{"id":1830,"date":"2021-12-10T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2021\/12\/10\/inland-waterways-h2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:53:00","slug":"inland-waterways-h2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/news\/inland-waterways-h2\/","title":{"rendered":"Inland waterways H2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FPS Maas, which transports containers between the Netherlands and Belgium, will run on the hydrogen through multi-modal storage specially designed for inland barges, enabling the vessel to reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 2,000 tonnes per year. AL believes the solution can be easily replicated by other ships and non-marine transport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project will help lower the environmental footprint of inland transport on waterways, a sector that represents 3.4 per cent of the CO2 emissions in the Netherlands,\u201d said Diederick Luijten, vice president hydrogen energy Northern Europe &amp; CIS countries &#8211; Air Liquide.<\/p>\n<p>The hydrogen will be used in a PEM fuel cell, installed in the cargo space, to produce enough electricity to deliver around 825 kW for ship propulsion and auxiliary power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPartnering with Air Liquide, a company with hydrogen at its core, is solving a giant piece of the zero-emissions logistics puzzle for us,\u201d said Richard Klatten, chief executive of Future Proof Shipping. \u201cOur vessels need to be fuelled with renewable energy and right now carbon-free hydrogen, supplied by Air Liquide, is the smartest and greenest fuel choice available to us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>AL and FPS are partners in the RH2INE (Rhine Hydrogen Integration Network of Excellence) programme, which aims to decarbonise inland shipping on the Rhine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image  image_size_med inline_image_left\" data-attachment=\"253467\" data-sequence=\"1\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FPS Maas hydrogen containers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded wp-image-1832\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/01_253467_fpsmaashydrogencontainers_156692-400x225.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_meta\">\n<p class=\"inline_caption\">The hydrogen is stored in specially designed containers Photo: FPS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has signed a long-term agreement with Air Liquide (AL) for the supply of carbon-free hydrogen to an inland container vessel, a milestone on the path to the decarbonisation of inland 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