Trammo, OCI and James Fisher Fendercare successfully conducted an ammonia bunkering pilot between two vessels at a terminal in the Port of Rotterdam on 12 April 2025.
As stated, the pilot involved transferring 800 cubic meters of liquid, cold ammonia at -33 degrees Celsius between two ships. This took about 2.5 hours and was conducted alongside a new quay at the Maasvlakte 2 APM terminal.
The pilot used grey ammonia, which shares the same chemical properties as clean ammonia. Looking ahead, clean ammonia (low carbon) is expected to play a key role in the large-scale decarbonisation of shipping.
Rotterdam is the world’s second largest bunker port, with approximately ten million tonnes of fuel bunkered annually.
Together with all parties in the port, the Port of Rotterdam Authority aims to enable the bunkering of all alternative low-carbon fuels in the future.
To properly prepare the port to receive and bunker ships using new fuels, various steps will be taken to ensure that all regulatory, safety, infrastructural and supply factors are in order. The port has already fully implemented this method for LNG and, to a large degree, for methanol.
…Port of Rotterdam said on its statement.
The learnings of the pilot and the established procedures will be disseminated to the EU, other ports and relevant parties.
