The state-owned petrochemical and fertiliser company Pupuk Indonesia is looking to turn Batam into a hub for producing ammonia from natural gas and using it for domestic industry, export and ‘as a future marine fuel’. According to a statement issued on PRNewsire and HKBusinesswire today (4 November), the company is planning to use gas supplies from the Natuna region and Grissik, as Indonesia’s gas supply contract with Singapore is set to expire in 2028. The statement reported that Pupuk Indonesia’s President Director Rahmad Pribadi held discussions on Monday (2 November) with Amsakar Achmad, the Head of Badan Pengusahaan (BP) Batam, […]

Envision has provided green ammonia for the bunkering of the Terra Clove, the world’s first Very Large Ammonia Carrier (VLAC) equipped with dual-fuel ammonia propulsion and operated by Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS). As reported by ship.energy, on 22 October the vessel was named at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea. The 93,000 cubic metre (cbm) capacity VLAC is EPS’ first ammonia dual-fuelled vessel and the first ammonia dual-fuelled commercial newbuild vessel to be registered under the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS). It is equipped with Everllence’s first commercial ammonia dual-fuelled two-stroke marine engine, which completed factory acceptance […]

Qatar Gas Transport Company Limited (Nakilat) has announced the naming of nine new vessels at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, and HD Hyundai Samho shipyards in South Korea. The vessels include seven LNG carriers (Al Ghuwair, Al Jazi, Al Mirzam, Maqdeem, Al Nasraniya, Energy Vigour, and Energy Voyager) and two LPG/ammonia carriers (Energy South and Energy East). As previously reported by ship.energy, LPG/ammonia carrier Energy North was named in September. Five of the seven LNG carriers named form part of Nakilat’s program to build 25 conventional-size LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean. These 25 vessels […]