据8月9日Hydrocarbon Engineering报道，RINA已获得欧洲海事安全局(EMSA)授予的一份框架合同，以支持在中期增加液化天然气可用性的举措，包括小型加注站和仓储设施的建造，以在整个地中海、黑海和里海扩大使用液化天然气。
这一重要的战略项目旨在通过使液化天然气更广泛地用于各种用途，包括渡轮、游轮和旅游活动，以及促进液化天然气公路供应链，从而减少对环境的影响。RINA将提供灵活的服务选择，以满足不同地区LNG项目的安全性和可行性需求。
RINA能源工程解决方案高级主管Angelo Lo Nigro表示:“液化天然气是我们实现脱碳的重要燃料。作为与EMSA框架协议的一部分，我们将提供的服务将有助于在港口地区提供液化天然气储存和加注，也将为尚未具备小规模液化天然气丰富经验的经济发展中国家带来一致性和指导。”
RINA提供的服务将帮助港务局确定在哪些地点安装小型液化天然气加注站或仓储设施是可行的，无论是在安全和技术上，还是在财务上。RINA总共提供了8种不同的服务，每个港务局可以根据自己的目标进行选择。活动包括监管框架的差距分析和适用标准的评估，可行性研究，风险接受标准的定义，现场分析，航海分析，危害识别，定量风险评估，以及船舶碰撞风险研究。如果液化天然气基础设施方面存在问题，可获得高标准的合格指导，具有法规遵从性和安全性的方案。增加具备液化天然气加注能力的港口数目，将有助于更广泛地采用这种更环保的燃料，并符合《防污公约》的规定。
Lo Nigro补充道:“这份框架合同将缩小各国之间的差距，并确保协调、有效和统一地执行地中海、黑海和里海海上安全、安保和防止船舶污染的国际规则。”
合同将为期4年，目前覆盖22个国家。值得一提的是，EMSA可能会在协议期间增加其他国家。
王佳晶 摘译自 Hydrocarbon Engineering
原文如下：
Safely expanding LNG bunkering and storage
RINA has been awarded a framework contract by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support initiatives to increase the availability of LNG in the medium-term with small scale bunkering and depots to expand the use of this fuel throughout the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas.
This important, strategic project is aimed at reducing environmental impact by making LNG more widely available for a variety of uses including ferries, cruise ships and tourist activities, as well as promoting LNG road supply chain. RINA will provide a flexible selection of services dealing with safety and feasibility to match project needs in different locations.
Angelo Lo Nigro, Energy Engineering Solutions Senior Director at RINA, said: “LNG is an important fuel align="justify"> The services provided by RINA will help Port Authorities determine which locations are feasible, both in terms of safety and technical and financial viability, to install small scale LNG bunkering or depot facilities. RINA is providing a total of eight different services, from which each Port Authority can choose according to its goals. The activities include gap analysis of regulatory frame and evaluation of applicable standards, feasibility study, definition of risk acceptance criteria, site analysis, nautical analysis, hazard identification, quantitative risk assessment, and ship collision risk study Having a common methodology and framework will give nations, where there is a gap in LNG infrastructure, access to a high standard of qualified guidance, regulatory compliance, and safety. Increasing the numbers of ports with LNG refuelling capability will help support the wider adoption of this more environmentally friendly fuel and to meet MARPOL regulations.
Lo Nigro continued: “This contract will reduce the capacity gap between countries and ensure a coherent, effective and uniform implementation of the international rules for maritime safety, security and prevention of pollution from ships in the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas.”
The framework contract will run for a period of four years and currently covers 22 countries in the regions detailed. EMSA may add other countries during the period of the agreement.