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Wed 24 Jul 2013, 09:04 GMT

LNG barge bunkered in Antwerp


LNG-powered tanker has this week refuelled at quay 526.

Seven months after the Argonon was the first barge to be bunkered with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Port of Antwerp, the Greenstream [pictured] has followed suit this week at quay 526.

The Greenstream is one of two inland shipping tankers that were put into operation by oil major Shell in April 2013. At the time of the launch, it was revealed that the two tankers would sail along the Rhine between Rotterdam and Basel, Switzerland, in what was described as a first for the inland maritime industry.

The 110-metre-long Greenstream is 'single fuel', meaning that it only uses one type of fuel, LNG.

A link to a video of the Greenstream has been provided below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJwXB4u3VLM

Argonon - Summary

The 110-metre bunker tanker, Argonon, is Europe's first inland vessel to be propelled by a mixture of LNG and marine gasoil (MGO). The ship is powerered by two dual-fuel 1521-horsepower engines, which run on 20 percent MGO and 80 percent natural gas.

The vessel has a cargo capacity of 6,100 metric tonnes, and LNG to power the barge is stored in a 40-cubic-metre cryogenic tank.

Construction of the Argonon was commissioned by Dutch firm Deen Shipping. The barge is scheduled to be christened on Friday 25th November 2011 and has been mainly be used to bunker ocean-going ships in the port of Rotterdam.

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