Land Based Fuelling Infrastructure News

New Fuels for the Maritime Sector in Sweden

The European Union will co-finance with over €250,000 from the TEN-T Program a project to convert an existing vessel into a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering ship so that it may be used to refuel other ships. The project, which takes place in the Port of Stockholm and contributes to the realisation of the Motorways of the Sea (TEN-T Priority Project 21), aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using alternative fuels in shipping. The project, which was selected for funding under the 2011 TEN-T Annual Call, involves converting the existing “Fjalir” vessel into an LNG bunkering ship. It will be used for providing LNG fuel to a new M/S Viking Grace ferry in the Port of Stockholm and later also to other ships.