Preparing crew for an LNG-fuelled future

摘要

In the past few years, the industry has been alight with the talk of liquefied natural gas (LNG) becoming the new super fuel, the silver bullet to reducing the environmental impact of the international shipping industry, and potential all-round saviour come the arrival of the global sulphur cap in 2020. This flurry of LNG fuel developments in the industry signals the probability of LNG increasingly displacing oil as the preferred fuel, with many great prospects ahead for cleaner, leaner shipping operations. But what does this shift to LNG fuel mean for the crew and safety at sea?