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TECHNOLOGY & SHIPBUILDING

ammonia bunkering vessels, leveraging its deep
technological capabilities and expertise.
Bureau Veritas will verify compliance with the
applicable and up-to-date rules, particularly those
related to ammonia handling, drawing on BV’s
expertise in ammonia carriage and operations and
previous technical studies on ammonia as a fuel.
Hong Lam Marine’s role is to provide input specific
to operational data and to support and validate
the suitability of the ship design for commercial
operations. The MOU will foster innovation in smart
and autonomous ship technologies and support
the use of green ammonia as a sustainable fuel
to help decarbonise global shipping.

ROLLS-ROYCE AND SANLORENZO TEAM UP
wind-assisted propulsion system alongside other FOR METHANOL PROPULSION IN LUXURY
energy efficiency technologies, highlighting the ben- YACHTS
efits of integrating complementary clean tech solutions Rolls-Royce and Italian yacht builder Sanlorenzo
for maximum impact. plan to develop and build a large motor yacht
The Rotor Sails will be delivered in early 2023; after with a methanol engine propulsion system able to
their construction has been completed, both 130m long run carbon-neutrally on 'green' methanol. The two
ships, each with a cargo size of 7,500m³, are expected companies announced an exclusive memorandum
to be delivered in 2024. After commencing operations, of understanding to this effect for yachts between
the vessels will fill up with captured liquefied CO₂ from 40 and 70 meters on the eve of the opening of the
European emitters and carry it to the Northern Lights 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival. Powered by two
receiving terminal in Norway’s Øygarden. mtu methanol engines based on the Series 4000,
the Sanlorenzo yacht is expected to undertake her
JOINT VENTURE TO DEVELOP AMMONIA maiden voyage in 2026.
BUNKERING VESSEL DESIGN Green methanol is climate-friendly and car-
PaxOcean Engineering Pte. Ltd. has signed a bon-neutral because it is produced using solar or
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sin- wind power: The first stage is to take hydrogen and
gapore-based bunker vessel operator Hong Lam synthesize it into methanol (CH3HO) using carbon
Marine and classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) and oxygen from the air. Carbon in the form of CO2
to jointly develop an ammonia bunker vessel design. is released into the air during combustion – but
With the signing of this MOU, PaxOcean will focus no more than was taken from it during production
on developing designs for ammonia-fueled and of the fuel. As a result, the cycle is carbon-neu-

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