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Hydrogen Retrofit Work Begins on Inland Container Ship FPS Maas
Wednesday August 17, 2022
Future Proof Shipping's inland container vessel the FPS Maas has arrived at the shipyard for retrofit to hydrogen-powered propulsion.
The ship made its final voyage running on diesel from Belgium to the Holland Shipyards Group facility in Werkendam this week, the company said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.
The vessel is due to have its engine removed to be replaced with a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system.
Hydrogen is seen as a leading candidate to become part of the future marine fuels mix thanks to the fact it is a non-carbon energy source, although development of hydrogen as fuel and the associated bunkering infrastructure is at an extremely early stage.
