Fortescue’s dual-fueled ammonia-powered vessel gets DNV certificates

Category society DNV has actually approved Australian green innovation, energy and metals business Fortescue class and statutory certificates for its dual-fueled ammonia-powered vessel Green Pioneer.

The certificates were granted at an event held throughout Singapore Maritime Week.

The award marked the conclusion of a job that started in 2021, when DNV was engaged by Fortescue to deal with the expediency research study and ‘Fuel prepared (Ammonia)’ notation for the vessel’s conversion.

DNV’s Technology Qualification procedure supplied the structure for the certification and guarantee of the engine adjustments, where market guidelines were yet to be established. Furthermore, DNV’s Gas Fuelled Ammonia notation, a market initially, set out the requirements for the ship’s fuel system, fuel bunkering connection and piping through to the fuel customers.

Without any IMO policies covering the particular usage of ammonia, DNV and Fortescue used the SOLAS arrangement for Alternative Design Arrangements (ADA) with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, especially around fire and evacuation threats.

“The Fortescue Green Pioneer shows to the world that the shipping market can, and must, innovate to stop burning nonrenewable fuel sources. We understand 2024 is an essential year for worldwide shipping and will have a huge influence on ammonia’s usage as a marine fuel this years and beyond. The shipping market need to embrace early usage of ‘genuine no’, long-lasting services such as green ammonia,” Dino OtrantoFortescue Metals CEO, commented.

“When Fortescue started this innovative job, it was essential that we dealt with organisations like DNV that shared our vision for pioneering services to drive decarbonization in the market. DNV has actually brought a high level of skills, focus, and dexterity to this job. Their solution-focused and ‘can-do’ mindset without jeopardizing their core functions of security and quality was enormous,” he continued.

“Fortescue’s dedication to decarbonization lines up completely with DNV’s vision, and we are honoured to be part of this pioneering job. Our worldwide groups have actually worked carefully with Fortescue over the last 2 years, from the engine bed-testing phase through to commissioning and trials, to assist recognize this turning point. We anticipate continuing this collaboration and supporting Fortescue as we both make every effort to produce a greener future for shipping,” Cristina Saenz de Santa MariaDNV’s Regional Manager, South East Asia, Pacific & & India, Maritime, kept in mind at the discussion of the certificates.

In 2022, Fortescue transformed a four-stroke engine to work on ammonia in mix with diesel at its land-based screening center in Perth, Western Australia. Conversion work later on started on the Green Pioneer, a previous overseas supply vessel, at the Seatrium backyard in Singapore to transform the vessel’s engines to work on ammonia in mix with traditional fuels.

Fortescue’s Green Pioneer finished the world’s very first ammonia bunkering trial at an ammonia center on Jurong Island, in the Port of Singapore in March 2024, following which the vessel got flag approval from the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) and the ‘Gas Fuelled Ammonia’ notation from DNV.