Julio Friedmann explains why future international ammonia logistics will depend on maritime shipping rather than expanding pipeline infrastructure.
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“There are not going to be huge amounts of ammonia pipelines going around the world. Like, we're not going to see that. The way that we use ammonia pipelines in the U.S. Today is sort of very unusual and bespoke for our purpose, but that's not the way that we're going to move ammonia around the world Or around countries, or around Europe. Like, it's just not. We're gonna do it with ships.”
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