A Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation-led consortium has successfully conducted ship-to-ship transfers of ammonia at anchorages within the Port of Dampier on 14 September 2024.
Fuel/Energy Type: Ammonia
Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping
On a tributary of the Hudson River, a tugboat powered by ammonia eased away from the shipyard dock and sailed for the first time to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
Alternative Fuels Ammonia
Liam Blackmore gives an introduction and overview of Ammonia as a fuel for shipping including technical challenges, safety elements and sustainability in this video.
Year Ahead: Regulatory hurdles leave shipowners to grapple with limited options for fuelling ammonia carriers
Shipping companies building ammonia carriers to use the cargo as fuel for their ship engines may find it necessary to lobby port state control to allow use of this fuel.
In safe hands? Onboard the world’s first ammonia-powered ship, billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Green Pioneer
Iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue brought the world’s first ammonia-powered ship to global attention earlier this month, when it was sailed to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit – with Forrest openly lamenting that it could not actually be fuelled with ammonia.
Shipping sector lands deal for supply of 11 million tons of green fuel
Companies such as Bunker Holding, Trafigura and MAN have signed the agreement, committing them to work towards a large-scale production of green fuel.
The world may be close to getting its first cargo ship that emits almost no carbon dioxide
The world’s first cargo ship that produces nearly zero planet-heating pollution is on track to set sail in 2026, according to one of the firms behind the project.
The world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship
With global shipping accounting for 706 million tonnes of CO2 emissions last year, it is iimperative that we cooperate acrosss value chains to reach the 1.5°C goal by 2030.
Japan celebrates delivery of a liquefied CO2 carrier
The Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today handed over a new type of ship for Japanese shipbuilders, a liquefied CO2 carrier, which will serve as a demonstration test ship for a seaborne trade many are predicting will bubble up in the years to come.
Singapore and Korea discuss on bunkering of new marine fuels and digital initiatives
MPA was hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries at a bilateral meeting in Busan where both updated on digital initiatives and bunkering of new maritime fuels, amongst others.