Japan’s ITOCHU and India’s L&T shake hands on green ammonia project

August 13, 2025, by Ajsa Habibic

L&T Energy GreenTech (LTEG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has partnered with Japanese trading company ITOCHU Corporation to develop and commercialize a green ammonia project at Kandla in Gujarat, India.

Under the joint development agreement, LTEG and ITOCHU will collaborate to launch the 300 kilo tonnes per annum (KTPA) green ammonia facility, with ITOCHU planning to offtake the product for bunkering applications in Singapore.

L&T acquired a land parcel at Kandla last year for the development of green hydrogen and green ammonia projects.

The collaboration is said to support LTEG’s strategic vision to establish a presence across the green energy value chain and complement ITOCHU’s initiative to introduce low-carbon ammonia as a zero-emission marine fuel.

In line with this effort, ITOCHU recently contracted Sasaki Shipbuilding to construct a 5,000 cubic meter (cbm) ammonia bunkering vessel and Izumi Steel Works to build an ammonia tank plant that will be loaded onto the vessel.

Scheduled for delivery in 2027, the vessel will be used to pursue the ammonia bunkering demonstration project in Singapore.

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Commenting on the collaboration, Subramanian Sarma, Deputy Managing Director & President, L&T, said: “As the global energy landscape shifts decisively towards sustainability, L&T remains deeply committed to driving the clean energy transition through innovation, strategic partnerships, and engineering excellence. The partnership with ITOCHU reflects L&T’s larger vision of enabling a cleaner, greener future through sustainable business focus.”

Hiroyuki Tsubai, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board, President, Machinery Company of ITOCHU Corporation, added: “Through this joint development with one of the largest and most respected companies in India’s private sector, L&T Group, our initiatives to introduce low-carbon ammonia to the maritime sector as an alternative zero-emission fuel will be reinforced. With this collaboration, Kandla, located on the west coast of India, will become the principal production centre of green ammonia for ITOCHU’s bunkering operations in Singapore.”