NYK presses world’s first ammonia-fuelled tugboat into action

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has debuted what it claims is the the world’s first commercial-use ammonia-fuelled vessel.  The Sakigake tugboat was retrofitted from an LNG-fuelled vessel to an ammonia one and will now operate in Tokyo Bay leapfrogging ahead of the Fortescue Green Pioneer, a platform supply vessel, which Australian miner Fortescue has developed.  The …

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