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Harbour Authority of and Contship Italy will develop a study for the construction of a fed logistic chain to LNG
They participate which only partner Italian to the project Poseidon Med
July 29, 2014
Authorities Harbour of La Spezia and group Contship Italy are two only partner Italian of project Poseidon Med, as soon as approved of in within of last calls TRY Freeways of Sea, that it has the objective to develop an technical-economic study to the aim to analyze the future question in terms of ships fed to LNG that will first of all furrow the Mediterranean and a masterplan that it will involve Italy, Greece and Cyprus for the definition of infrastructures necessary to put into effect, in the ports, in order to favor the promotion of the use of the which liquified natural gas as fuel. The project, with front man QE Energy Europe (Cyprus), sees the various participation of partner of Greece, Cyprus and United Regno.
The harbour agency breaks has emphasized that the more interesting activity that sees the directed involvement of the Harbour Authority and the group Contship Italy is that relative one to the development of a study for the construction of a real fed logistic chain to LNG, that it will integrate the marine dimension, with the port and the part inland. Objective of the study is to put in existence all the actions in order to favor the acquaintance and I not only use it of the LNG looking to the dimension ship that is to the activity of bunkering, but previewing use of this natural fuel also for the average actions to the operativity of the docks and the harbour large squares as the cranes of dock, the reach stacker, the straddle carrier, the locomotori of maneuver inside of the harbour terminals and the trucks that carry out the transport between port and inland terminal to the aim to achieve a meaningful discouragement of the emissions and the impacts on the long atmosphere all the logistic chain.
La Spezia will be therefore the first port in Italy that will develop, in collaboration with the terminal net, inland participated terminals and intermodal operators from the group Contship Italy, a study in order to verify the technical feasibility and the sustainability of a fed logistic chain to LNG.
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