First of all, a good year has passed since the cruise shipping company Aida has taken over your ship "Aidanova" of the Meyer Werft in Papenburg. "We are immensely proud to operate the currently the most environmentally friendly cruise ship", said Aida President Felix Eichhorn at the time in Bremerhaven. The "Aidanova" was the first cruise ship that is operated in port and at sea only with the liquid natural gas LNG.

Not only cruise ships, ferries, tankers, and huge container ships in the future, with the guest reibstoff on-the-go. More than 350 ships with LNG or will soon be built - in the case of a global fleet of around 60,000 larger ships. The are a few LNG ships, and there is a lack of a nationwide infrastructure for the supply of the chilled Gas. But the future belongs to LNG, was previously thought of in the shipping. Hardly oxides of nitrogen, no sulphur, almost no particulate matter and 20 percent less CO2 should not be a progress for the environment?

"LNG is good for the air quality, but not for the climate"

critical voices are now louder. "The liquefied natural gas turns out to be a harmful mistake," says the environmental organisation Nabu. It relies on a report from the prestigious International Council for clean transportation (ICCT), which comes to alarming results. After a LNG drive leads to 70 to 80 percent higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional marine diesel. Deutsche Bahn - cheaper than expected (display) All-saving prices at a Glance!

the reason is the aggressive greenhouse gas methane, the outlet to the LNG operation. Over a period of 20 years, LNG ships are therefore harmful to the climate than conventional freighter. "LNG is good for the air quality, but not for the climate," says Sönke Diesener from Nabu.

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conservationists recommend Methanol or ethane

The Maritime LNG platform, a Lobby organization that holds to the contrary. The ICCT study, reflects neither the current state of engine development and the associated reduction of methane-slip nor the realities of the LNG market. "The maritime energy revolution has to come," says CEO Tessa Rodewaldt. "The entry we can do but only with the LNG technology." Increasingly, synthetically produced, climate-neutral LNG will be used. On German ships, it should be already tested this year.

the fact is that With any fuel, the ships have to travel. And if it's not supposed to be Diesel and not LNG, then what? The Nabu area refers to higher efficiency, wind support, batteries, fuel cells, and synthetic fuels. Instead of an infrastructure for a high-tech fuel as the minus build 162 degrees cold LNG, should the ship travel to better climate-neutral produced is Methanol or ethane.

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inform The shipping industry is responsible for around two percent of worldwide man-made CO2 emissions and want to halve their emissions by 2050. Also the ship owners to consider LNG as a transitional technology that will only be for a few decades used. In order to explore what might come after, to bring the shipowners in the world via a Fund an amount of five billion dollars for the next ten years. For an industry that was stuck for years in a deep crisis, it is quite a bit of effort.

shipping CO2 emissions already reduced by 18 percent

the shipowners are not even specialists in marine engines and drive technology, the machine manufacturers and the Oil and gas industry. "The shipping alone can not solve the fuel challenge," says the President of the shipowners Association, and Alfred Hartmann. "This is outside of our possibilities."

But the industry does not want to put the hands in the lap and wait. After all, the shipping have managed to reduce their CO2 emissions from 2008 to 2018 by 18 percent, while 35 percent increase in transportation volume.

LNG-Terminals to be utilised only 40 per cent

LNG is likely to play, despite the criticism of the environmentalists in the next few years in the shipping industry a greater role, because it is currently the only market-viable Alternative to marine diesel. The infrastructure in Europe is currently being built, also on pressure of the USA that want to sell LNG to Europe. Currently, 36 LNG already operate Terminals in other European countries, which are, however, utilized only 40 percent, according to the Association BDEW. Cruises at Expedia (display)

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notify In Germany, private investors are planning with the backing of Berlin, the LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Stade and Wilhelmshaven, and on a smaller scale in Rostock. The investment decisions are overdue, but not yet taken.

environmental help, want the LNG Terminals to prevent

Against the projects announced by the German environmental aid (DUH) already resistance, because they permit to be because of the dangers even capable of. Up of the first LNG Tanker to a German, Kai invests, is expected to take some years. Energy for the world, transported in supertankers ZDF Enterprises energy for the world, transported in supertankers

pom/dpa Date Of Update: 18 February 2020, 11:00