World’s first commercial ship-to-ship green ammonia bunkering completed in China

A liquefied gas carrier originally designed by FKAB Marine Design has completed what Jiangsu Andefu Energy Development describes as the world’s first commercial ship-to-ship bunkering operation using green ammonia.

On 13 October 2026, Shenghang Yongle supplied 1,000 tonnes of green ammonia to Mineral Europa, an ammonia-powered vessel owned by Belgian maritime group CMB.TECH, at the Zhoushan anchorage in Zhejiang Province, China.

The operation demonstrates that green ammonia can be transferred safely from one vessel to another for use as marine fuel.

Ammonia is expected to play an important role in shipping’s transition away from fossil fuels, particularly in deep-sea segments where direct electrification is not practical. When produced using renewable energy, ammonia offers a pathway towards marine transportation without CO₂ emissions from the fuel itself.

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