Valencia’s ammonia bunker fuel study

The Study on the safety of ammonia as a bunker fuel aims to provide a framework of methodologies and technical guidance documents that will harmonise the use of ammonia as a bunker fuel throughout the port logistics sector.

Valenciaport’s project will focus in particular on the characterisation of ammonia as a chemical and fuel, reviewing available standards, regulations and practices.

In addition, the project will carry out a safety assessment and reliability analysis of some specific equipment, systems and systems; it will also assess the safety of a generic ship design and two specific ship types, to take into account specialised technical solutions.

Alt fuels expertise

Fundación Valenciaport will bring its experience to the study in the implementation of alternative fuels in projects such as H2PORTS and POSEIDON, which involve the use of hydrogen and e-methanol as fuel.

It will also contribute with the experience gained from the use of ammonia as cargo in the Port of Sagunto.

The Foundation will lead the characterisation of ammonia and participate in the risk analysis tasks, as well as in the development of guidelines and recommendations for its use as a fuel.

In addition to Fundación Valenciaport and ABS Hellenic, the National Technical University of Athens will collaborate in the project.

The initiative has a budget of €450,000, co-funded by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and will run until June 2025.