Port of Hamburg to implement hydrogen-powered tugboats
The Mabanaft Group has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Fairplay Towage Group to supply hydrogen to their new tugs in the Port of
Hamburg.
According to the Port of Hamburg, hydrogen and bunkering infrastructure
must be installed to enable the usage of hydrogen-powered tugboats.
Mabanaft, a maritime fuel provider and operator of tank terminals, plans to
augment its marine fuel range with hydrogen and to use its tank terminals in
Hamburg for this purpose, in order to supply Fairplay Towage with hydrogen.
Volker Ebeling, Senior Vice President New Energy, Supply &
Infrastructure at Mabanaft, said: “This agreement with Fairplay Towage is an
important step on the road to achieving carbon neutral shipping in the port of
Hamburg and we are proud to be working together to decarbonise the
industry.”
According to the port, these hydrogen-powered tugboats are scheduled to be
in use from 2025.
In November 2022, Mabanaft announced its intention to build an ammonia
import terminal in the Port of Hamburg.
More recently, this month, the Port of Hamburg received the title of best
port in Europe for the fourth time in a row.
