The Port of Rotterdam wants to realise a new multi-fuel bunker station for the refueling of LNG and other cleaner fuels. Krabbegors/Duivelseiland at Dordrecht Inland Seaport has been designated as the location for this bunker station.
Port of Rotterdam and PitPoint.LNG signed a letter of intent to jointly further investigate the realisation of such a multifuel bunker station.
Ronald Paul, COO for the Port of Rotterdam, states: “The realisation of a multifuel bunker station reflects the Port of Rotterdam’s commitment to play a pioneering role, as the administrator of the biggest port in Europe, in energy transition within Europe. In this way, we will encourage the use of LNG as an alternative to fuel oil in shipping.”
The location this multifuel bunker station is Duivelseiland, an island at the meeting of the Oude Maas, Dordtse Kil and Beneden Merwede in Dordrecht. Dordrecht Inland Seaport is considered as the perfect bunker station of this type as it constitutes the meeting point of the shipping lanes for Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp, and the main shipping route into Germany.
Pitpoint.LNG and the Port of Rotterdam will cooperate in order to explore the full potential of the multifuel bunker station. Discussions also will be held with potential customers, partners and suppliers to see how this specific scheme can be applied.
One of the key points of the investigation is the requirement that all fuels supplied by the multifuel bunker station should produce fewer harmful emissions than traditional fuels, whether it is whether it’s hydrogen, electric, biodiesel or LNG. This includes fuel for ships, trucks and vehicles with the aim of achieving a better living environment.
Jan Willem Drijver, managing director of PitPoint.LNG noted: “The realisation of such a multifuel bunker station forms part of PitPoint.LNG’s strategy of developing a European LNG refuelling infrastructure. We are looking forward to working on this project together with the Port of Rotterdam and in this way enabling cleaner transport.”
