... crane lifts it onshore. The favourite dish of the crew is rumen, a cow stomach dish from grandma's kitchen. Captain Rudolf always prepares this himself, roast hare is his second favourite dish. As the "Eiger" arrives at the harbour of Kehl in the afternoon – three hours later than expected, "because a container was missing in Strasbourg" – after taking a quick look at the sky, Rudolf and his crew spontaneously decided: "Lets have a barbecue on the afterdeck."



LNG bunker station in Cologne

The company PitPointLNG has been working on the implementation of a project since November 2018 for the construction of a stationary LNG bunker station in Cologne. In April 2019 the tank with a capacity of 200 cubic metre reached the Rhine harbour of Cologne. The opening event will take place in September. The LNG bunker station in Cologne will be the first permanently stationary possibility for inland waterway ships to bunker with LNG in Europe.



HEROSE valves for LNG applications

Manual globe valves
Sizes: DN25 to DN200
Pressures: up to 63 bar
Connections: butt weld, socket weld, thread, flange

Pneumatically actuated globe valves
Sizes: DN10 to DN200
Pressures: up to 63 bar
Connections: butt weld, socket weld, thread, flange

Safety valves
Sizes: DN6 to DN50
Pressures: 0.2 to 550 bar
Connections: thread, flange

Check valves
Sizes: DN10 to DN200
Pressures: up to 63 bar
Connections: butt weld, socket weld, thread, flange, solder

Strainer
Sizes: DN10 to DN200
Pressures: up to 63 bar
Connections: butt weld, socket weld, thread, flange, solder