The Nordic Green Ammonia-Powered Ship concept study brings together key players in the entire value chain for a green ammonia-powered gas carrier. A major conclusion is that green ammonia holds potential to play a significant role in decarbonizing maritime transport if investors and operators are presented with a credible business model. Momentum is building behind .
Green ammonia-powered vessels have potential to play a role in decarbonizing the maritime industry; demonstrating business models will be an important catalyst.
Nordic consortium study bullish on potential of ammonia-powered ships June 2, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
The Nordic Green Ammonia-Powered Ship (NoGAPS) consortium has announced the results of its latest study on green ammonia-powered gas carrier transporting ammonia in Northern Europe and using zero-emission ammonia as a fuel.
In the past couple of years, ammonia has been creating the buzz, being identified as one of the key alternatives to conventional fuels on the shipping industry’s decarbonization path. Related Article
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The NoGAPS project report, developed by the Global Maritime Forum and Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory, summarizes the potential of green ammonia-powered shipping in decarbonizing maritime transport.
Working in collaboration with Altera Infrastructure, one of the world’s leading operators of shuttle tankers, DNV has successfully completed a fleet-wide implementation of “Nerves of Steel”, the industry’s most- advanced hull integrity monitoring system. For decades, assumptions about the status of the structural integrity of a vessel have been based on its age, design and .