DNV to Launch Study on Potential for LNG-Powered Shipping in N. Ameri

摘要

Norway-based shipping industry consultant DNV announced June 18 that it was tapped by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for a study on the possibility of using liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-fuel bunkering as a response to the North American shipping emissioncontrol-area (ECA) mandate. “Natural gas is a widely available fuel across North America, but availability of LNG is limited, as the demand and supply side are waiting for each other, partly held up by logistical problems,” according to DNV. “The big investment decisions that have to be made related to LNG as a fuel are not made easier by the uncertainty and guesswork currently surrounding the feasibility of LNG as a fuel.”