Golden Island and Yara to supply ammonia for bunkering in Singapore

Singapore-based bunker supplier Golden Island and Yara Clean Ammonia have partnered with NYK Bulkship (Asia) to supply low-carbon ammonia for bunkering in Singapore.

IMAGE: Cargo terminal at Port of Singapore. Getty Images

NYK Bulkship is already part of a separate consortium with Japan’s Sumitomo and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) to develop a newbuild ammonia bunker vessel for deployment at the port.

It has now signed a preliminary non-binding agreement with Golden Island and Norway-based producer Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) to supply low-carbon ammonia for physical bunkering operations in Singapore.

YCA will produce both blue and green ammonia and arrange deliveries to the port. The company signed a long-term charter agreement last year with Navigator Amon Shipping for two new ammonia-capable gas carriers, each with a capacity of 51,000 cbm.

Golden Island will deliver stems to vessels in line with applicable regulatory and safety requirements.

The partners have not disclosed a timeline for first deliveries. But the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has said it plans to pilot ammonia bunkering this year.

Singapore is a “natural starting point for scaling ammonia bunkering globally”, given its strategic location and position as the world’s largest bunkering hub, the partners said.

By Konica Bhatt

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