The world’s first ammonia-powered vessel, the Fortescue Green Pioneer, will call at St. John’s Harbour from Feb. 21 to 28, positioning Antigua and Barbuda at the forefront of discussions on maritime decarbonization and sustainable shipping.
The vessel is described as a globally significant, high-profile demonstrator of the future of shipping and the safe and responsible use of ammonia as a marine fuel .
Powered by ammonia, the Fortescue Green Pioneer represents a shift toward alternative fuels aimed at reducing emissions in the global maritime sector. Its visit highlights growing international efforts to transition shipping away from traditional fossil fuels toward cleaner energy solutions.
While in port, the vessel will be berthed at the Nevis Street Pier in St. John’s. Access to the pier is via the end of Nevis Street on the western harbourfront, adjacent to Heritage Quay .
The call underscores Antigua and Barbuda’s engagement with maritime innovation and the blue economy, as regional and international stakeholders continue exploring pathways toward more sustainable ocean-based industries.
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Only one problem – the Caro Frank process for making ammonia requires a chemical called calcium cyanamide. Calcium cyanamide production requires huge amounts of fossil fuel to fire the production kilns.
Then there is entropy. Every time you break something down to make something else, useable energy is lost. In other words, 1 unit of the natural gas required to make calcium cyanamide can do far more work than 1 lb. of the ammonia that it produces.
Sorry, no free energy lunch. No such thing as climate change either.
The lithium batteries and solar panels are very carbon intensive and polluting to produce as well, and they depend on cheap raw materials from countries with weak and corrupt governments. Up to now nobody can explain to me how replacing all the vehicles with electrics will affect the weather. When the entire world was locked down not a single change was noticed. Big scam.
@ Greenwashing at it’s finest – your comment is bang on correct, good thoughts.
@Caustic Bastard, Saying there no such thing as climate change is a huge claim that needs to be supported when there many things that support it since the 60s when it was first being discussed and tabled about where they can track and carbon date a change from the industrial revolution releasing massive amount of carbon from the coal being burned if that is not enough if you are an Antigua you probably lived through and saw a change in the way water is distributed going from Potworks dam to RO plants due to droughts and lesser rainfall, or the frequency of “one in a life time” hurricanes, record breaking heat in multiple countries, record breaking cold in countries, increase in fires, floods and other things I can point to due to climate change.
I am into chemistry or have knowledge but ammonia but on a simple search Caro-Frank process was made obsolete for the Haber/Haber–Bosch process since it was discovered in the 1910s correct me if I’m wrong but the Haber–Bosch process is the most common process today with new process being evolved that doesn’t require natural gas and uses renewable energy.
@Greenwashing, Solar panels aren’t as as pollutant as oil and gas industry and a lot of the pollution comes from the process involved using legacy energy. “When the world entered lockdown nothing a single change was notice” I don’t know what you’re talking about when that period of time say a significant dip in CO2 output and one search will should the graph. Replacing vehicles aren’t directly is what reducing carbon output the cars aren’t the issue it’s the industries that powers the car such as oil and gas. Airplanes and Ships also contribute massive CO2 output which is also what contributed to the dip in carbon output during COVID.
So TLDR cars aren’t the issue is the production of oil and gas which are the biggest contributes to carbon and other big industry such as power plants and manufacturing or even AI warehouses now
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