The Port of Rotterdam wants to realise a new multifuel bunker station for the refuelling of LNG and other cleaner fuels and has designated Krabbegors/Duivelseiland at Dordrecht Inland Seaport as its location.
The Port of Rotterdam and Pitpoint.LNG signed a letter of intent to jointly further investigate the realisation of such a multifuel bunker station.
Duivelseiland Dordrecht
The proposed location for the multifuel bunker station is Duivelseiland (devil's island), an island at the meeting of the Oude Maas, Dordtse Kil and Beneden Merwede in Dordrecht. Dordrecht Inland Seaport is the most inland seaport in the Netherlands. It forms the meeting point of the shipping lanes for the cities of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp, and the main shipping route into Germany: the ideal location for a bunker station of this type.
Pitpoint.LNG and the Port of Rotterdam will work together over the coming period to further explore the feasibility of the multifuel bunker station. This will include discussing the plan with potential customers, partners and suppliers to see how supply and demand for cleaner fuels can be effectively matched.
Reduce Emissions
Whether it is hydrogen, electric, biodiesel or LNG/CNG, a central aspect of the investigation is the requirement that all fuels supplied by the multifuel bunker station should produce fewer harmful emissions than traditional fuels. This includes fuel for ships, trucks and/or commercial vehicles with the aim of working together to achieve cleaner air and a better living environment.
PitPoint.LNG
PitPoint.LNG is a joint venture formed by PitPoint clean fuels and Primagaz Nederland BV. This joint venture is focused entirely on the realisation and operation of LNG infrastructure for trucks and ships.
Breakthrough LNG deployment in Inland Waterway Transport
The bunker station is part of the project "Breakthrough LNG deployment in Inland Waterway Transport" and co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union. The project supports the large-scale adoption of LNG as a transport fuel in the sector.