Finland's Wärtsilä Corporation has joined forces to the Italian RINA and Gas and Heat in the project for the construction of the of a new barge for green ammonia bunkering. In in particular, in the context of the Gas and Heat Agreement, which obtained RINA approves in principle for an Ammonia Fuel Supply system System (AFSS) for the use of green ammonia as fuel will design the ammonia management system, while Wärtsilä will develop a Integrated ship propulsion centered on a four-stroke engine Powered by ammonia.

Recalling that RINA has been working with Wärtsilä for a long time, the Marine South-West technical director of the classification and certification of the Italian classification, Giuseppe Zagaria, highlighted 'the great potential of green ammonia in the strategies set by the IMO and the EU that will need ships for bunkering in order to support the logistics and the supply of green ammonia'.

Claudio Evangelisti, CEO of Gas and Heat Italy, and Stefano De Marco, Business Development - Decarbonisation Wärtsilä Marine's Services, pointed out that Green ammonia is one of the alternative fuels in the future for the shipping sector.