South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has secured a $498 million order for 4 very giant ammonia carriers (VLAC) from Greece-based LPG delivery firm Naftomar Transport and Buying and selling Co., South Korea’s Yonhap Information Company experiences.
Building will happen at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, with anticipated by the primary half of 2027.
Every VLAC can have a capability to hold 93,000 cubic meters (cbm) of ammonia, making them the biggest ammonia carriers on the earth. The vessels will even be ammonia-ready for future conversion to ammonia fueled propulsion techniques.
Hanwha Ocean, previously Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), acquired an approval in precept for an 86,000-cubic-meter ammonia provider from classification societies Bureau Veritas and Lloyd’s Register. Designed with 4 prismatic-type cargo tanks, the vessel design has an general size of roughly 230m, breadth of 36.6m, and depth of twenty-two.5m.
Ammonia (NH3) is taken into account one of many zero-carbon gasoline choices being thought-about by the delivery trade because it goals to scale back carbon emissions. NH3 burns with out releasing CO2 and is taken into account zero-carbon from manufacturing to utilization when derived from renewable power sources.
