- Fundación Valenciaport launches a study on the safety of ammonia as ship fuel, aiming to establish its viability for maritime use.
- The study will develop methodologies, safety assessments, and technical guidance to ensure safe ammonia fuel usage in the maritime sector, promoting harmonization across port logistics.
- The project will analyze ammonia characteristics, review standards and regulations, assess equipment reliability, evaluate ship designs, and develop safety guidelines for ammonia-fueled vessels.
- Leveraging its expertise from previous projects like H2PORTS and POSEIDON, Fundación Valenciaport will contribute insights from hydrogen and e-methanol fuel initiatives, along with its experience in handling ammonia cargo at the Port of Sagunto.
Fundación Valenciaport Methodologies
Fundación Valenciaport has started working on a study on the safety of ammonia as fuel, ‘Study Investigating the Safety of Ammonia as Fuel on Ships’; an initiative that proposes to lay the foundations for the use of ammonia as fuel for ships.
The research will provide a framework of methodologies, safety assessment, and reliability analysis, as well as a technical guidance document to achieve a degree of harmonization across the port logistics sector.
The project will focus in particular on the characterization of ammonia as a chemical and fuel, reviewing available standards, regulations, and practices, and the considerations to be taken into account to ensure the safety of ships using ammonia as a fuel.
Fundación Valenciaport Implementation
In addition, the project will carry out a safety assessment and reliability analysis of some specific equipment, systems, and systems; it will also assess the safety of a generic ship design and two specific ship types, to take into account specialized technical solutions. Finally, a target-based guide for ammonia-fuelled ships will be developed.
The project, coordinated by ABS HELLENIC S.M., has a budget of around €450,000, co-financed by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and will run until June 2025.
Fundación Valenciaport will bring its experience in the implementation of alternative fuels in projects such as H2PORTS and POSEIDON, which involve the use of hydrogen and e-methanol as fuel, respectively. It will also contribute to the experience gained from the use of ammonia as cargo in the Port of Sagunto.
Foundation Development Of Guidelines
In addition, the Foundation will lead the characterization of ammonia and participate in the risk analysis tasks, as well as in the development of guidelines and recommendations for its use as a fuel.
In addition to Fundación Valenciaport and ABS Hellenic, the National Technical University of Athens will collaborate in the project.
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