Yara Clean Ammonia and Bunker Holding to develop ammonia bunker supply network

Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) and Bunker Holding Group signed an MoU establishing the intention to collaborate to accelerate the development of the market for clean ammonia as a shipping fuel, according to Bunker Holding on Friday (23 June)

The agreement connects two key elements of the supply chain needed to achieve the use of clean ammonia as a shipping fuel, namely a global supplier of clean ammonia and the largest bunker supplier today in terms of end users.

The collaboration will focus on exploring opportunities to supply clean ammonia as a marine fuel to first movers in the shipping industry along key trade routes and bunkering ports in various geographical regions.

Murali Srinivasan, SVP Commercial of Yara Clean Ammonia, said: “We look forward to collaborating with Bunker Holding to support the acceleration of the net-zero carbon energy transition for the Shipping Industry with clean ammonia.”

“Our global assets and logistical footprint coupled with Bunker Holding’s position as the world’s largest bunker player will bring safety, reliability, and security of clean ammonia supply as shipping fuel and will add more resilience and robustness to developing this value chain in the future.”

Valerie Ahrens, Senior Director, New Fuels and Carbon Markets of Bunker Holding, said: “We are excited to work with Yara Clean Ammonia on developing a credible commercial offering for the supply of low- and zero-carbon ammonia to our global customer base.”

“We at Bunker Holding are committed to playing a leading role in facilitating the decarbonisation of the maritime sector and as such it is vital for us to collaborate with partners who can offer the market confidence around the scale and security of supply of low-carbon fuels.”

Photo credit: Bunker Holding Group
Published: 26 June, 2023