Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), has carried out the steel cutting of the first vessel in series of two vessels of Sea Shuttle zero emission feeder container project being built for Samskip, a logistics company headquartered in the Netherlands.
This project is one of the first zero emission feeder container vessels using green hydrogen as fuel. The ambitious project is admitted under the Norwegian Government green funding programme aimed at emission-free transport solutions by adopting sustainable future technologies. In zero emission mode, each vessel is expected to achieve around 25,000t of CO2 reduction per year.
In line with the Government of India’s green hydrogen mission, CSL has also developed India’s first fully indigenous hydrogen fuel cell catamaran ferry vessel as a pilot project which has recently been flagged off by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.
CSL is participating in various domestic and International projects featuring new green technologies to find sustainable solutions. These projects provide impetus for using hydrogen in marine application, and early adoption of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the marine sector will provide a global competitive advantage by meeting the aspiration of the industry for net zero emissions.
Image: Samskip hydrogen-fuelled feeder ship (source: Cochin Shipyard)
