Problemy Transportu i Logistyki

The authors of the article raise the problem of the development of alternative fuels infrastructure for modern inland vessels with the Union’s certificate of inland waterway in Polish ports. In connection with the forecast of the development of the technical base for the distribution of alternative fuels in Europe between 2020 and 2030 there are reasonable grounds for the development of techniques and technologies for transporting these raw materials, including means of inland waterway transport and sea transport. In accordance with the provisions of the Directive of 22 October 2014 No. 2014/94 / UE of the European Parliament and Council on the development of alternative fuels infrastructure, which aims to support the use of alternative fuels in transport, European Union Member States have been obliged to deploy alternative fuels infrastructure predetermined dates. The directive implements an obligation on gas refueling operations, charging points for electric vehicles, infrastructure for charging ships with electricity and refueling LNG (liquefied natural gas) in sea and inland ports. In accordance with international legal regulations and polish regulations, including the act of 11 January 2018 on electromobility and alternative fuels, technical and technological requirements supporting the development of technical infrastructure in the Member States were defined. The objective set by the authors is to analyze the possibilities of development of inland bunker stations located in sea and inland ports, forming future LNG distribution channels into the interior of the country by various means of transport. The article presents the determinants of the deployment of natural gas bunkering stations in liquefied form as well as the principles of design theory and their construction. In addition, some examples of the bunker are presented in accordance with the guidelines of the Polish Register of Shipping SA. In the last part, the possibility of using electricity for the power supply of inland vessels at the quay in the port was analyzed.