Bio-LNG proponent Holland Innovation Team has secured permits for the first phase of a bunkering station in the Netherlands.

The biofuels technology company has teamed up with bunker supplier A Noble to develop the facility at Zwijndrecht near Rotterdam.

HIT plans to begin the project by using an LNG truck to fuel inland navigation vessels.

Construction of a permanent bunkering station with a 500 cubic-metre storage tank could begin as early as this year, said HIT boss Peter van der Gaag.