Shipping line NYK has completed a ship-to-ship transfer involving 23,000 million tonnes of liquefied ammonia.
The transfer, off the coast of Ceuta in Spain, involved the ammonia carrier Berlian Ekuator, owned by NYK and time-chartered by Mitsui & Co, and ammonia carrier Eco Enchanted, operated by Trammo, an ammonia trader.
While NYK has experience with ship-to-ship transfers involving crude oil, liquefied natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), it marked its first liquefied ammonia operation.
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