Port of Rotterdam recently informed that along with 17 collaborators inked a declaration of intent to allow transport by water, road and train through the Rhine-Alpine corridor, based on hydrogen. The port is a participant is this initiative under the name RH2INE (Rhine Hydrogen Integration Network of Excellence).
This is an important signal from governments, port organizations and companies to step in. The parties really have the ambition to make this crucial transport corridor more sustainable. The strength is in international cooperation. In this way we can really make progress.
…Stijn van Els signed on behalf of the Port Authority who represented the energy transition team in Arnhem said.
For the records, the climate-neutral transport corridor will connect Rotterdam and Genoa.
At the moment, good on the transport line among Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy are being transported with fossil fuels.
Moreover, the province of South Holland, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia all together, took the initiative for the 1st zero-emission route.
Although the project’s goals are not easy to achieve. Creating a stable market environment for a hydrogen corridor demands a good infrastructure with bunker locations, while gas stations are necessary to balance supply and demand properly.
With safety and regulation need a lot of work to be done, Port of Rotterdam Authority in RH2INE will offer its contribution on this field.
RH2INE focuses primarily on the realization of hydrogen production locations along the Rhine between Rotterdam and Cologne. In the coming years, the first ten to fifteen inland tankers will be able to operate on hydrogen.
…Stijn van Els continued.
The initiators aim to increase the amount of the participating parties and enhance the development of the climate-neutral transport corridor globally. RH2INE therefore becomes an open platform, so that major parties in the hydrogen chain can connect.
Concluding, RH2INE until now involves the following participants: Province of South Holland, Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Province of Gelderland, Port of Rotterdam, Port of Duisburg, RhineCargo, BCTN, EICB, Nouryon, Covestro, Air Products, Future Proof Shipping, HTS Group, NPRC, AirLiquide, Koedood.
