CMB.TECH enters Chinese green ammonia market
The company also acquired a minority stake in Andefu to support maritime decarbonisation.
CMB.TECH NV marks its entry in the Chinese ammonia supply chain through its off-take agreement for green ammonia produced by CEEC Hydrogen Energy in Jilin Province
In a statement, the company said it will also own a minority share in privately owned Jiangsu Andefu Energy Technology Co., Ltd, one of China's largest ammonia supply chain companies.
In the first phase of the CEEC Songyuan project, approximately 158,000 tonnes of renewable ammonia will be produced annually.
Construction of the project was completed at the end of September 2025, and commercial operation is planned for January 2026. The project is mainly powered by off-grid renewable energy and supported by batteries and hydrogen buffer storage.
CEEC appointed Bureau Veritas for the certification audit, and the project obtained ISCC EU RFNBO certification on 2 December 2025.
Meanwhile, the acquisition of a minority stake in Andefu is expected to “create an industrial partnership between two companies supporting maritime decarbonisation and the development of a green ammonia supply infrastructure.”
A subsidiary of Andefu, Jiangsu Andefu Storage Co., Ltd., is currently constructing a 49,000 m³ low-temperature ammonia storage tank in Nanjing. The storage tank is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026.
In addition, Andefu, in cooperation with CEEC, will bring an ammonia storage terminal into operation in Panjin in the second half of 2027. Andefu is also advancing ship-to-ship (STS) ammonia bunkering operations, targeting commercial deployment in 2026, to support the emerging global ammonia-fuelled shipping fleet together with CMB.TECH.
CMB.TECH will take delivery of 11 ammonia-powered ships next year. Ten Newcastlemax bulkers (210,000 dwt) are being built at Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, and one 1,400 TEU container vessel being built at China Merchants Industry Weihai will be delivered in 2026.
The ships will be powered by a dual-fuel diesel-ammonia main engine and carry ammonia as a fuel onboard.
