“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
Clustering meeting of the TEN-T MoS project
23 May 2012 | Gothenburg, Sweden
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
● “COSTA” project 2011-EU-21007-S
● Supported by the European Commission - Trans-European
Transport Network Executive Agency TEN-T EA
● Initial partners: Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece
● Total project cost : around € 3 million, 50% supported
● Time frame: 2012– 2014
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
Main Objectives (1)
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The COSTA Action objective is the development of framework conditions
for the use of LNG for ships in the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and
Black Sea areas.
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It will result in preparing an LNG Master Plan for short sea shipping
between the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean as well as the
Deep Sea cruising in the North Atlantic Ocean towards the Azores and the
Madeira Islands.
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The feasibility study will promote Motorways of the Sea sustainability,
contributing to the common effort addressing climate change, in particular
in view of the forthcoming requirements with respect to the
implementation of the requirements of Annex VI of the MARPOL
Convention.
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Furthermore the Action will contribute the use of new technologies and
systems to increase MoS efficiency and effectiveness.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
Main Objectives (2)
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The project will complement the results of the on-going LNG North Sea
and Baltic Sea project 2010-EU-21112-S.
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This will increase the potential of Motorways of the Sea by decreasing
transport costs and reducing CO2, NOx and SOx emissions and using of
LNG as an alternative to marine bunker.
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If COSTA’s policy recommendations are implemented it is expected that
CO2 emissions from shipping could drop by 25% in 2020 and by 50% in
2050.
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For the air pollutants the use of LNG would eliminate SOx and reduce NOx
by 90%.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
COSTA Action and the LNG North Sea and
Baltic project
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The project will take into account the following particularities
between the COSTA action and the LNG North Sea and Baltic
project:
 in the Baltic area (and in other SECA/ SOx Emission Control Areas) use of
fuel with maximum 0.1% sulphur contents will be compulsory from 2015;
this makes LNG an economically viable alternative in the short term. In the
rest of the world the sulphur limit is planned to be lowered to 0.5% in
2020;
 in the Baltic area, most of the traffic by sea is based on regular service on
short routes; this means that relatively small LNG refuelling facilities are
necessary. On the contrary in the Mediterranean Sea most of the traffic is
of the “long range” type, moreover third Countries (e.g. North Africa) play
an important role, hence securing LNG supply in the area with a
convenient network of suitable LNG refuelling facilities is a must.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
LNG Master Plan (1)
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The LNG Master Plan will therefore clearly identify what is necessary to
be done, when it is to be done, by whom and which are the necessary
investments in order to be able to use LNG as fuel for shipping in the
Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic Ocean basins, including the seariver connections and deep sea cruising in the North Atlantic Ocean,
from 2020 onwards.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
LNG Security of supply
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
LNG Security of supply
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
LNG Master Plan (2)
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Advantage will be taken from the achievements of the LNG North
Sea and Baltic project in particular on safety issues as well as on
technical issues.
More specifically, two scenarios will be analyzed:
 medium term (2020), considering a sulphur limit of 0.5% with a
sensitivity analysis on a limit of 0.1%;
 long term (2030), considering a sulphur limit of 0.1%.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
LNG Master Plan (3)
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The specific objectives of the project are the following:
 to identify, for medium (2020) and long-term (2030) scenarios, the
obstacles (technical, logistic/social and sustainability) which prevent/limit
the use of LNG for shipping in the above areas;
 to work out solutions and recommendation which enable LNG to be an
option in each of the two scenarios considered;
 to draw the LNG Master Plan respectively for each of the analysed
scenarios.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
Activities
Activity 1 - LNG Master Plan
Sub-Activity 1.1: LNG bunkering scenarios (to identify the obstacles
technical, logistic/social and sustainability which prevent/limit the use
of LNG for shipping)
Sub-Activity 1.2: LNG Solutions (special mention to detailed technical
studies
addressing
ship
retrofitting
and
typical
port
facility/infrastructures)
Sub-activity 1.3: LNG Master Plan (strategic document composed of a
technical and a policy sections for Mediterranean, Atlantic and Black
Sea)
Activity 2 - Stakeholders, Experts and Dissemination
Sub-Activity 2.1: COSTA Stakeholders
Sub-Activity 2.2: Dissemination
Activity 3 - Coordination & Management
Technical coordination and administrative management.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
For Portugal “COSTA” is a win-win project
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On one hand, conscious of the environmental and energy efficiency
requirements, particularly in the maritime transport sector, COSTA has a
strong strategic nature, both at European and national levels, by
reinforcing the integration of Madeira and Azores within the space of
European Union and, not less important, by demonstrating the enormous
advantage of the position of those two North Atlantic territories within the
supply chain of LNG as marine fuel.
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On the other hand, Madeira and Azores may obtain significant economic
benefits from their recognition as environmentally sustainable touristic
areas and also from the increase of the traffic of regular lines of LNGpowered vessels, such as ferries and cruise segment and simultaneously
their population and tourists may directly benefit from the reduction of the
emission of greenhouse gases.
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
“COSTA”
CO2 & Ship Transport emissions
Abatement through LNG
2011-EU-21007-S
Thank You
Clustering meeting of the TEN-T MoS project
23 May 2012 | Gothenburg, Sweden