A number of main maritime gamers embody AP Moller Maersk, Fleet Administration, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Middle for Zero Carbon Transport, Sumitomo Company and Yara Worldwide have entered right into a memorandum of understanding to collectively conduct a feasibility examine on the event of a complete and aggressive provide chain for the supply of inexperienced ammonia ship-to-ship bunkering on the Port of Singapore, the biggest bunkering port on this planet.
The examine goals to cowl the complete end-to-end provide chain of ammonia bunkering, which incorporates the event of an economical inexperienced ammonia provide chain, design of ammonia bunkering vessels, in addition to associated provide chain infrastructure. Related authorities companies and specialists in Singapore may also be engaged in working in direction of the standardization of secure operation and rules.
The examine will assess the availability of ammonia together with potential synergies with LPG as a place to begin. Contemplating the comparable necessities for gentle refrigerated storage, vessels or barges initially designed for LPG may deal with brown, blue and inexperienced ammonia.
“Alongside methanol, at A P Moller-Maersk we see inexperienced ammonia as an necessary future gasoline for the decarbonisation of our fleet. A twin gasoline ammonia engine is at present beneath improvement, however for inexperienced ammonia to gasoline our vessels sooner or later we even have provide, infrastructure and security associated challenges to resolve, not least in the case of bunkering operations. We’re happy to work with famend corporations on this discipline to pave the best way for ammonia as a future gasoline to decarbonise world delivery,” stated Morten Bo Christiansen, VP and head of decarbonisation at AP Moller-Maersk.
“There are a number of routes to the decarbonisation of the marine business and we’re happy to have the ability to leverage our experience in engineering and bunkering to spearhead the event of cleaner marine fuels akin to ammonia. This consists of the design of ammonia bunkering and ammonia-powered vessels, in addition to creating the worth chain vital for the adoption of ammonia. That is in step with Keppel’s Imaginative and prescient 2030, which incorporates seizing alternatives in new power,” stated Chris Ong, CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine.
Kishore Rajvanshy, managing director at Fleet Administration, added: “We’re very happy to help the event of the inexperienced transition pathway for our business. We take part with our technical experience throughout ship varieties to offer holistic options to sustainability, and alongside different various fuels akin to methanol we really feel ammonia will play a big function.”
