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A significant step towards zero-emission supply chains

    Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line, and Yara International joined forces to realize the world’s first container ship that will use clean ammonia as fuel. Yara Eyde will be the first to sail an emission-free sea route between Norway and Germany.

    With global shipping accounting for 706 million tonnes of CO2 emissions last year*, it is imperative that we cooperate across value chains to reach the 1.5°C goal by 2030. Yara International is a founding member of the First Movers Coalition and supports the Green Shipping Challenge. Yara International and Yara Clean Ammonia promote low-carbon solutions across hard-to-abate sectors and clean ammonia as fuel in new and retrofitted zero-emission vessels. 
    (*Source: International Energy Agency)

    Yara Eyde will be the world’s first container ship running on clean ammonia and is a cross-sector collaboration enabling large-scale emission reductions ahead of the critical 2030 climate targets.

    Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of Yara International

    Cooperation across value chains is imperative to reach the 1.5°C goal by 2030

    Yara Clean Ammonia AS and North Sea Container Line AS are establishing a joint venture to realize Yara Eyde, while the ship will be operated by NCL Oslofjord AS. The joint venture aims to become the world’s first line operator to focus exclusively on ammonia-powered container ships. Enova has awarded Yara Eyde just over NOK 40 million, and the support is decisive for implementing the project.

    To succeed in decarbonizing shipping, low-emission technologies must be brought to commercial scale within the next decade. It is imperative that carriers are incentivized to choose low-carbon fuel.

    Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand, President of Yara Clean Ammonia

    Yara Eyde is optimized for the trade corridor between Norway and Germany and will operate between Oslo, Porsgrunn, Hamburg, and Bremerhaven. From 2026, Norwegian companies can trade their products emissions-free in and out of Norway. Yara International is participating as a cargo-owner. The fertilizer produced in Porsgrunn will be shipped emission-free to Germany, cutting scope 3 emissions with 11,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

    We see an increasing demand from cargo owners to reduce emissions. Yara Eyde offers competitive and emission-free logistics to cargo owners.

    Bente Hetland, Managing Director of North Sea Container Line
    Clean ammonia cuts emissions from shipping

    Maritime transport causes approximately 3% of global CO2 emissions*. Clean ammonia will cut emissions from shipping, enabling emission-free transport of goods across the globe. 
    (*Source: International Maritime Organisation)

    First green shipping route to Germany
    Illustration: YARA International

    “With our industrial DNA from our main shareholder Elkem, North Sea Container Line is very pleased to see Birkeland and Eyde reunite to facilitate a new industrial revolution. The partnership with Yara fits perfectly with our ambitious emissions strategy, and we are pleased to see the commitment Yara has shown to reduce emissions,” says Hetland.

    “This unique project takes a major step towards zero-emission supply chains for Yara and demonstrates that clean ammonia will be able to provide cost-effective and environmentally friendly maritime transport. Yara Eyde will demonstrate the maturity of ammonia as a maritime fuel,” concludes Ankarstrand.

    Want to know more?

    Yara International
    Tonje Næss
    E-mail: tonje.nass@yara.com
    Mobile: +47 408 44 647

    Yara Clean Ammonia
    Hilde Steinfeld
    E-mail: hilde.steinfeld@yara.com
    Mobile: +47 993 53 030

    NCL
    Bente Hetland
    E-mail: bente.hetland@ncl.no
    Mobile: +47 902 53 790