Six high-profile shipping market participants have joined forces to conduct a feasibility study into setting up a supply chain to provide green ammonia for ship-to-ship bunkering at the Port of Singapore, the partners said in a joint statement March 10.
The participants in the study are A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Fleet Management Limited, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sumitomo Corporation and Yara International ASA.
The study aims to cover the entire end-to-end supply chain of ammonia bunkering, including the development of a cost-effective green ammonia supply chain, design of ammonia bunkering vessels and related supply chain infrastructure, the partners said in the statement.
“Ammonia as energy carrier is an enabler of the energy transition and we recognize the need for value chain collaboration to make zero emission shipping by using ammonia as a fuel a reality,” Magnus Ankarstrand, EVP of Yara Clean Ammonia, a unit of Yara International, said in the statement.
Green ammonia is produced solely from renewable electricity, water and air and has no CO2 emissions.
The IMO in April 2018 announced plans to cut the shipping industry’s total greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 from 2008 levels, and reduce CO2 emissions per transport work by at least 40% by 2030. As part of the plans, the IMO’s marine environment protection committee last November strengthened its Energy Efficiency Design Index, or EEDI, Phase 3 requirements.
Under the ammonia study, relevant government agencies and experts in Singapore will be engaged in working towards the standardization of safe operations and regulations. The study will also assess the supply of ammonia, including potential synergies with LPG as a starting point…
