根据马士基·麦克-凯尼·穆勒零碳航运中心的研究报告，预计到2027年，蓝氨将在航运业中将被大量使用，并有可能在随后的几年里大幅扩大生产规模。尽管生产蓝氨需要用到天然气，但在蒸汽甲烷重整制氢（SMR）过程中产生的二氧化碳是能够被捕获并储存的。此外，相较于其它低排放燃料，蓝氨能够利用现有技术迅速扩大生产规模，且生产成本较低。因此，如果能建造更多的氨燃料动力船舶，那么蓝氨可能会成为成本更低、推广更快的替代燃料。该航运中心估计，到2030年，航运业每年将需要3400万吨蓝氨以实现其脱碳目标。

Blue ammonia is expected to become available in significant quantities by 2027, with the potential for significant scale - up in production over subsequent years, according to a recent report by Mærsk Mc - Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. Blue ammonia is produced from natural gas, but carbon capture and storage (CCS) is used to capture, transport, and permanently sequester the CO2 byproduct. The attractiveness of blue ammonia lies in its ability to scale up quickly using existing technologies and low production costs compared to other low - emission fuels. Therefore, if ships can be built ready for propulsion by ammonia, then blue ammonia presents an opportunity for a lower - cost and quicker - scaling fuel than most alternatives. Mærsk Mc - Kinney Møller Center estimates that 34 million tonnes of blue ammonia per year will be needed for the maritime industry by 2030 to meet its decarbonization goals.