Azane Fuel Solutions Review: How to Bunker Ammonia

Azane Fuel Solutions sits in the middle of the “how do we actually bunker ammonia?” question. From its base in Norway, the joint venture between Amon Maritime and ECONNECT Energy is developing turnkey shore-based and floating bunkering terminals so ships can take refrigerated ammonia as fuel safely, quickly and without every port having to build a full fixed jetty from scratch. The idea is simple: if you believe ammonia is part of your fuel mix, Azane is one of the firms trying to make the physical last mile – from production to manifold – work in practice.

Azane Fuel Solutions: Locations

HQ and engineering hub in Sandefjord, with an additional office in Oslo.
Sandefjord: Storgata 27, 3210 Sandefjord, Norway
Oslo: Drammensveien 126 A, 0277 Oslo, Norway

Shipowners save by:

• Unlocking ammonia without building your own terminal:
  Azane develops turnkey shore-based and floating bunkering units for
  refrigerated ammonia, so owners do not have to finance and design a
  bespoke fixed jetty or handling system in every port that wants to
  offer ammonia fuel.
• Reducing capex and lead time versus traditional infrastructure:
  Modular bunkering units and jettyless transfer concepts can be deployed
  faster and with less civil work than conventional marine terminals,
  which helps compress time-to-fuel and lowers the upfront capital
  needed to start using ammonia on a route.
• Improving safety and regulatory comfort:
  Systems are engineered around class and regulatory requirements for
  ammonia, with focus on leak containment, emergency shutdown and safe
  transfer, supporting approvals and stakeholder comfort when
  introducing a new fuel into ports and terminals.
• Supporting long-term decarbonisation targets:
  By making low- or zero-carbon ammonia physically available in key
  locations, owners can plan newbuilds and conversions around a real
  supply chain rather than speculative fuel availability, which reduces
  the risk of stranded “green” tonnage.
• Enabling flexible routing and growth:
  Floating and relocatable units allow bunkering capacity to follow
  demand as trades and volumes evolve, instead of locking all
  investment into a single fixed site that may or may not remain a
  core hub.
• Connecting infrastructure with digital operations:
  Partnerships with digital bunkering platforms are intended to make
  booking, documentation and operational coordination more transparent
  and automated, trimming administrative time and reducing the risk of
  errors across the supply chain.
• Leveraging strategic investors in the value chain:
  Backing from players like Yara Growth Ventures and Navigator Gas
  ties Azane’s projects into ammonia production and gas carrier
  expertise, helping de-risk projects and keep focus on scalable,
  bankable infrastructure rather than one-off pilots.

Planning note: the economics hinge on fuel origin, carbon intensity,
bunkering frequency and how much of your fleet you plan to run on
ammonia. Use Azane’s concepts as one option alongside conventional
jetties, barge bunkering and competing fuel pathways when you compare
cost per tonne delivered and total system risk.

Notable mentions and references

Public references where Azane’s ammonia bunkering concept, funding and projects are highlighted.

• Yara carbon-free bunkering network
  • 15 terminals pre-ordered
  Scandinavia

  Yara International announced plans to launch what it calls the world’s first
  carbon-free ammonia fuel bunkering network in Scandinavia, pre-ordering
  15 floating bunkering terminals from Azane Fuel Solutions to deliver green
  ammonia to shipping.
  Release:
  Yara × Azane bunkering network.

• World’s first ammonia bunkering terminal
  JV: ECONNECT Energy × Amon Maritime

  Azane is described in multiple industry and investor notes as developing
  the world’s first ammonia bunkering terminal, built on a joint venture
  between ECONNECT Energy and Amon Maritime and focused on turn-key
  bunkering units and jettyless transfer solutions.
  Overview:
  ECONNECT Energy — Azane profile.

• €5.4m investment from Yara Growth Ventures & Navigator
  • 2023
  Series A round

  Yara Growth Ventures and Navigator Gas led a €5.4 million investment
  round in Azane Fuel Solutions, each taking a significant minority stake
  to help finance construction of the first bunkering units and expand
  the concept internationally.
  Details:
  Yara release
  and
  Offshore Energy coverage.

• Safety permit for Fjord Base ammonia terminal
  • Florø, Norway
  Regulatory milestone

  The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection granted a safety permit
  for an ammonia bunkering facility at Fjord Base in Florø, a project
  developed by Yara Clean Ammonia and Azane, marking a key regulatory
  step toward low-emission ammonia bunkering in practice.
  Release:
  Fjord Base terminal permit.

• Norwegian Enova support for ammonia bunkering
  Pre-project funding

  Norwegian climate fund Enova has awarded pre-project funding to a set
  of ammonia bunkering initiatives along the coast, including projects
  involving Azane Fuel Solutions, as part of a programme to develop
  bunkering plants for ammonia as marine fuel.
  Coverage:
  Manifold Times.

• Ammonia bunker vessel design with Amogy
  Zero-emissions bunker vessel MoU

  Azane launched an ammonia bunker vessel design and signed an MoU with
  Amogy to integrate an ammonia-based zero-emissions power system on
  board, targeting fully zero-emission bunkering for deep-sea ships.
  Announcement:
  Azane × Amogy bunker vessel.

• Digital bunkering enablement with Ofiniti
  Scandinavian network

  Bunker tech company Ofiniti announced that it will enable Azane’s
  digital ammonia bunkering across Scandinavia, linking physical
  ammonia infrastructure with digital booking, documentation and
  operational coordination tools.
  Announcement:
  Ofiniti × Azane digital bunkering.

• Ocean Hyway Cluster membership
  Norwegian hydrogen & ammonia ecosystem

  Azane is listed as a member of the Ocean Hyway Cluster, which notes
  that the company was founded in 2021, has offices in Oslo and
  Sandefjord, and aims to build an ammonia bunkering network in Norway
  with first operations targeted around the mid-2020s.
  Profile:
  Ocean Hyway Cluster — Azane.

Selection is indicative, not exhaustive. Use these links to sanity-check
technology claims, see who is backing the company, and track how close
the first ammonia bunkering terminals are to commercial operation.

Azane Fuel Solutions is effectively a hardware and infrastructure enabler: if you want ammonia in the fuel mix, somebody has to build safe, bankable bunkering hardware in real ports. Yara’s pre-order of 15 terminals and the later €5.4 million round led by Yara Growth Ventures and Navigator signal that this is more than a one-off pilot, with safety permits and Enova-backed work now pushing the first Norwegian terminals toward operation. The planner above is your “sanity tool”: plug in your own views on VLSFO and ammonia pricing, carbon exposure and how much energy you’d realistically shift to ammonia, and you can see both the CO₂ abatement and the green premium you’d be paying (or saving) if Azane’s infrastructure makes ammonia reliably available on your trade.

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