{"id":316,"date":"2019-10-01T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercator.nfdtesting.uk\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/2019\/10\/01\/wessels-marine-two-years-of-lng-operating-experience\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:49:16","slug":"wessels-marine-two-years-of-lng-operating-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/news\/news-pff\/wessels-marine-two-years-of-lng-operating-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Wessels Marine: two years of LNG operating experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoepfner will be presenting \u2018Two years&#8217; hands on experience with LNG as marine fuel\u2019 and will be providing the operator perspective in this session.<\/p>\n<p>Hoepfner has commented that \u201cswitching fuel concepts by main engine conversions does make sense. That\u2019s one conclusion after two years of operating the Wes Amelie\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His presentation will cover what has been achieved within the last two years, where they stand right now and how they will transfer knowledge of the learning curve towards zero-emission transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Hoepfner has been managing partner of Wessels Marine GmbH, Hamburg, since January 2019. The company focuses on project development and project management services in combination with qualified engineering know-how for solutions with LNG as marine fuel.<\/p>\n<p>As the responsible Project Manager for the world&#8217;s first conversion of a container ship to LNG operation, he has well-founded and proven experience in the use of LNG as marine fuel. This includes the conversion and subsequent launch of seagoing vessels. The flagship project &#8220;Wes Amelie&#8221;, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, has contributed significantly to the establishment of LNG as a marine fuel in Northern European container short sea traffic.<\/p>\n<p>View the full programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propulsionconference.com\/about-the-conference\/conference-programme\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know any of our speakers this year? Guests of speakers can benefit from exclusive discounts. Contact the team for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Propulsion &amp; Future Fuels will take place on from 19-21 November at the Sofitel Alter Wall in Hamburg, Germany. Book your place today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propulsionconference.com\/e-commerce\/conference2\">online<\/a>, by emailing the team at <a href=\"mailto:conferences@propulsionconference.com\">conferences@propulsionconference.com<\/a> or call +44 1329 825335.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Hoepfner, Managing Director at Wessels Marine GmbH joins the programme on day two of Propulsion &amp; Future Fuels 2019 in the LNG future fuel showcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-pff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}