Artist’s rendering of ’s new terminal at Port Canaveral

“It has been a long road. We are the second largest cruise port in the world Port Canaveral in terms of passenger throughput and wanted to be out front and ready when the LNG ships arrive.” LNG Ready Coast Guard Oversight With oversight by the U.S. Coast Guard, one advantage Port Canaveral ctober 15, 2020, promises to New Dynamics has is that the Coast Guard has already be an important day at Port Ca- “With the IMO introducing stricter been working with LNG bunkering of Onaveral, when Carnival Cruise emissions regulations starting in 2020, cargo vessels in nearby Jacksonville. Line’s will be the first cruise we realized some time ago that everybody “As we fall under the jurisdiction of ship to bunker LNG in a North American would have to adapt to the new dynam- Jacksonville, that gave us a head start port. ics,” said Murray. “We started work to working with the Coast Guard,” added The refueling will take place from an position Port Canaveral so when the first Barry Compagnoni, senior director, pub- integrated tug and barge bunker vessel, LNG is delivered, we will be lic safety and security for the port. holding an estimated 4,000 cubic meters ready to receive it. “Shell, which will be the provider of of LNG, and is expected to take five to “We have done considerable work, de- LNG to Carnival, and the transporter six hours, a time-span comparable to termining where the natural gas supply (Q-LNG), started working with the Coast traditional fuel oil bunkering, according is in and how to get it here. We Guard several years ago to design the to Captain John Murray, CEO and port have worked with the regulatory bodies barge that will be bunkering the Mardi director. involved, and we are confident we will Gras, making sure it will meet all the Parallel with the LNG preparation, the be ready when the Mardi Gras arrives. international code requirements for car- port is building a new pier and terminal “We have conducted hazard exercises,” rying LNG.” for Carnival with the first stand-up wall Murray continued, “and we have reached The integrated tug barge is under con- being erected as port executives were out to all the people who might be in- struction and will be delivered in the first speaking to Cruise Industry News in May. volved or affected. quarter of 2020, according to Murray,

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LNG firefighting training underway

who also said that Shell will bring the In addition to marine firefighting, the LNG down from Elba Island in Georgia, academy now also offers LNG awareness fuel the Mardi Gras and then go back “It has been a long and firefighting courses for responders, for more. road. We are the sec- maritime personnel and officers. The bunkering will be done on the water side of the Mardi Gras while the ond largest cruise port Outreach ship is being turned around, disembarking in the world in terms of Another effort has focused on commu- and embarking passengers and loading passenger throughput nity outreach whereby port and fire de- provisions. and wanted to be out partment representatives have informed “The bunkering process and proce- surrounding communities and civic or- dure have been addressed and approved front and ready when ganizations, as well as port stakeholders by the Coast Guard,” Compagnoni the LNG ships arrive.” and employees, about the LNG operation. added. Said Murray: “It has been very pro- As for a safety zone, he said that will ductive; we have gotten a great response be determined by Carnival and the Coast “We looked at all the potential hazards from the local community. What we are Guard within the security zone that all and consequences and then focused on the trying to do is to make sure people are cruise ships have, and areas near hose implementation of mitigating measures well informed.” connections will be off limits. that would address any of the potential While Carnival is deploying its first threats,” he said. LNG-fueled ship out of Port Canaveral, Hazard Identification is also building three Preparing for LNG fueling also in- Training LNG ships and has traditionally based its cluded hazard identification assessment Compagnoni said the port also started new ships in the Florida port. workshops hosted by Shell and facilitated to funnel more funds to its fire depart- In addition to Shell being the fuel pro- by the American Bureau of Shipping, fo- ment two years ago enabling firefighters vider for Carnival, Pivotal LNG is fueling cusing on potential hazards involving the to take part in LNG training at different cargo ships for Tote Maritime in Jack- ship, the barge and the port. fire academies. sonville via barge and recently opened Murray said the port had worked “We wanted to make sure that our fire a production facility there positioned through a process of identifying poten- department is well prepared. Any mar- to serve customers in the southeastern tial hazards from the barge entering the iner or crew that will be operating will . port to navigational, environmental and be required to comply with the STCW Moreover, the space industry plans operational hazards, involving multiple requirements for serving on a vessel with to use LNG as fuel for rocket engines stakeholders such as the Coast Guard, the low flash point fuel,” he said. for launchings from the Kennedy Space fire department, the pilot association, the “Our own fire academy has also added a Center at . – Oivind cruise line and barge operator. component focused on LNG firefighting.” Mathisen

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