Bureau Veritas, the global certification organization based in France, has partnered with Hanwha Ocean and Naftomar to develop vessels with an ammonia fueled prepared design. The project aims to advance decarbonization of shipping through developing a vessel optimized for ammonia fueling utilization, including fueling from low-carbon ammonia.
Other certifying organizations have sought to participate in the maritime use of low-carbon ammonia as a fuel. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) earlier this year approved a Fortescue vessel to use ammonia as a marine fuel (GM March 22, p. 27), and Lloyd’s Register collaborated with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2021 on using ammonia as a shipping fuel (GM April 30, 2021).
The South Korean-based consortium Hanwha Corp. recently announced their intention to collaborate with INEOS Nitriles to study a low-carbon ammonia facility with carbon sequestration in the US that is expected to produce up to 1 million mt/y of ammonia (GM May 31, p. 24).