PORT OF DUNKERQUE

CLEAN FUEL INITIATIVE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

22nd June 2015

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5> EU POLICY CONTEXT

Law and regulation framework

Directive 2012/33/EU setting maximum sulphur content of marine fuels from Jan 2015: considers the need to support alternative fuels such as LNG

Regulation 1315/2013 : innovation for the promotion of alternative fuels in maritime transport

Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure: availability of LNG refueling points in core network ports by 2025

Délimitation de la zone ZCE en EUROPE

EU support to LNG deployment

TEN-T calls supporting LNG projects in ports: 14 projects, 40M€ support through Call 2013

CEF call 2014: strong focus on alternative marine fuels through priorities Innovation and Motorways of the Seas

EU study LNG for shipping (DG MOVE, PwC and DNV-GL): analysis and evaluation of the gaps in the regulatory framework for LNG-fuelled ships and the provision of LNG fuel

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5> CURRENT DIFICULTIES TO BRING LNG TO THE MARKET

Law and regulation uncertainties High investment level required in both infrastructure and ships Unfavorable current context with low oil prices

Price gap between HFO & MGO – Studies by Royal Haskoning for Dunkerque Port

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5> THE DOVER STRAIT

20 % of world maritime trafic

More than 50 ferry crossings per day

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5> A FRENCH-BRITISH INITIATIVE ON THE DOVER STRAIT

Creation of a consortium gathering all LNG stakeholders on the Dover Straits, from the LNG supplier to the final client.

Objectives :

Setting of harmonized regulation for the fueling operations in the ports of Calais (F), Dunkerque (F), Dover (UK)

Pilot project assessment to retrofit a large ferry vesselConstruction of a LNG fueling chain from Dunkerque LNG Terminal to the

ports allowing truck-to-ship and ship-to-ship fueling

Dover

Calais

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5> NEED TO STRENGTHEN SMALL SCALE LNG DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS CASE

AS FUEL FOR TRUCKS

AS COMPONENT IN THE INDUSTRY

Core ports are also road and inland waterways nodes in the core network