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Infrastructure & Logistics
Ports, bunkering and supply-chain readiness for alternative fuels, and the financial, spatial and regulatory conditions that make them safe and viable. The barrier is rarely a single technical failure, but the simultaneous absence of investment confidence, port space, evidence and regulatory obligation.
Research scope
- ◆Port-specific safety cases: exclusion zones, storage siting and space optimisation
- ◆De-risking investment through lifecycle finance and insurance frameworks
- ◆Material reliability and bunkering codes for ammonia and hydrogen
- ◆Floating and mobile bunkering as a near-term pilot opportunity
Library
Reports and guidance relevant to this theme.
EUR-Lex, European Union2023
FuelEU Maritime, Regulation (EU) 2023/1805
GHG-intensity targets for energy used on board ships calling at EU/EEA ports, in force from January 2025.
Open source ↗EMSA2023
Safe Bunkering of Biofuels: guidance and risk assessment
Characteristics, regulatory landscape and a HAZID-based safety assessment for bunkering bio-methanol, FT-diesel, DME, HVO and FAME.
Open source ↗Funding & calls
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