Fluxys will build a permanent LNG bunkering facility by the end of next year, in the Port of Antwerp. The new facility will facilitate the existing truck-to-ship bunkering service. The LNG facility will be built at quay 526-528.
Switching to LNG immediately reduces emissions of sulphur and particulate matter, while emissions of nitrogen oxides are also reduced and carbon emissions significantly lowered.
Over the next year and a half Fluxys will build at quay 526-528 the necessary infrastructure for barges and smaller seagoing ships to fill up with LNG at a permanent facility with LNG storage. For this purpose the company is cooperating with G&V Energy Group, which will also build an LNG filling station for trucks on the same site.
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Captains as well as LNG suppliers can reserve a slot using the online platform LNGbunkeringportofantwerp.com to moor at quay 526-528 and take on LNG.
In order to provide LNG bunkering in the port of Antwerp, companies must have a permit from the Antwerp Harbourmaster’s Office. The ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Bremen, Le Havre and Marseille are collaborating to develop a suitable accreditation process, known as the LNG Accreditation Audit Tool.
