Flagships Project Seeks to Deploy Hydrogen-Powered Cargo Ship This Year
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday April 7, 2021 A European consortium is seeking to put a small hydrogen-powered cargo ship on the water as soon as this year. The
River Seine in
Paris with commercial operations commencing this year, the consortium said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. The hydrogen will be produced from electrolysis. The ship, which will carry cargo on pallets and in containers, will be owned by
French inland shipping firm
Compagnie Fluvial de Transport and is due for delivery in September. Flagships is a very exciting project for us, since it is leading the way to demonstrate how vessels operating on green hydrogen can decarbonise urban rivers,