• 07 Jan 2015

December 25, 2014. In the coming year, the HUMMEL LNG Hybrid Barge will enable Becker Marine Systems to supply low-emission power to cruise ships lying at port in Hamburg, Germany. The first container with LNG fuel has now arrived in the Hanseatic City. “The testing of the gas engines at the Port of Hamburg is a first for both the classification society and participating authorities”, said Dirk Lehmann and Henning Kuhlmann, both Managing Directors of the global market leader for high-performance rudders. The barge works like a floating power plant and uses low-emission LNG to supply environmentally-friendly energy to cruise ships. Compared to conventional marine diesel with 0.1% sulphur content, sulphur dioxides and soot are no longer emitted. Emissions of nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide are also significantly reduced. The LNG Hybrid Barge, developed by Becker Marine Systems and recently christened the HUMMEL (bumblebee), will officially commence operations at the Port of Hamburg at the beginning of the cruise season in spring 2015. Source: GNV Magazine