Yara's fleet of three ships is now completely modernized, with Yara Gerda, named after a figure in Norse mythology, starting service this month, the company said in its press release.
Yara Gerda is a new dedicated liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) marine tanker replacing an older tanker. Yara’s CO2 is used in the beverage business (carbonation), food business (chilling, freezing), air catering (cold chain assurance) and greenhouse businesses. Yara is Europe's No.1 producer and No.3 retailer of liquid CO2.
Reliability is at the core of Yara’s value proposition as a CO2 supplier. This is a business with peaks and seasonality, especially around the summer. Customers’ processes rely on continuous, just-in-time deliveries. Some customers receive Yara CO2 several times a day. Any delivery delay has the potential to rapidly halt production at our customers who depend on our CO2.
The Yara CO2 tanker fleet connects Yara production sites in Sluiskil (NL), Porsgrunn (NO), Fredericia (DK), Dormagen (DE) and Wilton (UK) to terminals in Hamburg (DE), Montoir (FR), Billingham (UK) and on the Thames (UK).
The three ships, which are identical, carry the largest CO2 tanks in Europe. They provide a cost effective means to transport CO2 and an unrivalled supply reliability to customers across western Europe.
The modernized fleet has nearly double the cargo capacity than the previous one. The tanks on board Yara’s ships are identical and the largest in Europe. Each can carry up to 1800 tonnes, the equivalent of 90 full tanker truck loads.
All three ships are fitted with Yara’s own SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) NOx reduction technology, which reduces the ships’ harmful NOx emissions by 80% -- a testament to Yara’s role as an industry shaper in air quality.