You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence Asia/Pacific News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features Asia / Pacific Gas Carrier Converted to World's First Operational Ammonia Bunker Vessel, Says Designer Gas Carrier Converted to World's First Operational Ammonia Bunker Vessel, Says Designer by Ship & Bunker News Team Monday September 14, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker The conversion fills a supply-chain gap FKAB says has held back ammonia as a marine fuel. Shenghang Yongle , a 5,500 m³ gas carrier, converted into what its designer calls the world's first operational ammonia transport and bunkering vessel Vessel holds the first ammonia bunkering class certificate from the China Classification Society ( CCS ) Conversion led by Jiangsu Andefu Energy Development , with design work by FKAB and cargo-handling supplier Gloryholder Ship-to-ship ammonia bunkering capability comes on top of existing LPG and vinyl chloride monomer cargo trades A 5,500 m³ semi-refrigerated and semi-pressurised liquefied gas carrier has been converted in China into what its designer calls the world's first operational ammonia transport and bunkering vessel. “ Ammonia is regarded as one of the more promising zero-carbon marine fuels of the future Swedish ship designer FKAB said in a press release that its FKAB Marine Design L21 ammonia carrier Shenghang Yongle can now perform ship-to-ship ammonia fuel bunkering, following a conversion led by Jiangsu Andefu Energy Development with cargo-handling supplier Gloryholder . The Chinese -flagged vessel has received the first ammonia bunkering class certificate issued by the China Classification Society ( CCS ). FKAB says several ammonia bunker vessel projects have reached the design, feasibility, or construction