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Wärtsilä has partnered with Gas and Heat and RINA to develop an ammonia fueled bunkering vessel.
The bunkering vessel will be specially designed to deliver and operate on green ammonia fuel.
Within this agreement, Gas and Heat will develop the basic design of the cargo handling system, while Wärtsilä will support the project through designing an optimized integrated propulsion solution in which the core element will include its recently introduced 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia fuel, the Wärtsilä 25 engine ammonia engine; Rina will then carry out the compliance assessment of the design as part of the wider Approval in Principle process.
Giuseppe Zagaria, Marine South-West Technical Director at RINA, comments: “RINA has long history of cooperation with Wärtsilä and we are very proud to work together once again, strengthening our project. Wärtsilä’s expertise will upgrade the technological content of our collaboration. Green ammonia has great potential to play an important role in the strategies set by IMO and EU, which will need innovative bunkering vessels to support the logistics and supply of green ammonia.”
Claudio Evangelisti, Gas and Heat Italy CEO, said; “Green ammonia is one of the alternative fuels of the future. We are excited that Warstila as joined our partnership with RINA to collaborate in this ambitious project. Gas and Heat is proud to work with these high level companies to offer this innovative vessel to the market.”
Stefano De Marco, Business Development, Decarbonisation Services, Wärtsilä Marine, said; “At Wärtsilä we are fully committed to supporting the industry with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is why we are proud to be partnering with RINA and Gas & Heat in this industry-leading project. Sustainable ammonia is one of the leading candidates in shipping’s search for alternative sustainable fuels, and the delivery of our new Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia solution will deliver the project’s overarching goal of enabling the transition to greener fuels in shipping.”
