Flagship ammonia terminal

Azane Fuel Solutions’ ‘Ammonia Fuel Bunkering Network’ project to develop, build and operate a green ammonia bunkering terminal under real conditions in a Norwegian port will be granted €8,600,000 through the Norwegian Government’s Norwegian Green Platform Initiative.

Minister of Trade and Industry, Iselin Nybø, commented: “This project can give us the world’s first bunkering terminal for green ammonia fuel for ships. This is a green change in practice and the business community is leading the way.”

André Risholm, CEO at Amon Maritime and chairman at Azane Fuel Solutions, said: “We are removing the famous chicken-and-egg dilemma for new fuels. Ammonia already has a global bulk terminal network. Now we will start building the bunkering network.”

The project partners, spanning the entire value chain for ammonia as a marine fuel, will develop and demonstrate an ammonia fuel bunkering network for ships, enabling cost efficient and safe distribution, storage, transfer and utilization of ammonia as a carbon free fuel.

With this public funding the project is on track to be the first in the World to pilot ammonia bunkering operations – taking the first step to enable a large-scale shift to carbon free fuel for ships.

Azane Fuel Solutions is a joint venture between ECONNECT Energy and Amon Maritime. The company is developing flexible ammonia fuel bunkering terminals to remove the existing barriers for implementing ammonia fuel. The new solutions will be capable of receiving fuel from ships, trucks and barges, in refrigerated or pressurised state and be optimised for ammonia-fuelled ships. The solutions include both shore-based solution and floating solution.