Greek shipowners at Posidonia 2018 forecast the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel for the shipping industry, but highlighted the lack of infrastructure holding back adoption, according to Posidonia Events.
“It’s inevitable that LNG becomes the primary source of fuel for marine transportation,” stated GasLog chairman Peter Livanos while speaking at an ABS event on the future of LNG shipping.
“The train has left the station, and it will dominate marine fuels.”
However, certain issues remain in terms of when the switch from oil to gas is made.
“In terms of timing there are two issues the industry is going to have to address. I think the lack of LNG infrastructure today is acting as a brake against early adoption of LNG as marine fuel, but that should accelerate.
“And then there is the lifecycle of the existing assets and to what extent you replace existing assets with LNG ready or LNG capable, and its coming.”
John Angelicoussis, Chairman of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, also highlighted the lack of bunkering infrastructure.
“I agree, except you cannot yet find bunkering stations for LNG so you need a dual fuel vessel, which is quite expensive, I would say prohibitively expensive right now, even for smaller vessels,” he stated.
“Definitely LNG is much cheaper than any other type of hydrocarbon but it is still a hydrocarbon.”
Christopher Wiernicki, Chairman, President and CEO ABS, was also positive on the future of LNG as a marine fuel and sees infrastructure developments starting to make headway.
“It will probably be the most sustainable option going forward,” he notes.
“If you look there are 140 [LNG powered newbuildings] on order, 70% of those are deepsea or blue water, there are some very well thought out designs; here in Greece there is Project Forward.
“The infrastructure is getting better – there is a lot of work being done on the infrastructure in the US, Singapore, Rotterdam, and the regulatory framework is actually in place.”
Published: 7 June, 2018
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