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Hydrogen-Fuelled Shipping Firm Files for Bankruptcy
Wednesday June 17, 2026
Future Proof Shipping, a Rotterdam-based company pioneering hydrogen-fuelled inland container shipping, has filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.
The firm entered bankruptcy proceedings on June 2, before its case was sent on to the Central Netherlands Court on June 3, according to data from the Dutch Central Insolvency Register.
The company has a fleet of three inland container ships, all running on zero emissions using hydrogen.
It first announced plans to convert its container barge Maas -- since renamed H2 Barge 1 -- to run on hydrogen in May 2021.The company went on to sign a long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Air Liquide in December of that year.
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