Port of Rotterdam launches study into large-scale ammonia cracking

Eighteen partners, one million tonnes per year

Rotterdam’s Europoort, where preparations are well underway to receive ammonia imports. Source: Port of Rotterdam.
Click to read more. Rotterdam’s Europoort, where preparations are well underway to receive ammonia imports. Source: Port of Rotterdam.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority will lead a feasibility study into the establishment of an onsite, million-tonne-per-year ammonia cracker. Hydrogen will be used at the port or directed into the under-construction pipeline transportation network, en route to major industrial clusters in the Netherlands and northeast Europe. Texas-based engineering firm Fluor has been commissioned for the study, and the list of consortium partners includes some familiar faces: Air Liquide, Aramco, bp, E.ON, ExxonMobil, Gasunie, HES International, Koole Terminals, Linde, OCI, RWE, Shell, Sasol, Uniper, and Vopak. The first findings are due early next year.

Europe will need large amounts of hydrogen to reach its climate objectives and a significant share of this can be imported via the port of Rotterdam. Ammonia is one of the most efficient ways to transport hydrogen and by establishing one central ammonia cracker, we can save time, space and resources to enable the imports of a million tonnes of hydrogen per year.

Port of Rotterdam Authority CEO Allard Castelein in his organisation’s official press release, 6 Dec 2022

2022 has been a year of progress for the Port of Rotterdam (PoR), with preparations well underway to receive ammonia imports into Europe:

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