Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd (JSE) have signed a contract to build what is expected to be the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier, with a capacity of approximately 40,000 cubic metres, supporting the development of a commercial-scale international hydrogen supply chain.
The vessel will be constructed at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works in Kagawa Prefecture under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization’s Green Innovation Fund project.
The project aims to demonstrate ship-to-shore loading and unloading of liquefied hydrogen and conduct ocean-going trials by the end of fiscal 2030.
This new carrier follows Kawasaki’s earlier construction of the 1,250 cubic metre Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, and its involvement in the successful first pilot demonstration of hydrogen loading, transport and unloading between Japan and Australia.
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