The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has launched two reports in its study series on the safety of hydrogen and ammonia as fuels in shipping, developed to support stakeholders in the sustainable transition of the wider maritime industry.

The study on hydrogen analyses its characteristics, safety hazards, system threats and risks, and includes reliability and safety analyses of equipment, hazard identification for generic hydrogen fuel systems, as well as risk analyses of generic system designs and of two specific ship types: a platform support vessel with compressed hydrogen stored above deck and a service operation vessel with liquefied hydrogen stored below deck.

The study series on ammonia examines its properties as a marine fuel, identifies critical equipment and failure modes, evaluates system reliability, and includes hazard and operability studies and risk assessments for specific ship types and port operations.

Recreational boating companies in the field are advised to also take note of the reports, which can be found here.