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as the fleet of trucks and specialisedport vehicles, cranes and servicevessels.

Molgas has researched for the past twoyears the dualization possibilities ofinland vehicles (trucks) and portequipment (cranes) as well as maritimevessels.

Our objective is to be the leadingcompany for both private as well asindustrial users and be the energysupplier, partner and neighbour ofchoice.

We work towards this goal in ourtransport and LNG companies,transforming each business into alaboratory to test new ideas, to grow,to offer a better service to our clientsand our communities and to offer newopportunities to the employees of eachof our businesses.

The last milestone of Molgas consistedin carrying out the first simultaneousbunkering operation in Spain,specifically in the ports of Vigo andCartagena, supplying LNG to the firsttug boat using this clean energy as afuel. The transfer was made using apump and flexible metal hose pipe,emptying completely two full tanks inless than two hours thanks to the twin-connection system patented by Molgas.

To conclude Molgas is committed tothe development and innovation ofLNG supply technologies that will serveas the alternative to multiple fuels andthe future of the global fuel. As ourslogan says, 'follow our energy.”

Spain is the European country with thegreatest logistics know-how in thedistribution of liquefied natural gas(LNG), boasting more than one thirdof all existing European regasificationterminals (18). This results in Spainholding a leadership position withregards to the transport, loading andunloading of LNG, globally trailing justbehind Korea and Japan in terms ofregasification capacity per inhabitant.Spain currently shifts 45,000 tanks ofLNG per year of which Molgas EnergíaSAU handles about half (21,750 tanksper year to be specific).

Apart from having vast infrastructureSpain also counts on a privileged geo-strategic position vis-à-vis maritimenavigation with the ports of Valencia,Barcelona and Algeciras being rankedamongst the world's busiest ports interms of traffic flows. Both elementsposition Spain as an ideal zone todevelop the LNG industry as a fuel ofthe future to propel large vessels andto offer services related to Spanish ports- currently for ships passing by as wellas short-sea-shipping and, in the future,for vessels covering long commercialroutes that pass through theMediterranean or the Atlantic.

The drive to use LNG as a fuel to propellarge vessels has been favoured bylegislation included in the InternationalConvention for the Prevention ofPollution from Ships (MARPOL) thatlimits emissions of vessels whilstdesignating areas of special protection(Emission Control Areas - ECAs). TheEuropean Directive also fosters thedevelopment of infrastructure to use

alternative transport fuels, specifying inconcrete a series of Spanish ports thatwill have to dispose of the necessaryinfrastructure to supply LNG in 2025with a forecast of more than 1,000 LNGvessels in Valencia, Barcelona, Bilbao,Cartagena, Gijon, A Corunna, LasPalmas, Palma de Mallorca, Seville,Tarragona and Algeciras.

Molgas Energía SAU, the leadingindependent company in Spain, ispresent throughout the entire valuechain necessary to promote LNG as amaritime fuel. It has the largest fleet ofLNG trucks in Europe; it is the leaderin the design and construction ofregasification plants and holds supplycontracts with the principal gascompanies in the world. Molgasendeavours, from its leadership position,to contribute to the development anddiversification of the sale of marinefuels within the framework of the futureinternational regulation limitingmaritime transport emissions. LNG isone of the options that allow themaritime transport industry to complywith the most demanding regulation,reducing CO2 emissions by 20-25%,90% of NOx emissions and 100% ofSOx emissions.

Strategy

The strategy of Molgas Energía SAU isbased on supporting and promoting theuse of LNG and particularly in the Portof Valencia, a privileged port given itsEuropean geographic position. Molgasdisposes of the necessary means toimplement the logistics infrastructureneeded to supply vessels, as well

From left to right: Rafael Angulo, Javier Mey and JorgeNakazaki

As part of the activities foreseen in theprocess of drafting the Master Plan forthe Port Terminal of Lambayeque,managed by the Lambayeque Portconsortium formed by the ValenciaportFoundation, Acciona Ingeniería andOIST, a visit was made by land and bysea of the alternative locations chosenfor the future development of the portterminal.

Jorge Nakazaki, the manager of theRegional Port Authority of Lambayeque,together with Javier Mey, a specialist incoasts and dredging and Rafael Angulo,the local coordinator of the consortiumvisited together the port developmentzones of Pimentel and Puerto Eten. Thefirst zone is currently well used for spapurposes whilst the second zone, to thesouth of the old quay built in the 19thcentury, has cliffs of up to 30 metres inheight which gradually descend to thesea level towards a beach area of fine

port facilities over the short, mediumand long terms. Its physical, economicand strategic potential is to be identifiedand examined in line with traffic flowand service demand forecasts based onthe evolution of international trade andtransport, the requirements of the areaof influence of the port including thelocation of a logistics area and on theexpected economic development of thecountry.

This past 19 February took place in theauditorium of the headquarters ofRepsol in Madrid the kick-off meetingof the “Flexible LNG Bunkering ValueChain in the Spanish MediterraneanCoast - BunkerLogix” project. Theproject is co-financed by the TEN-TProgramme of the EuropeanCommission (EC) and led by Repsol incollaboration with the ValenciaportFoundation, the company Ros RocaIndox Cryo Energy, S.L. and the PortAuthority of Cartagena.

The principal objective of the projectis to undertake a study to evaluate anddesign a supply chain of liquefiednatural gas (LNG) that is optimised forthe key ports of the SpanishMediterranean based on existinginfrastructure. A LNG supply vessel willalso be designed with the goal ofoffering a flexible supply solution atdifferent locations close to theMediterranean slope. Another objectiveof the project is to build up theminimum demand for LNG over themid term in order to just i fyeconomically the investment neededto launch such an LNG supply chain.

Carolina Navarro, a project manager of the ValenciaportFoundation, during her presentation

were also held with managers (fleet,business development and supplymanagers) of ship operators andcharterers who have operations in theprincipal ports located along the SpanishMediterranean coastline: Barcelona,Valencia, Cartagena and Bahía deAlgeciras.

This project is of a pioneering natureand will enable Spain to offer solutionsfor the supply of LNG similar to thosecurrently available in other locations inthe north of Europe. This comes aheadof the coming into force of legislationon environmental restrictions (EmissionControl Areas - ECAs) and will providethe key ports of the SpanishMediterranean with the necessaryequipment to supply LNG to vesselsprior to 2020 in line with the directivesproposed by the EC.

sand that is quite straight and withoutnatural protection. Such a location tothe south of the current facilities ofPETROPERU, which in its daymanifested the consolidation of port usein the area, is located at a reasonabledistance from the urban nucleus andpresents a homogeneous bathymetryand a mild slope. There remains just tocomplete the evaluation analysis of theenvironmental aspects related to thepotential cultural value.

The necessary basic studies are to becompleted over the coming weeks tocarry out a full evaluation of the designof the proposal of the facilities to beconstructed.

The objective of this project is to draftthe Master Plan of the port terminal inthe Lambayeque region, specifying theport infrastructure and equipmentneeded for the smooth development of

Th e m e e t i n g , a t t e n d e d byrepresentatives of the various entitiesparticipating in BunkerLogix, served toreview the contribution of each projectpartner as well as to present the logo,acronym and website of the projectwhere the objectives, calendar andcurrent status of technical activities areto be published. These activities includevarious studies to be carried out todetermine the viability of supplyingLNG using barges as well as the keytechnical challenges to overcome. Forits part the Valenciaport Foundationpresented the progress made in thecompilation of existing legislation andstandards to be taken into account inthe LNG supply chain (regional,national and international), anyproblems detected during this process,as well as the calendar of upcomingactivities whose purpose will be to drafta roadmap for the development of anLNG supply chain in the portsparticipating in the project.

Finally the design of the market test tobe carried out with the objective ofdefining the future demand for LNG asa fuel in the Spanish Mediterraneancoast was presented. Several meetings

This past 19 February took place in theEuropean Parliament the conference“The COSTA solution: LNG serving asthe motor for growth and developmentin the south of Europe”, organised bythe Italian Ministry, the coordinator ofthe COSTA project, with the support ofthe Greek, Spanish and Portuguesegovernments.

The COSTA project (CO2 & ShipTransport Emissions Abatement by LNG),counting on the participation of theValenciaport Foundation, is co-financedby the TEN-T programme of the EuropeanCommission (EC) and involves fourmember states: Italy, Spain, Portugal andGreece. The project started in 2012 withthe general objective of developing theframework of conditions needed for thefuture use of liquefied natural gas (LNG)

coming years, to successfully implementthe regulations of the EC and PriorityProjects. It also served to demonstratethat LNG will without a doubt offer thegreatest benefits at a regional level interms of the development of newtechnologies in the economies involved,employment, air quality improvement,increased safety and security in supplychains and sustainable development.

Francisco Ferrando, the head of projectsof the Valencian regional governmentand member of the Climate KICCommittee, participated amongst othersin the conference to present the economicand social benefits related to thedevelopment of LNG regionally.

followed the course in February whosecontent included several practical casesas well as visits to port lashing, mooringand tugging activities.

The Valenciaport Foundation is currentlypreparing the third edition of the course,this time open to the sector and targetedto professionals working in the sector aswell as those wishing to complementtheir training to work in the port-logisticssector.

Visit of the students of the course to the facilities of Corporationof Practices of the Port of Valencia accompanied by NéstorMartinez, the head of operations of the APV, Ana Rumbeu,the head of training of the Valenciaport Foundation, ÓscarMagdalena, the head of planning of Noatum TCV and OlayaRodríguez, the controller of the Corporation of Practices

different types of vessel services, as wellas the various fees charged by portauthorities for vessels calling at ports,SEVASA and port workers, how workteams are determined and defined, howplanned cargo loadings are carried out,how lashing and unlashing operationsinfluence vessel planning, as well as thecargo loading and unloading of differenttypes of containers and finally shippingcompanies, allocations and theirdisbursement accounts.

27 workers of Noatum Container TerminalValencia, divided into two groups,

Visit of the students of the course to a tug boat of the Portof Valencia

as a fuel source for vessels in theMediterranean area, in the Atlantic Oceanand the Black Sea.

Europe is playing a relevant role in theglobal expansion of the market for LNGas an alternative fuel for vessels.Regulations on the limits of sulphuremissions of vessels, established by theInternational Maritime Organisation(IMO) and by the EC, are pushing shipowners as well as others in the industryto look for alternative fuels with lowersulphur levels and reasonable costs giventhe prohibitive prices of currentlyavailable distilled fuels. With this objectivein mind LNG was identified as the mostpromising solution by several memberstates and chosen by the EC in thepackage “Clean Transport Fuels.”

Carlo Fidanza, an Italian EC Deputy andthe presenter of the directive beingproposed for the development ofinfrastructure for alternative fuels, hostedthe COSTA conference within thiscontext. The work session not only servedto present the recommendations resultingfrom the COSTA project but also to openin parallel a debate at a European levelon the solutions to be adopted, over the

The Valenciaport Foundation hasdesigned, upon the request of Noatum,a course on the navigability of vesselsand terminal operation planning withthe goal of deepening the knowledgeof the staff of the planning andoperations department of NoatumContainer Terminal Valencia.

The course, tailor-made for the specificneeds of Noatum, comes as part of the'in-company' training programme of theValenciaport Foundation and counts ona group of lecturers formed byprofessionals from the sector with vastexperience. The course lasts 32 hoursthat link the activities carried out incontainer terminals with the variousparties that are involved in the planningof operations: vessels, with thenavigability and cargo stowageconditions including dangerous goods,port authorities, representing theframework within which licences areawarded to offer port services and

times in Spain and twice internationallyin Panama and Colombia.

The masters programme lasts over 500lecture hours and combines theoreticalcourses with the participation of lecturersand students both individually as wellas in groups, solving practical cases andexercises and/or tasks to demonstrate thestudents' understanding and assimilationof problems being analysed to preparefuture managers for working in groups.The programme is complemented by aseries of monographic sessions,conferences, presentations and visits toport facilities. The masters programmealso includes, as an added value, thesecompany internships, an internationalstudy trip to London to visit the keyorganisations of the maritime sector, anoutdoor activity linked to strategy andleadership, sessions on team work anda job offer pool through the IPEC AlumniAssociation and the ICADE BusinessSchool.

students the role of maritime agents, thetypes of maritime agencies existing, thebusiness model that they represent relatedto shipping companies, organisationalcharts, as well as the key to having ashipping company choose a port as ahub for its operations. The classes givenby Lorente on this topic are of a dynamicand enjoyable nature with debates beingof a fundamental nature.

Francisco Lorente together with students of the 22nd editionof the Masters in Port Management and Intermodal Transporttogether with Ana Rumbeu, the head of training of theValenciaport Foundation

The success of the internship programmein companies of the port-logistics sectoris one of the elements offering a higheradded-value to the Masters in PortManagement and Intermodal Transportfor students coming from other sectorslooking to retrain themselves as well asfor those who lack work experience andfor whom these internships serve as thefirst step to employment.

19 out of the 26 students of the 22ndedition of the masters opted for aninternship and 17 are current carryingout their internship in companies suchas IFS Internacional, NOATUM, TCV,MSC, DSV, Bernardino Abad, Ineco,Boluda, Docks, Kuehne + Nagel, ArolaComercio Internacional, Global CargoSys t em, Marmedsa and BDPInternacional , amongst others .

Students opting for these internships arenormally graduates of business studies,economics and civil engineering. Eachyear more companies are collaboratingwith the Valenciaport Foundation to takeits students as interns having been fullysatisfied with their contributions andhow the foundation manages itsinternship programme. The Masters inPort Management and IntermodalTransport is co-owned by the PortAuthority of Valencia (APV) and theComillas Pontifical University of Madridand is managed by the ValenciaportFoundation. It has been delivered 22

One of the key differences of the Mastersin Port Management and IntermodalTransport vis-à-vis other academicprogrammes in the sector is that its teamof lecturers is composed mostly bymanagers with vast professionalexperience wishing to share theirknowledge with students.

This past January Francisco Lorente, thepresident of MSC Spain, explained to