The bulk carrier Mineral Europa, with a deadweight of about 210,000 DWT, is certified to carry nearly 1,000 tonnes of green ammonia to Australia after receiving fuel offshore at Zhoushan on October 13. It marks the first commercial-scale ship-to-ship green ammonia bunkering, coordinated by CEEC Hydrogen Energy, Belgium's CMB.TECH and Jiangsu Andefu Energy Technology, with fuel transferred from the Shenghang Yongle. The ammonia was produced at CEEC's Songyuan hydrogen park, some 2,000 km from Zhoushan, and trucked around 700 km before loading. The article notes ammonia's energy density is about 2.4 times lower than marine diesel, and current engines still need roughly 5% of their energy from diesel as a pilot fuel. A Norwegian report projects ammonia could supply about 25% of shipping energy demand by 2050, though experts say it is too early to treat it as a complete solution.
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Original headline: Phát hiện tàu Trung Quốc chở gần 1.000 tấn “hàng lạ”, âm thầm di chuyển trên biển, gần như không chạy bằng dầu, không phát ra khí thải
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