{"id":770,"date":"2023-11-20T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/first-newbuild-inland-hydrogen-cargo-vessel-prepares-to-enter-service\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T02:45:52","slug":"first-newbuild-inland-hydrogen-cargo-vessel-prepares-to-enter-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/first-newbuild-inland-hydrogen-cargo-vessel-prepares-to-enter-service\/","title":{"rendered":"First Newbuild Inland Hydrogen Cargo Vessel Prepares to Enter Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first newly built hydrogen-powered vessel is preparing to enter service <\/p>\n

as part of a demonstration program in the Netherlands designed to support the <\/p>\n

development of zero-emission shipping. Shipbuilder Concordia Damen reports the <\/p>\n

vessel recently completed technical sea trials and received a provisional <\/p>\n

certificate, while on Tuesday, Dutch King Willem-Alexander visited the vessel to <\/p>\n

mark its entry into service.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/p>\n

Named the Antonie, the vessel is approximately 443 feet in length with a <\/p>\n

cargo capacity of 3,700 tons and boasts a revolutionary fuel cell propulsion. <\/p>\n

The power from the hydrogen fuel cells will be converted to electricity to drive <\/p>\n

the vessel versus conventional inland shipping which relies on diesel fuel. <\/p>\n

Concordia Damen, which is leading the construction project for Dutch shipowner <\/p>\n

Lenten Scheepvaart reports the fuel cell has been installed on the ship. They <\/p>\n

expect the hydrogen containers to arrive and be installed by the end of the <\/p>\n

year, at which time the vessel will be ready to go into service.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The order for the ship was placed in 2021 as part of a project to <\/p>\n

demonstrate hydrogen-fueled propulsion. The government of the Netherlands <\/p>\n

provided a $4.9 million construction subsidy to Lenten Scheepvaart. Construction <\/p>\n

of the hull was completed in China at the Yizheng Yangzi Shipbuilding Co. (YZCB) <\/p>\n

where the vessel was launched late in 2022. It was loaded onto a heavy-lift <\/p>\n

vessel to be transported to the Concordia Damen shipyard where the installation <\/p>\n

of the propulsion system was completed along with the fitting of the deckhouse <\/p>\n

and outfitting.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The technical sea trails were completed on October 23 with a focus on <\/p>\n

testing the advanced diesel-electric propulsion system. Lloyd\u2019s Register also <\/p>\n

inspected the vessel and issued a provisional certificate for it to enter <\/p>\n

service.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

"The fuel cell will soon serve as an energy supplier for the battery packs <\/p>\n

after the installation of the distribution panel and the placement of the <\/p>\n

hydrogen containers,\u201d explains Bart van Driel, project manager at Concordia <\/p>\n

Damen. \u201cOnce the distribution panel is delivered, it is just a matter of sizing <\/p>\n

and manufacturing the final pieces of piping and adjusting the fuel cell <\/p>\n

installation itself. The diesel generator will then no longer be used, so the <\/p>\n

Antonie will sail completely emission-free."<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

When the vessel enters service, it will operate under charter to Nobian, an <\/p>\n

industrial chemical company spun out from Nouryon (the former specialty chemical <\/p>\n

business of AkzoNobel), transporting salt from Delfzijl in the Netherlands to <\/p>\n

the Nobian plant in the Botlek. The company turns salt into chlor-alkali, among <\/p>\n

other things, with hydrogen as a residual product. The hydrogen produced in the <\/p>\n

chlor-alkali production process will be used as fuel for the Antonie.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

With three hydrogen containers on board, the Antonie will have enough <\/p>\n

energy available for full zero-emission transport between <\/p>\n

Delfzijl-Rotterdam-Delfzijl. A hydrogen bunker station has also been built in <\/p>\n

Delfzijl.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The unique nature of the project was highlighted by King Willem-Alexander <\/p>\n

during his visit to the Antonie in Duisburg on November 14. The King met with <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Hendrik W\u00fcst of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and <\/p>\n

toured hydrogen projects and the port of Duisburg, which is preparing to become <\/p>\n

a transshipment point for clean energy forms. Several cooperation agreements <\/p>\n

were signed during the visit to the port including for connection of national <\/p>\n

hydrogen pipeline networks and the Delta Rhine Corridor. During the event, the <\/p>\n

King and Prime Minister highlighted that the aim is for ten inland vessels and <\/p>\n

at least four hydrogen filling stations to support operations between Rotterdam, <\/p>\n

Duisburg, and Cologne by 2026.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In addition to the Antonie, several projects are converting existing <\/p>\n

vessels in the Netherlands and the Benelux region to hydrogen. The port of <\/p>\n

Rotterdam is also working with Damen and others in the development of hydrogen <\/p>\n

and the infrastructure at the port to support it as an alternative fuel.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the retrofit to install hydrogen fuel cells on the first <\/p>\n

inland containership was completed in the Netherlands. Compagnie Maritime <\/p>\n

Belgique (CMB) launched the first hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel in 2022 <\/p>\n

and the Port of Antwerp is currently preparing for the introduction of a <\/p>\n

hydrogen-fueled tugboat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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