'VIRTUAL LNG PIPELINE' TO BOOST GAS FUEL USE BY BOXSHIPS

摘要

The use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by container ships will be facilitated by AG&P's plans to make the fuel more widely available via small scale infrastructure - and in addition the LNG bunkering barge to be used by US-based carrier TOTE's new gas dual-fueled boxships is expected to help boost the use of LNG in this sector. The barge is the first of its kind in the world and the first LNG bunkering barge in the US. AG&P subsidiary GAS Entec carried out the gas handling and design of the 4,000m3 barge. It will help container ships [in North America], especially those in the Jones Act trades; LNG use is expected to expand quite significantly. Indeed, the use of LNG among Jones Act shipping lines could develop as it has done among ships in the Baltic.