Fate, Behaviour, Potential Damage & Liabilities Arising from a Spill of Ammonia in the Marine Environment

23 July 2024

Fate, Behaviour, Potential Damage & Liabilities Arising from a Spill of Ammonia in the Marine Environment

This report takes a look into Ammonia as an alternative shipping fuel. Ammonia is considered to be a promising low- or zero-carbon fuel for the shipping industry, as it is easier to store than LNG or hydrogen and does not have any tank-to-wake emissions, meaning that it does not have any direct CO2 emissions when combusted on-board. However, well-to-tank emissions, upstream CO2 emissions from the production, transportation, transformation and distribution of the fuel to the vessel, vary depending on the source of hydrogen used to synthesise the ammonia.

Categories: Alternative Fuels, Papers