Hydrogen-powered water taxi sets sail in Rotterdam in 2021
From 2021 passengers will be able to board a hydrogen-powered water taxi in Rotterdam. A commercial boat of this scale to run entirely on this clean fuel will be a world first. The hydrogen-water taxi will...Read more
CMB is now a net zero shipping line
Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) announces that from now on, it will offset its CO2 emissions to reach net zero. To do so, the shipping line supports climate projects in developing countries. In 2050, the company...Read more
Ostend, DEME and PMV plan green hydrogen plant
The Port of Ostend, DEME and PMV are joining forces to have a plant operational in the port area of Ostend by 2025 that produces green hydrogen. Green hydrogen will both serve as an energy...Read more
Kawasaki Launches World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched the Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier at Kobe Works. This vessel was developed to provide a means of transporting liquefied hydrogen at 1/800 of its original gas-state...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift Ships to Use Hydrogen/Methanol Injection to Reduce Emissions
SAL Heavy Lift is the first shipping company in the world to make use of a new hydrogen/methanol technology for its fleet. The injection technology developed by Fuelsave GmbH reduces CO2, SOx, NOx and other...Read more
Guus van der Bles: ‘Hydrogen, Batteries and Sails Are the Future of Shipping’
For future shipping, Director Development at ship designer Conoship Guus van der Bles bets on hydrogen whether or not in combination with batteries and sails. At the latest meeting of the Dutch Platform for Clean...Read more
Dutch LNG-Powered Dredger Paves Way for Closed Carbon Loop
The Ecodelta, the first Dutch dredger on LNG, has been used as a business case to study the feasibility of carbon capture on board. With the infrastructure to handle future marine fuels created from hydrogen...Read more
Ulstein: Hydrogen-powered Offshore Support Vessel Could Set Sail in 2022
Ulstein has launched its first market-ready, hydrogen powered offshore vessel. The SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel features a Nedstack fuel cell power system and can be delivered in three years’ time. The design has...Read more
Field Lab to Develop First Maritime-approved Hydrogen Cell
Marine engine manufacturers De Ruyter Dieseltechniek and Koedood Marine Group have joined forces to realise the first maritime zero emission field lab: the HEAT.Lab (Hydrogen & Energy Applied Technologies). The field lab will primarily focus...Read more
The World’s First Green Offshore Hydrogen Pilot Explained
In July, Neptune Energy’s Q13a-A offshore platform was selected for the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot, now called PosHYdon. The partners involved have now released a video which explains how this pilot will work. PosHYdon...Read more
Port of Antwerp Orders World’s First Hydrogen Tug
The first tug in the world to be powered by hydrogen will be deployed in the Port of Antwerp within two years’ time. This so-called “Hydrotug” is driven by combustion engines that burn hydrogen in...Read more