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Bulk Carriage of Alternate Fuels by Vessels

Date and Time: June22: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: NAS 120

Daniel Velez
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

LCDR Dan Velez is the Chief of the Hazardous Materials Division, Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Coast Guard Headquarters. In that capacity, he oversees standards for the maritime carriage of packaged HAZMAT, bulk liquid, and bulk liquefied gases, including standards for novel cargoes. LCDR Velez has over 17 years of Coast Guard experience as an enlisted member serving in life saving units, as a military attorney and judge advocate, and as a prevention officer/marine safety engineer. His previous Coast Guard units include Sector New Orleans as a Marine Inspector and Investigator, and the Office of International and Maritime Law in which he served as a judge advocate/military attorney. LCDR Velez has a B.S. in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, a J.D. from the College of William and Mary, a M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University in mechanical engineering.

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

In order to meet ambitious national and international green-house gas reduction goals for maritime shipping, there has been increasing use, and proposed use, of marine fuels other than traditional diesel fuels. This includes the use of liquified natural gas, hydrogen (including liquified), ammonia, methanol, bio/synthetic diesels – as wells as the possibility of commercial nuclear power. Usage of these alternative marine fuels presents numerous technical and regulatory challenges for the U.S. transportation system. Widespread and easy adoption of alternative fuels will likely also require a robust technical and regulatory framework for the bulk carriage of these commodities as cargoes. Through its unique regulatory ability to address safe equivalents outside of prescribed regulations, the U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely positioned to handle the challenge of safely transitioning to greater alternative fuel usage. This presentation will focus on the current state of Coast Guard regulations for the use and bulk carriage of alternative fuels and describe the regulatory and policy initiatives the Coast Guard has undertaken to safely accommodate these changes. 

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