scope:

Scope and limitations of this recommended practice

Figure 1-1 shows the typical project lifecycle process of an LNG bunkering facility. The scope of this RP stretches across the activities, from the strategy phase through to the operation of an LNG bunkering facility.

The main topics covered by this RP are as follows:

- Development of LNG bunkering facilities (Sec.4)

- Risk assessments for LNG bunkering facilities (Sec.4 and Sec.6 and App.D)

- Safety management system (SMS) requirements (Sec.5)

- Operation of LNG bunkering facilities (Sec.6)

- Determination of the quantity and properties of the supplied LNG (Sec.7)

Figure 1-2 illustrates the different types of bunkering operations covered by the scope. The bunkering scenarios directly covered by this RP are: terminal-to-ship, truck-to-ship and ship-to-ship transfers. The practices presented may, with special considerations, also be used for other bunkering scenarios, like the use of portable tanks referred to as "cassette bunkering". The RP is applicable to vessels covered by the IMO regulations as well as inland shipping.

Regarding simultaneous operations on land and sea (e.g. cargo handling, passenger operations, ship traffic close to the bunkering location, etc.), the RP addresses the risk management requirements and discusses the methodologies available.

The following are excluded from the scope of this RP:

- Installations, arrangements and operations on the receiving vessel other than those related to LNG bunkering.

- The development of intermediate storage facilities and any activity upstream from intermediate storage, in the value chain.

- The recycling or dismantling of an LNG bunkering facility at the end of its lifecycle.