Moving from concept to early-stage implementation in just five years, ammonia has a path to becoming a low-GHG fuel alternative for deep-sea shipping, according to a new paper from DNV.
DNV’s new report, Ammonia in Shipping: Tracing the Emergence of a New Fuel, addresses the key barriers to the uptake of ammonia and outlines a two-phase pathway for its widespread adoption in shipping. The first phase would see the building, fuelling, and operation of a pioneering ammonia-powered fleet consisting of a few dozen vessels, crewed by a few hundred competent personnel, and bunkering a few million tonnes of ammonia from a dozen ports. The second phase would include scale up with global infrastructure, production and IMO regulations. (....)