Ship&Offshore | Issue 01/2023
AiP for ammonia barge
A-FSRB | ClassNK has awarded the world’s first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB). The barge has been developed jointly by NYK Line, Nihon Shipyard, and IHI. Ammonia as a source of green power is one of the front-runners in sustainable energy for the future but, like LNG, the development of shore-based storage and regasification plant is a much greater challenge than floating facilities offshore. The three companies declared that the A-FSRB is faster and cheaper to build than shore-based plant and could help hasten the adoption of ammonia as a next-generation energy source....