A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the City of Rotterdam and the City of Oslo to create a new Green Corridor for short sea shipping that will be served by Samskip’s next generation zero-emission SeaShuttle vessels.
Strengthening their longstanding relationship, the agreement also sees two of Europe’s leading hub ports commit to accelerate green transition in shortsea shipping, to support the debut of Samskip’s green hydrogen-fueled container ships.
Two Samskip next generation zero-emission SeaShuttles will be utilized to service the new green corridor. These vessels will be among the first zero-emission short sea container vessels in the world to use green hydrogen as fuel.
The operation will include weekly loops between Rotterdam and ports in the Oslofjord region establishing true end-to-end corridor services.
Samskip Director, Business Development Magnús Salberg Óskarsson, stated that this MoU is a perfect example of different companies and entities pulling together to accelerate greener logistics to help us achieve our ambitious decarbonization targets for the upcoming years.
This signing brings us one step closer toward the exciting launch of SeaShuttle, the zero-emission hydrogen vessels which will be utilized in this project, and we look forward to continuing to nurture the relationship we have built between Rotterdam and Oslo.
… concluded Kari-Pekka Laaksonen, Samskip Holding BV CEO
To remind, as agreed at the third Green Corridor workshop in Rotterdam, Rotterdam’s Port, and other Green & Digital Shipping Corridor partners aim to reduce 20-30% of shipping emissions by 2030.
