Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has been carrying out beach replenishment works at Banjaard Beach, Noord-Beveland, since September 1 using a trailing suction hopper dredger running largely on bio-LNG.
Commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat, the dredger will place 1 million m3 of sand on and in front of the beach as part of the Coastline Care programme, the firm said in a statement on its website on Friday.
Bio-LNG produced from organic wastes is a cleaner alternative to fossil LNG and can be used in LNG-fuelled ships without requiring modifications.
It is the first time in the Netherlands that such work has been carried out with a bio-LNG-powered dredger, cutting CO2 emissions compared with conventional fuels.
Van Oord said the project supports its science-based targets initiative (SBTi)-approved climate targets and net-zero strategy.
The company operates three LNG-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredgers – Vox Ariane, Vox Apolonia and Vox Alexia.
In August, the Vox Ariane took on a bio-LNG bunker supply in Germany.
