KANON LOADING EQUIPMENT

LNG BUNKERING SOLUTIONS

LOCATION KANON LOADING EQUIPMENT B.V.

COMPANY • Since 1979 • Focus on continuous improvement • Safety, reliability, convenience • Market leader in terms of numbers of marine

loading arms sold, 120 - 180 MLA’s per year • Successfactors: Highest quality against competitive price Responsiveness and flexibility Continuous focus on safety for environment and operators with convenient operation • Convenient , one-man operation

No. 1 in Marine Loading Arms

LNG BUNKERING ISSUES • Emission regulations call for LNG-powered ships

• Supply / logistics from source to bunker spot

• Prices LNG versus conventional fuels

• Customer acceptance; adjustments of engines etc

• Safety issues:

• Is LNG dangerous • Is the bunkering equipment safe • What about emergency disconnection

emission control world

LNG burning

LNG hazards

emission control europe

Test Unit SAN818 swivel

Test Unit SBV

LNG BUNKERING APPROACH (I/II) • Fully rigid bunker arms are most reliable and safe

but have limited and inflexible reach => the same principle as bulk LNG transfer with 4 off 16” MLA’s

• Bunker hoses are most flexible but are not durable and have suboptimal possibilities for emergency release

• Conventional method using rigid boom and flexible hose in one structure combines advantages of both

• Using bunker vessel significanly increases the efficiency as bunkering is performed during cargo load / unload

LNG BUNKERING APPROACH (II/II) • Conventional method consist of rigid boom with

hose with advantages: • Emergency release provisions are at the boom

side not the ships deck • Hoses are relatively short and can easily be

replaced by another diameter • Emergency release control system based on

marine loading arm practise • Maximum practical safety, durance and

flexibility

Conventional bunkering by vessel (proposed concept by Kanon)

LNG bunkering by truck (hose)

LNG bunkering at fixed point on jetty by loading arm

Different bunker situations

LNG bunkering of ferry by truck (hose)

LNG BUNKERING

Conventional bunkering by vessel (proposed concept by Kanon)

Working envelope boom located side of ship Working envelope boom located centre of ship

Special Parts

connection

emergency release

swivels boom base

The Dry Break Emergency Release Coupler is hydraulically

activated and tested at the LNG operating temperature

Test movie

PROVEN PARTS WITH CERTIFIED COMPONENTS

SUMMARY • Combined rigid & hose assembly offers the best of two solutions

• Addional components are needed for secure emergency release

• Emergency Break Away system • MLA-based control system • Fall arrestors • Special execution of swivel joints and hoses

• The only method with long-term field experience in Rotterdam

and Antwerp Ports