Duisburg port backs LNG

To begin with they will work together to replace diesel with LNG in vehicles which are used at the inland port, which is one of the largest in the world.

Half-a-million euros will be spent on a mobile LNG fuel pump that can be relocated where needed and on conversion in a pilot phase of port vehicles to LNG.

RWE hopes that not only port vehicles and lorries, but also vessels and even trains in the densely-populated surrounding Rhine-Ruhr region may use LNG as a transport fuel to reduce the port’s emissions output.

Elsewhere in Europe, the Port of Antwerp and Engie last year agreed to develop a hub for refuelling both inland and coastal vessels; Zeebrugge too supplies LNG to small users.