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COMMUNICATION
The LNG era in the Port of Venice
The port of Venice is at the under the “Green Port Policy” focus on With EU co-funded Action, the whole
intersection of the main three main areas: project is currently being developed
European transport corridors 1. Air: in addition to air quality
and Motorways of the Sea. • within the GAINN4CORE project
Thanks to its strategic position, it can monitoring and assessment, the (initiative promoted by the Italian
act as a European gateway for trade Port has started up a number of Ministry of Infrastructure and
flows to and from Asia. One harbor with projects aimed at cutting emissions Transport, in order to create the
three Ports of call: and promoting the use of alternative Italian alternative fuels network
energy. according to the Directive
Venice cargo port facilities can count 2. Water: the Port’s quaysides have 2014/94/EU)
on 2.000 hectares of port logistics been designed to avoid any
areas, being one of the major European contamination seeping from the ENI will design and implement a
Ports for project and general cargo and land into either the lagoon or the pilot LNG refueling station with a
one of the main Ports in the Adriatic water table. capacity of about 150 [m3] able
Sea for containers traffic. Furthermore, 3. Land: Venice Port Authority set up to supply a LNG demand of about
the Port of Venice is the first cruise Port a big campaign of soil remediation 3.000 [ton/y], for both maritime
in Europe and in Italy (Home In/Out involving 110 ha, with 105 million € and road uses; VPA will take care of
Pax, 2015 – Report Medcruise, Cruise already invested studying the accessibility and safety
activities in Medcruise Ports 2015) and aspects related to LNG storage and
it counts on the Italian most modern Since 2013, as part of its environmental distribution, with respect to the
Motorways of The Sea Terminal (Ro- policy, the Port of Venice has planned above mentioned initiative;
Ro/Ro-Pax). a set of activities to promote the use
of LNG as an alternative fuel for both • within Poseidon Med2 project; the
Focusing on environmental issues, maritime and land transport modes. European Union has granted the
the Venice Port Authority (VPA) is co-funding of over € 9 million to the
committed in many projects aimed It all started in 2013, with the drafting Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido for the
at the preservation and improvement of the North Adriatic Master Plan for construction of the first prototype
of Venice and its Lagoon, such as the the development of port infrastructure of an innovative LNG powered ship
restoration of the Venetian waterfront, for LNG and other alternative energy designed by BMT Titron (England).
the remediation of land and water and sources as part of the Poseidon Med
the use of alternative energies. project. The demand analysis (see A larger LNG hub, is also planned as
graph below) shows that Venice has other port and logistics companies are
The environmental sustainability of Port all the numbers to become the LNG ready to invest more than 80 mio € on
activities is one of the VPA’s main goals. distribution hub for the whole North bunkering, maritime and road refueling
In particular, the actions undertaken Adriatic area for maritime and road stations. l
transport sectors.
LNG demand analysis in the port of Venice 2016-2030. (Ton of LNG)
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