Norway's Eidesvik Offshore is claiming a world first with a plan to fit an ammonia-powered fuel cell to a platform supply vessel (PSV).

The ShipFC project, which will test a carbon-free tool at a time when shipping and regulators are wrestling with hot to reduce shipping's carbon footprint, involves the 6,000-dwt Viking Energy (built 2003) and a partnership with 14 companies including oil major Equinor and NCE Maritime CleanTech.