Ammonia development project

The company said that among the partners in this project is one of the world’s largest shipyards and one of the leading manufacturers of marine engines.

“A development project such as this is a great opportunity for us to show that Svanehøj is part of the solution to the climate challenge of shipping,” said Markus Tauriainen, sales director, fuel, Svanehøj.

”At Svanehøj, we have been working to develop solutions for future fuels for years. By supplying a fuel pump solution for this project, we will contribute further to the ongoing fuel transition.”

Fully compatible

According to leading companies in the shipbuilding industry, the most likely initial newbuild targets for ships utilising ammonia fuel will be container vessels and very large crude carriers. These vessels operate with 2-stroke main engines and 4-stroke auxiliary engines and Svanehøj has a strong ambition to become the preferred supplier of pump systems for these ships.

Svanehøj’s fuel pump is a long-shafted cryogenic deepwell, multistage centrifugal pump, launched in 2016. It is described as a smaller version of Svanehøj’s well-proven deepwell cargo pump for gas, which has been installed on more than 1,100 gas carriers since the 1960s.

All the benefits of the larger cargo gas pump have been retained in the deepwell fuel pump, ensuring stability, optimised performance, high reliability and long service intervals.

The Svanehøj deepwell pump enables a ship to comply with both current and future requirements as the pump is fully compatible with all types of liquid gas fuels, including LNG, LPG, ammonia, methanol and hydrogen.