Tag: barges

Antwerp Port Authority wants barges to be able to bunker with LNG at a permanent station by 2016

The TSB has issued marine investigation report on tug Western Tugger and barge Arctic Lift I fatal accident, 33 nautical miles southwest of Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador 10 May 2013

MPA received a report that a Singapore-registered barge POSH MOGAMI sank 2 nautical miles northeast of Sekupang, Batam

Plans for LNG bunkering station for barges Truck-to-ship bunkering is already possible, but by setting up a bunkering station the port of Antwerp aims to make LNG permanently available.In comparison with the diesel fuel currently used by European barges, LNG is much cleaner and environment-friendly. Barges powered by LNG emit hardly any particulates, and NOx emissions are drastically reduced.Truck-to-ship bunkering has already been possible in the port of Antwerp since 2012: a truck collects LNG at the LNG import terminal in Zeebrugge and takes it to Antwerp. The truck then parks on the quay from where the LNG can be delivered to the barge. By building a permanent bunkering station LNG will be available in the port at all times. In this way Antwerp Port Authority seeks to break out of the chicken-and-egg situation: by making LNG permanently available it is hoped that the barge industry will be more willing to make the necessary investments for switching to this more environment-friendly fuel.Antwerp Port Authority has therefore issued a European call for tenders in order to find a partner to design and build a LNG bunkering station. It must also be possible for trucks to fill up with LNG at the ...

OW Bunker announced the launch of its third barge in Singapore. The move is part of the company's strategy to continue the expansion of its physical operation in the region

The first inland waterway vessel refitted with a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) drive system was officially delivered 19 June in Rotterdam

OW Bunker, announced that it has time chartered an additional barge in Panama to further strengthen its physical operations

LNG America announces the selection of ABS as the classification society for North America's first LNG bunker barges

A second loop will be added to the Premium Barge Service in the port of Antwerp in the course of this month. The service offers reliable connection with the main deepsea container terminals

Estonian company Marketex Marine was awarded a contract by the Norwegian company AKVA Group to build the biggest fish feeding steel barge in the world which has a very unique storage capacity