On October 30, COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation and COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry’s design of the 50,000 cbm ammonia dual-fuel ammonia/LPG carrier obtained the AIP certificates independently issued by the three classification societies: ABS, CCS, and DNV.
The ammonia/LPG carrier are green, low-carbon, energy-saving, environmentally friendly, strong in cargo capacity, safe and reliable. Compared with the same type of ships on the market, the cargo hold volume is increased by about 1% under the same scale; the daily fuel consumption is reduced by about 0.5 tons under the same speed conditions; the cargo is mainly ammonia, and LPG also can be loaded; the ammonia dual-fuel system design can achieve net zero carbon emissions. The gas carrier strives to reach the international leading level in performance indicators and cargo capacity.
It is understood that under the background of increasingly stringent carbon emission control during the life cycle of ship fuel, ammonia fuel has attracted much attention from the shipping industry. In addition, low-carbon ammonia has a wide range of application prospects, covering multiple fields such as electricity, steel, chemicals, and agriculture. This ship design can not only provide a practical and innovative solution for the application of alternative fuels in the shipping industry, but also provide a strong guarantee for the global cross-regional transportation of green energy.
In recent years, COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation has closely followed the global energy transformation and actively participated in the construction of green energy ecology, providing logistics and application scenario support for the green energy industry. So far, COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation has put into operation one LNG dual-fuel VLCC and placed an order for three 114,000 DWT Aframax methanol dual-fuel crude oil tankers.
The issuance of the AIP certificate for the 50,000 cbm ammonia dual-fuel ammonia/LPG carrier marks that COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation has successfully achieved “full coverage” of three mainstream alternative fuels, namely liquefied natural gas, methanol and ammonia, as well as carbon capture technology applications and technical reserves of different ship types.