Background – bunkering regulations in German seaports

Bärbel Kunze Regulations and Standards Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 77E-Mail: Kunze[at]dmz-maritim.de Introduction Bunkering is one of the indispensable maritime services for seagoing and inland vessels calling at German ports. The bunker volumes of conventional fuels in...

Hydrogen-powered inland waterway vessels

Bärbel Kunze Regulations and Standards Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 77E-Mail: Kunze[at]dmz-maritim.de Starting point To hit climate goals, greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions must be reduced worldwide. This also applies to inland navigation. In June 2021, the German...

Background – Future fuels

Ralf Plump Ship and Marine Technology Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 81E-Mail: Plump[at]dmz-maritim.de The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 stipulates that global warming should be kept below two degrees Celsius. To achieve this, man-made greenhouse gas emissions would need...

Bunker guidance for alternative fuels in German seaports

Bärbel Kunze Regulations and Standards Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 77E-Mail: Kunze[at]dmz-maritim.de In June 2020, the German Maritime Centre commissioned the company Ramboll to conduct a study on a proposal for harmonising the laws and procedures for refuelling ships...

Modernisation of coasters and inland waterway vessels

Capt. Runa Jörgens Shipping Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 71E-Mail: Joergens[at]dmz-maritim.de In summer 2019, the German Maritime Centre commissioned a study to develop proposals for the future promotion of a sustainable modernisation of short-sea shipping and inland...