG.
The necessary expertise was provided by the project partners, representatives of ship builders and ports, especially from Rostock and Hamburg, as well as related service providers. In this context there was the possibility to complete a practical training related to LNG ships steering in the ports, use of safety guidelines and practice for emergency situations. The content of such training is a novelty for German stakeholders, because there are no terminals in Germany so far.
LNG, liguid natural gas, is the fuel of the future in the transport sector. The gas that was liquefied at minus 161 degrees can be transported by special ships. Traffic planners all over the world are busy with three letters: LNG. The abbreviation stands for liquefied natural gas.
An actual study of the „Oil & Gas IQ“ implies that 80% of the interviewed experts assume that liquid natural gas is the fuel of tomorrow in the goods traffic. 97,5% of them predict a widespread use for LNG in the shipping sector in the short and longterm use. The question whether itīs worth it to liquefy natural gas and transporting it in this state, does not arise only recently. Already more than 30 years specialists of Ruhrgas AG and Gelsenberg thought hard about this question. Even then the great potential of technology was recognized, to cool down natural gas to minus 161.5 degrees Celsius, so as to reduce its volume considerably, so that it is suitable for economical transportation of large quantities. By cooling down 600 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas can be transformed in a cubic meter of natural gas. In this state, LNG can be transported at almost atmospheric pressure in special tankers with insulated storage tanks. At the designated destination, it is then heated in a simple process, and returned to the gaseous state, so that it is available for transport by pipeline.
For several years, companies like Messer Griesheim or Linde are emplozed with the liquefaction, saving, transportation and storage of liquefied natural gas. The motive: In comparison with 200 or 350 bar compressed natural gas is the energy density is much higher. In addition, the natural gas could be easily transported to where no natural gas pipeline network is present, like motorway service stations.
At the gas station LNG vehicles could be refueled almost directly, for vehicles with LNG tanks it could be converted back into compressed, gaseous natural gas.
Source: www.pkw-steuer.de/news/2302.html
