LNG Bunkering Safety Training(Photo courtesy is MSI)LNG training for Magnolia LNG inMSI’s Full Mission Bridge. Maritime Training SolutionsRadar / ARPA / GMDSS / ECDISThe Maritime Simulation Institute in Middletown, RI, is developing a lique-? ed natural gas (LNG) bunkering safety training course, with the ? rst session to begin in June for Harvey Gulf Interna-tional Marine. The 45-hour bunkering course for Harvey’s LNG bunkering persons-in-charge (PIC) will be offered ahead of any U.S. Coast Guard regula-tions governing LNG bunkering. The ? rst course likely will include Harvey Gulf master’s, mates and engineers. Courses will be offered at MSI facili-ties at Texas A&M outside Houston and at MFA, the Massachusetts Fire? ghting “Providing quality training equipment for the Academy in Stow, west of Boston.maritime community for over 30 years”Harvey hired MSI as it launches its ? rst dual fuel offshore supply vessel, which www.bcgsim.com • 716-822-8668is designed to run primarily on LNG. The OSV Harvey Energy – powered by Wärtsilä 34DF engines – is being built at TY Offshore yard in Gulfport, Miss., and is the ? rst U.S.-? ag vessel designed to operate on natural gas. “Harvey Gulf is committed to us-ing state-of-the-art vessels that provide clean, safe, ef? cient, reliable and com-petitive operations. Key to this paradigm shift is ensuring that our ships’ crews are properly trained in the bunkering of LNG,” said Chad Verret, EVP, Harvey Gulf Alaska & LNG operations.In February, the U.S. Coast Guard published CG-OES 2-14, Guidelines for Lique? ed Natural Gas Fuel Transfer Operations and Training of Personnel on Vessels Using Natural Gas as Fuel. The ? nal policy letter will establish the guidelines for fuel transfer opera-tions and training of personnel working on vessels that use LNG as a fuel and conduct transfer operations in waters subject to jurisdiction. MSI is working with the USCG and a number of classi? -cation societies to develop this and other training courses. www.marinelink.com 65MR #6 (58-65).indd 65 6/10/2014 2:19:32 PM