Eivind Finne Riley, Azane's delegate to SGMF, visited the ammonia fuelled vessel Green pioneer when Fortescue showed it in London. Eivind was instrumental in getting this vessel approved. We are really happy and proud to have Eivind with all his experience in our team!
On Friday, Fortescue was showing its ammonia fuelled Green Pioneer to members of the SGMF at Canary Wharf in London. This large vessel has through numerous running hours utilized ammonia for auxiliary power and propulsion the past year. During my years in DNV Maritime Classification, I was heavily involved in realizing this project through facilitating and handling the regulatory approval process. Finally seeing the real life product of Fortescue's efforts into converting this vessel to ammonia fuel is inspiring; Although there are still both technical and regulatory hurdles to overcome, Fortescue are putting considerable efforts into realizing ammonia as a marine fuel. We in AZANE Fuel Solutions are also working hard to enable this fuel switch.