DSME gets approval for ammonia-fuelled ammonia carrier
SUMMARY
The vessel will be equipped with four prismatic-type cargo tanks.
By Shardul SharmaClassification society Bureau Veritas has delivered an approval in principle (AiP) to Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for its design and development of an ammonia-powered ammonia carrier, it said on October 6.
The vessel is approximately 230 m in overall length, 36.6 m in breadth, and a depth of 22.5m. It will be equipped with four prismatic-type cargo tanks with a total capacity of approximately 86,000 m3.
“Reducing greenhouse gas emissions has now become a global concern and a key topic regardless of industry,” said Jae Hyuk Woo, senior executive vice president of DSME. “This project is significant in that two companies jointly completed the conceptual design of the very large ammonia carrier with an ammonia-fuelled propulsion system and secured technological competitiveness for the eco-friendly vessel by reviewing the safety and compliance of the design.”
Bureau Veritas said that ammonia is one of the main zero-carbon fuel options currently envisioned by shipping as the industry seeks to decarbonise.
The certificate was delivered to DSME at a ceremony last month at the Gastech exhibition in Milan.
