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...

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...

Adhesive technologies for shipbuilding

Peipei Wang Research Coordinator Phone: +49 40 9999 698 - 75E-Mail: Wang[at]dmz-maritim.de The German Maritime Centre issued an invitation to tender in 2019 to conduct a study entitled The Current International State of Technology with Respect to the Development and...