World’s first river vessel to be refitted with LNG engine

The actual Dutch inland waterway boat EIGER NORDWAND will become the actual world's first inland ship retrofitted with Liquefied Gas (LNG) engines. The charter boat was recently inaugurated through the Innovation and Networks Professional Agency (INEA) and after refitting it will be powered by 00% LNG.

The inauguration from the LNG-powered EIGER is one of the essential steps in the EU-supported task "LNG Masterplan Rhine-Main-Danube“, that is dealing with launching sustainable transportation in the European river field. The project is specific for test, analyze and create LNG-use in the European away from the coast waterway networks.

Behind the particular „LNG Masterplan“ is an try to retrofit a number of river ships with LNG engines and therefore to reduce the emissions within the inland waterway sector. The particular EIGER is the first national vessel ever to undergo this type of trial and to help evaluating the conditions to implement the usage of LNG fuel in the Europe’s rivers and canals.

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