“Providing Clean Air Quality” … BPA Advances LNG Fuel Conversion Project for Diesel Yard Tractors

Busan Port Authority (BPA).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan Port Authority (BPA) is promoting a diesel yard tractor (Y/T) LNG fuel conversion project this year.

Yard tractors are cargo handling and transportation equipment operated at Busan Port container terminals. There are a total of 684 units at Busan Port, accounting for the highest proportion of 49% among all cargo handling equipment.

By 2021, BPA had converted 451 out of 684 yard tractors to LNG fuel and attached diesel particulate filters (DPF) to 82 units to reduce ultrafine dust emissions.

The authority aims to convert 100% of cargo handling equipment to eco-friendly by 2025 and plans to promote the LNG fuel conversion project for 50 diesel yard tractors this year. After recruiting private operators within this month, the operator will be selected next month, and the project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The unit cost for converting a yard tractor (Y/T) to LNG is about 51 million KRW, of which 50% will be supported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and BPA respectively to reduce the burden on operators and seek rapid expansion of eco-friendly cargo handling equipment conversion.

Kang Jun-seok, president of BPA, said, “We will continue to promote the eco-friendly LNG fuel conversion project for diesel yard tractors to actively respond to the reduction of ultrafine dust at Busan Port and provide clean air quality to port workers and Busan citizens.”

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