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Most of the things around you spent part of their trip on a ship. That convenience has a climate cost. The International Maritime Organization's latest greenhouse gas study found shipping released about 1,076 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2018, close to 3% of the world's total. Ships cannot plug into the grid in the middle of an ocean, so the fix has to be a cleaner fuel. Ammonia is one of the leading options because it contains no carbon and is already shipped around the world every day. A cleaner fuel only helps if it reaches the ship safely. That is the part we care about most: storing ammonia and moving it over the last stretch to the vessel without leaks or surprises. imo.org/en/ourwork/Environme…

Before a new fuel goes into a ship, someone has to write down exactly how to hand it over safely. Singapore, one of the busiest ports in the world for refueling ships, has now done that for ammonia. Its port authority released a Code of Practice for Ammonia Bunkering that covers how the fuel is measured and handed over, the refueling steps themselves, safety, and the training crews need. It will be tested together with Australia's Pilbara Ports, including an upcoming refueling trial at Port Hedland. Rules like these sound dry, but they are what turn a first trial into everyday practice. The handover is the most delicate moment in ammonia's journey, and it is exactly where safe storage and transfer matter most. ammoniaenergy.org/articles/c…

Zambia has no coastline, so much of the fertilizer its farmers use makes a long trip by road from distant seaports. United Capital Fertilizer has now broken ground on a $1.6 billion expansion near Lusaka that would add 540,000 metric tons of ammonia and 520,000 metric tons of urea a year, with startup expected around 2030. It is part of a wider wave of new fertilizer plants across Africa. Making fertilizer closer to the fields means shorter, cheaper trips. It also means more ammonia stored and moved inland, and every tank, truck and transfer on that last stretch has to be safe from day one. fertilizerdaily.com/20261030…

For about a century, almost all ammonia has been made the same way: huge plants running at 400 to 500°C and very high pressure, with the product shipped long distances to farms and factories. Japan's Tsubame BHB has now started making and supplying ammonia from its first commercial scale plant at Kashiwazaki Hydrogen Park. Its catalyst works about 100°C cooler and at much lower pressure, so plants can be smaller and sit closer to the people who use the ammonia. Making it nearby means fewer long trips. It also means more local tanks and short deliveries, and every one of them has to be as safe as the big plants. indianchemicalnews.com/ammon…

Iron ore from Western Australia's Pilbara sails to steel mills in Asia. By tonnage it is the world's largest shipping route, often called the Iron Corridor. NH3 Clean Energy wants to fuel it with ammonia. Its WAH2 project aims for an investment decision by the end of 2026, first production in late 2029, and ammonia bunkering at Port Hedland and Dampier from 2030. MOL, whose first ammonia fueled Capesize bulkers were named this week, has signed on to support the hub. Big ships only switch fuels when the fuel is waiting at the port. That means tanks, transfer hoses and trained crews ready to hand ammonia over safely, every time. maritimecarbonintelligence.c…

Ethiopia buys much of its fertilizer from abroad. Dangote is building a plant in Gode, in the country's Somali Region, to change that: up to 3 million metric tons of urea a year, made from Ethiopia's own natural gas. This week Técnicas Reunidas won the contract for the two reformers that make the plant's hydrogen, the first step toward ammonia and then urea. Delivery is due within 18 months. Making fertilizer closer to the fields means fewer long sea trips. It also means more ammonia stored and moved on land, and that local storage and delivery has to be safe from day one. worldfertilizer.com/project-…

Three giant ore carriers just got their names: RURI MIRAI, RURI SEKAI and RURI HIKARI. MOL says they are the world's first Capesize bulk carriers built to run on ammonia, jointly owned with a Belgian partner, with deliveries starting in early 2027. Each ship is about 300 meters long and carries two ammonia fuel tanks of 3,000 cubic meters each. Burning ammonia releases no CO2. But the fuel only works if every tank, every transfer and every crew procedure is safe, and MOL says it is building those safety measures now. That is the part of the story we care about most. mol.co.jp/en/pr/2026/26051.h…

The US ammonia benchmark just jumped. The November Tampa contract, the monthly price for ammonia shipped into Florida, settled at $640 per metric ton, up $95 from October. Gas is part of the story. European natural gas, the main cost of making ammonia there, just passed €100 per megawatt hour for the first time since December 2022. When every ton costs this much more, losing any of it hurts. Good storage and careful, leak free delivery to the farm or the ship protect both people and the budget. qcintel.com/ammonia/article/…

Last week we wrote about Terra Clove, a ship that carries ammonia and can also run on it. Now it has had its first real fill. On October 25 and 26, Ulsan Port in South Korea supplied 800 tons of renewable ammonia fuel to the ship through a direct pipeline from shore to vessel. The port calls it the country's first commercial ammonia fuel supply, beyond test runs. The fuel gets the headline. The quiet work is the transfer: tanks, pipes, connections and trained crews moving a toxic liquid from land to ship without a leak. That handover, at ports and on farms, is the part we care about most. chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals…

Ammonia comes with its own alarm: that sharp smell. Most people can smell ammonia in the air at about 5 parts per million. The US workplace limit is 50 ppm over a workday, so your nose usually notices it well before it reaches harmful levels. But a nose is not a safety system. With longer exposure, people stop noticing the smell, something called olfactory fatigue. That is why the places that store and deliver ammonia, from farm tanks to port terminals, rely on leak detectors, sound valves, trained crews and clear procedures, not a sniff test. Safe storage and delivery is the part AmHyTech cares about most. wwwn.cdc.gov/tsp/MMG/MMGDeta… #ammonia #safety

Hydrogen is hard to ship. Ammonia is much easier. So a growing plan in big ports is simple: ship ammonia, then turn it back into hydrogen on arrival. H2SITE's Phantom project in the Port of Rotterdam, selected for EU Innovation Fund support, would make about 20 tons of hydrogen a day from ammonia, using a reactor that runs cooler than conventional crackers. Between the ship and the cracker there is always a tank and a transfer. That part has to be just as safe. industrylinqs.com/hydrogen/2…

India is testing an idea US farmers know well: putting ammonia straight into the soil. Pilots under India's National Green Hydrogen Mission are injecting green ammonia about six inches below the ground on 10,000 acres across six states, as an alternative to spreading urea. India's renewable energy secretary says the goal is to cut fertilizer costs to around one third of today's levels and reduce losses when fields are irrigated. Placing nitrogen right at the roots is standard practice in the US Corn Belt. What makes it work is everything before the field: pressurized storage, safe transfers and trained hands at the nurse tank. If these pilots scale, that last mile is where the real work begins. cnbctv18.com/energy/india-te…

Most ships go to the fuel. A new EU backed project wants ammonia fuel to go to the ships. Færder Tankers plans a fleet of midsized gas carriers that can run on ammonia, carry it as cargo, and refuel other ships at sea on routes between India, the US Gulf Coast and northwest Europe. The aim is to move up to one million tons of ammonia fuel a year, with the first vessel expected in the second half of 2028. It is a reminder that a cleaner fuel is only as good as its delivery. Every handover, from storage tank to hose to fuel tank, has to be planned and done safely, whether it happens at a farm, a port or out at sea. ammoniaenergy.org/articles/f…

The tank trucks that carry propane and anhydrous ammonia get a new rulebook option today. A PHMSA rule taking effect October 28 lets these pressure tanks be built and kept in service under a newer engineering code, ASME Section XII. PHMSA says tanks built this way should be better able to withstand rollovers. It is an option, not a mandate. A lot of ammonia makes its final trip to farms and plants by road. Better built and better inspected tanks make that last mile safer. federalregister.gov/document… #ammonia #hazmat

Farmers are paying more for nitrogen this fall, and the cheapest form is also the one that needs the most care. DTN's survey of U.S. farm retailers puts anhydrous ammonia at $987 a ton, up 18% from a year ago. All eight major fertilizers now cost more than last year. Per pound of nitrogen, though, anhydrous is still the best deal at about $0.60, versus $0.73 for urea. The catch is handling. Anhydrous ammonia is stored under pressure and moved in nurse tanks from the retailer to the field. When every pound counts, safe storage and careful delivery keep that value from leaking away. fertilizerdaily.com/20261027…

Japan is building an ammonia fuel chain, not just an ammonia ship. Seven Japanese companies, including NYK, K LINE, JERA and four shipbuilders, announced today that they will build four ammonia fueled car carriers and the supply chain behind them: green ammonia supply, loading facilities at the Hekinan terminal in central Japan, and a dedicated bunkering vessel built to prevent leaks. The first ships are targeted by fiscal 2030. That is the right order of thinking. A cleaner fuel only works when there is a safe place to store it near the port and a safe way to hand it over, every single time. nyk.com/english/news/2026/20…

The air now holds more carbon dioxide than ever recorded. The World Meteorological Organization reported today that CO2 averaged 426.8 parts per million in 2025, a new record and about 153% of preindustrial levels. Methane and nitrous oxide hit new highs too. When WMO first published this report in 2004, the number was 377.5. That is why cleaner fuels for ships, power plants and farms matter. Ammonia is one of them. It contains no carbon, and when it is made with clean energy it can cut a lot of emissions. But a cleaner fuel only helps if it can be stored, moved and handed over safely, close to the people who use it. That last mile is where AmHyTech is focused. wmo.int/news/media-centre/gr… #climate #ammonia

An ammonia powered ship just took on fuel from another ship, and the most important part was the safety planning. The bunker vessel Sheng Yongle transferred 1,000 metric tons of green ammonia to CMB.TECH's bulk carrier Mineral Europa in Zhoushan, China. The fuel moved as a cold liquid, about minus 48°C, through a single flexible hose. Behind that hose were risk assessments, leak detection, emergency response plans and procedures for every step of the handover. That is the work every new ammonia fuel route has to get right, from the port all the way to the last tank. powerprogress.com/news/world… #ammonia #shipping

A plant in Japan just started making ammonia from local natural gas and putting the carbon back underground. INPEX began producing blue ammonia at its demonstration project in Niigata and is now supplying it to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical. The CO2 from the process is injected into a depleted gas field nearby. The plant also uses a newer catalyst that makes ammonia at lower heat and pressure than the century old Haber Bosch process, which could mean smaller plants built closer to the people who use them. Smaller plants closer to users mean more local tanks, more short trips and more handovers. That last stretch has to be just as safe as the plant itself. hydrocarbonprocessing.com/ne…

A farmer cooperative is putting its own money into making ammonia. GROWMARK, which serves nearly 400,000 farmers and customers, just took a minority stake in Wabash Valley Resources. The Indiana plant is designed to make 500,000 metric tons of anhydrous ammonia a year for the Eastern Corn Belt, with operations expected in 2029. When the people who sell fertilizer to farmers invest in making it, they are betting on reliable supply through the season. That supply still has to be stored, moved and handed over safely between the plant and the field. agrimarketing.com/s/158480 #ammonia #fertilizer