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the German shipowners ask an economic support in order to convert own fleets to the use of the GNL
In the next few days Maritime the Safety Committee of the IMO will examine the proposal advanced from Belgium, Italy and Norway in order to institute the LNG Delivery Bunker Notes
November 11, 2014
The shipowners have the necessity of an economic support in order to convert own fleets to the use of the natural gas which liquified (GNL) which combustible. The managing director of the Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR has said Ralf Nagel), the association of the German shipowners, participating to a symposium on as fuel uses it of the GNL of the ships held in recent days to Amburgo. "Elevated the costs of investment in order to convert the systems to the GNL - Nagel has said - are an unsurmountable obstacle for the majority of the companies of given navigation the enormous pressure of the costs that is exercised years on this industrial section. If Germany wants to be a pioneer in the field of the environmental protection also in the field of the marine transport - he has emphasized Nagel - then the industry will need a aimed support". The association has rimarcato that this engagement is assumed by the parties of government in their agreement of coalition.
In Germany the Ostfriesland ferry of the company expanded memory specification is currently in phase of conversion to the use of the liquified natural gas and the next year the new Helgoland ferry fed with GNL will be placed in service. German association VDR has remembered that the legal picture for the ships fed with GNL, that is about to definition near the International Maritime Organization (IMO), will be completed in 2017.
While in the next few days Maritime the Safety Committee (MSC) of the IMO, than will meet on 21 November from the 17, will examine a proposal advanced from Belgium, Italy and Norway so that every supply of which liquified natural gas to a ship is accompanied by a document, called LNG Delivery Bunker Notes, introduced from the supplier in order to guarantee the quality of the gas.
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The shipowners have the necessity of an economic support in order to convert own fleets to the use of the natural gas which liquified (GNL) which combustible. The managing director of the Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR has said Ralf Nagel), the association of the German shipowners, participating to a symposium on as fuel uses it of the GNL of the ships held in recent days to Amburgo. "Elevated the costs of investment in order to convert the systems to the GNL - Nagel has said - are an unsurmountable obstacle for the majority of the companies of given navigation the enormous pressure of the costs that is exercised years on this industrial section. If Germany wants to be a pioneer in the field of the environmental protection also in the field of the marine transport - he has emphasized Nagel - then the industry will need a aimed support". The association has rimarcato that this engagement is assumed by the parties of government in their agreement of coalition.
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