Fortescue’s Green Pioneer, billed as the world’s first ammonia dual-powered vessel, left Singapore in January of this year on voyage past the Cape of Good Hope en route initially to Southampton, both
Fortescue’s Green Pioneer, billed as the world’s first ammonia dual-powered vessel, left Singapore in January of this year on voyage past the Cape of Good Hope en route initially to Southampton, both for Port State Control and to demonstrate the use of ammonia in its engines to the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and then on to London’s Canary Wharf where is stayed through mid-April, before travelling to other north European ports.
At the time when the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) was debating a global carbon pricing mechanism for the shipping industry to support the target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by or around 2050, Dr. Andrew Forest the Chairman of Fortescue is quoted in a 2024 Singapore MPA press release that, “The Fortescue Green Pioneer is proof that safe, technical solutions for ammonia power engines exist” and added, “We must push to see global emitters paying fair carbon prices for heavy fuels used in traditional shipping. These prices must provide clear investment signals to drive green investment.”
In a recent Fortescue article, Dr. Forest addressed the industry challenge of the regulatory maturity and availability of sufficient volumes of cost competitive green fuels
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