LNG to be available in Hamburg and Bremerhaven by 2015

Subject to approval from the authorities, Germany’s first LNG bunkering terminals will be operational in 2015. The terminals will be installed on a modular basis and will have sufficient flexibility to quickly meet a rise in demand, Bomin Linde said.
Starting from the strategic hubs Hamburg and Bremerhaven, neighbouring ports such as Kiel, Lübeck, Rostock or Wilhelmshaven can be reliably supplied with LNG. "We are fully on track with the projects and will be able to provide ships in all German ports along the North and Baltic Sea with LNG as a clean fuel," said Bomin Linde’s LNG managing director Ruben Benders. "This is an important step to establishing LNG as a marine fuel," Mahinde Abeynaike, who is also managing director of Bomin Linde LNG, added. "The shipping industry needs secured supply of LNG at ports. This is crucial for the success of this economically attractive and green fuel."
"An LNG terminal in Hamburg is key for the long-term sustainability of the port – both from an economic and ecological point of view. As a part of our strategic reorientation ‘smartPORT Energy’, it will support the reduction of air pollutants and carbon dioxide emissions," said Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority (HPA).
"The LNG bunkering terminal in Bremerhaven consequently creates the necessary infrastructure for the protection of the maritime environment in line with the ‘greenports’ strategy and the fulfilment of the SECA (sulphur emission control areas) requirements," said bremenports’ managing director Robert Howe.