A new consortium backed by the Global Maritime Forum and RMI is working to establish a green shipping corridor between Brazil's Port of Açu and Belgium's Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The group includes HIF Global, Fuella, NYK Line, Höegh Autoliners, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Their goal is to create a roadmap for transporting zero-carbon fuels like e-ammonia or e-methanol produced in Brazil, with the ships themselves running on those same fuels. The consortium builds on a pre-feasibility study from November 2025 that highlighted Brazil's competitive e-fuel production costs. Key advantages include supportive policies for green hydrogen, a largely renewable electricity grid, abundant renewable energy resources, and relatively low capital costs. A 2024 report had already identified Port of Açu as a high-potential e-fuel export hub. Work is moving past pre-feasibility into a full feasibility analysis, expected by the end of 2026. The corridor could demonstrate a real supply chain for low-carbon shipping fuel, linking Brazilian renewable hydrogen production to European demand.
