Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Shipping: "Hapag-Lloyd in US$4Bn megadeal for 24 'ammonia ready' container ships"

Of all the proposed uses of hydrogen in transportation, shipping makes the most sense.

If interested in some background here's 2020's "Turning air into bread":
Since I have been, and will be, going on about ammonia as a carrier for hydrogen

NH3 - ammonia - three hydrogens attached to a nitrogen:

https://thiscondensedlife.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ammonia.jpg?w=389&h=272

From Riviera Maritime, November 8:

The LNG dual-fuel box ships will be ammonia ready and able to operate on biomethane, while reports say Hapag-Lloyd will acquire shipmanager Hamburger Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd has signed contracts with two Chinese shipyards for 24 new container ships, representing a combined capacity of 312,000 TEU and involve a total investment volume of around US$4Bn. Financing of US$3Bn has already been committed.

Of these, 12 newbuildings – each with a capacity of 16,800 TEU – will be built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group to expand the capacity of current services. An additional 12 ships, each with a capacity of 9,200 TEU, have been ordered from New Times Shipbuilding Company Ltd to replace older units in the Hapag-Lloyd fleet.

All the newbuildings will be equipped with state-of-the-art low-emissions high-pressure liquefied gas dual-fuel engines. In addition, these vessels can be operated using biomethane, which can reduce CO2e emissions by up to 95% compared with conventional propulsion systems. The new ships will also be ammonia ready. Hapag-Lloyd will take delivery of the new vessels between 2027 and 2029....

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Also at Riviera, this time December 10:

Hydrogen-powered dry bulk fleet under construction for Baltic and North Sea