A 75-meter ammonia-powered vessel is already under construction. MMA Leveque will be unique

Fortescue Future Industries’ latest collaboration with MMA Offshore aims to transform MMA Leveque into an ammonia-powered vessel. Of course, with this “completely green” ammonia, because it is obtained in an ecological way.

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The plan is simple and boils down to converting the propulsion system of the 75-meter MMA Leveque so that it can run almost entirely on green ammonia by 2022. All this in a bid to achieve zero net emissions by 2040, of which MMA Leveque is one of the few ships that will be adapted to run on clean fuels.

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The bet was on ammonia for a reason, because earlier this year, the FFI successfully demonstrated the combustion of ammonia in the locomotive. It is, in fact, one of the efforts to use ammonia in the form of a green fuel, albeit not without problems. Its massive combustion can be efficient, but at the same time it can lead to the formation of smog and acid rain.

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The FFI is committed to helping the shipping industry “fully decarbonise” by providing “the maritime industry with a working knowledge of total decarbonisation”. According to the plans, the company, after rebuilding the MMA Leveque, will “show the shipping industry the power of a green ammonia-powered vessel under real conditions.”