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Start-up is developing world’s first ammonia-powered ships

The New York start-up Amogy has already created an ammonia-powered drone, tractor and semi-truck. Now, it’s turning its attention to ships

By Jeremy Hsu

31 March 2023

Amogy's tug boat

Amogy’s tug boat

Amogy

The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s sprawling industrial complex once employed 70,000 workers to build US battleships and aircraft carriers during the second world war. Almost 80 years later, it has become home to a New York City start-up with a very different maritime mission – harnessing ammonia as a low-carbon fuel for the global shipping industry.

The start-up Amogy has already shown how its ammonia-powered technology can work in a flying drone, a John Deere tractor and most recently a semi-truck. But the company thinks its best chance …

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