India and Rotterdam team up to build green ammonia bunker supply chain

Indian ammonia producer AM Green and the Port of Rotterdam Authority plan to establish a shipping corridor to transport up to 1 million mt/year of green ammonia from India to Northwest Europe via Rotterdam.

IMAGE: Shipping route from Kakinada to Rotterdam via the Suez Canal. ENGINE

AM Green has announced its ambition to produce up to 5 million mt/year of green ammonia by 2030. The partnership centers on shipping this product to Rotterdam and other EU regions from the Port of Kakinada on India’s east coast, with a portion of that capacity to be allocated for bunkering.

The duo will collaborate on developing a green ammonia bunkering market and supporting infrastructure, including storage and fuel handling facilities in Rotterdam and across the wider Northwestern European corridor.

AM Green is currently building a green ammonia plant at Kakinada, expected to produce 1 million mt/year by 2027. The facility will use green hydrogen and renewable electricity as inputs.

The company has already partnered with Norwegian ammonia supplier Yara Clean Ammonia, which will offtake the plant’s full production capacity starting in 2027, with plans to supply shipping and other sectors.

But it has not yet disclosed whether AM Green will also develop an ammonia bunkering terminal at Kakinada.

By Konica Bhatt

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