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also operate in European coastal waters and
beyond. As there is no need to tranship the
cargo between different modes of transport, this
transport solution creates huge value-added.
This applies to planned transport operations to
supply hydrogen from Spain and Portugal, for
example, but also to transport the CO that is
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expelled at the designated offshore fields, which
are often located in the North Sea.
To make the transport operations as sustain-
able and resource-efficient as possible, a Wind
Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS), a kind of
sail, supports the diesel-electric “future fuel-
ready” drive system. The enormous experience
gained from other HGK Shipping designs for
optimising operations in shallow waters has also
been integrated into the “Vanguard” concept.

MULTILATERAL COOPERATION ON THE
USE OF VESSELS FUELLED BY BIO-
LNG
Toyota Motor Europe, Ford of Europe, and
another major European vehicle manufac-
turer are set to achieve major reductions in
emissions from their logistics chain by using
vessels fuelled by bioLNG for cargo transport
across Europe, after signing up for the United
European Car Carriers’ (UECC) Sail for Change
sustainability program.
The combined yearly emissions reduction for
UECC from the manufacturer trio is estimated
at around 80,000 tonnes or over one-third of its
global Scope 1 emissions from ship operations
of approximately 220,000 tonnes.
As well as boosting their environmental per-
formance with lower Scope 3 emissions, all
three vehicle manufacturers will be able to
Credit: HGK Shipping “VANGUARD”: THE FIRST RIVER- significantly reduce their costs exposure to
SEAGOING GAS TANKER IN EUROPE the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS),
FOR NH3 AND LCO2 TRANSPORT while boosting uptake of alternative low-carbon
HGK Shipping has designed a new kind of riv- fuels in line with FuelEU Maritime set to take
er-going coastal vessel in order to meet the effect next year, according to UECC’s Energy
requirements of industry in an increasingly & Sustainability Manager, Daniel Gent.
hydrogen-based economy. Using the “Van- Under Sail for Change, UECC has facilitated
guard” project name, the continent’s larg- bunkering of ISCC-EU certified bio-LNG – or
est inland waterway shipping company has liquefied biomethane – on its five LNG dual-
designed the first river-seagoing gas tanker fuel and multi-fuel Pure Car and Truck Carriers
in Europe to transport cold liquefied ammonia (PCTCs) at the Port of Zeebrugge through an
(NH ) and liquefied CO (LCO ). earlier agreement with Titan Clean Fuels.
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The “Vanguard” is 125 metres long and 17.50 This enables the leading European shortsea
metres wide. Among other things, it is able to RoRo carrier to perform carbon-neutral cargo
transport cold liquefied ammonia and lique- loading operations across its port network, with
fied carbon dioxide in its tanks. The extremely customers being able to access verified data on
modern ship designed by HGK Shipping will emissions reductions with clean fuel use through
not, however, just travel along rivers, but it can a CO registry covering the entire supply chain.
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