The characteristic, red painted, gas vent lines, FUEL TECHNOLOGY FOCUSfeaturing “Powered by LNG” on top of the vessel.LNG is a AlternativeBy Peter Pospiech, Germanyorway-based shipping well as reducing the CO2 emissions by Veritas (which is now DNV GL courtesy protection. A strong additional driver company Fjord Line’s 23%, NOX emissions by 92% and par- of its merger with Germanischer Lloyd), comes in more tangible form: Money. Stavangerfjord repre- ticulate emissions by 98%, compared to among others, have worked to estab- Financial support for the project was had sents a new-generation ships powered by traditional heavy fuel lish the necessary building regulations, from both the EU’s Marco Polo program Nof advanced and envi- oil. The Waste Heat Recovery System building a knowledge database and ex- as well as the Norwegian NOx-fund. ronmentally friendly Cruise Passenger provides both electricity from a steam perience from the operation of gas pow- Originally the ferry was ordered with Ferry with outstanding passenger facili- generator and heating from warm water ered ships which now stretches more diesel engines, but the owner made the ties in order to operate both as a day and in the accommodation areas. The 170 x than a decade. Consequently the new decision to replace these with Rolls night ferry. The vessel is built to provide 27.5m ship provides a service speed of ferry has been built under the survey of Royce Bergen BV35:40P2G gas engines passengers with pleasant experiences, 21,5 knots. the DNV and has been stamped with the so as not to be adversely affected by reg-even under the harsh weather conditions Norway is trailblazer in several mari- class notation: DNV+1A1, Ice 1B, CAR ulations which apply in Emission Con-of the North Sea. A modern and ? exible time areas, and has emerged as an early FERRY A, EO, Clean, Naut-AW, VIBR, trol Areas (ECAs) such as those in the interior design provides a capacity for leader in the design, construction and MCDK, TMON, F-M, COMF V(2). North- and Baltic Sea, that limit emis-1,500 passengers (1200 passenger dur- operation of vessels with gas propulsion. sions of NOx and SOx.ing winter), and a total of 306 cabins Today there are about 35 RoPax ferries Meet the Gas Cruise The streamlined and elegant new on two decks provide ? rst class accom- and offshore supply vessels in operation Ferry Stavangerfjord RoPax ferry has been phased into the modation and a variety of restaurants, which are powered solely by gas, but The Norwegian Bergen Group Fos- route linking Bergen and Stavanger on shops and entertainment to enable trav- none as large as the 170m Stavangerf- en AS shipyard built the cruise ferry the Norwegian west coast in mid-July, elers to have an enjoyable sailing along jord. Stavangerfjord to its owner Fjord Line with the Danish port of Hirtshals at the the Norwegian coast line to Denmark. Consequently the supplier industry AS, based in Egersund, Norway. The north of Denmark. After the arrival in Stavangerfjord is touted to be the most followed the challenge and today has an ship is powered solely via pure natural Hirtshals, it than makes a day return trip environmentally friendly passenger ship appropriate array of ship engines avail- gas propulsion, and the most important to Langesund in southern Norway, be-in international operation, as it is pow- able, either for the main drive as well as criteria to chose natural gas as propul- fore going back into the overnight sail-ered by pure natural gas enabling a com- for the electrical on-board network. Nor- sion drive – which is fed from two 293 ing to Stavanger and Bergen and then plete elimination of SOX emissions as way’s classi? cation society Det Norske cu. m. gas tanks – is the environmental repeating the cycle. 40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JANUARY 2014MR #1 (32-41).indd 40 1/7/2014 10:59:20 AM