Tag: ammonia

A consortium of shipping stakeholders, coordinated by the technology group Wärtsilä, is working to develop demonstrators for two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines running on ammonia fuel.

DNV Approval Centres in Shanghai and Norway assured that the first ammonia-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) design from China complies with the latest DNV Gas Fuelled Ammonia notation. 

Yara International and Azane Fuel Solutions have signed a commercial agreement to establish a carbon-free ammonia fuel bunker network in Scandinavia.

H2Carrier, a company based in Norway, and Eurowind Energy, a Danish renewable energy project developer, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to develop low carbon fuels from wind and solar power.

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the completion of a concept study on an ammonia/liquefied CO2 carrier to flexibly meet future demand for transport of liquefied CO2 and ammonia transport with a vessel type that could become the mainstream in this transport field.

To make zero-emissions shipping a reality by using ammonia as a fuel, Yara recognizes the need for value chain collaboration, and announced that it became a member of The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF).

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, collaborates with Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), the national oil and gas company of South Korea, in order to develop low carbon hydrogen/ammonia and liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carriers.

RWE AG, a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen, announced its plans to build a terminal for the import of green energy in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy announced the Research Council of Norway’s investment of EUR 20,271,400 in HYDROGENi: a new centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME) dedicated to hydrogen and ammonia.

Commenting about the future of ammonia in shipping, DNV expects the first ammonia-fueled vessels to hit the water in the second half of this decade.