Unitrove unveiled the world’s first liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for fuelling zero-emission ships.
Unitrove says the facility’s ambition is to enable clean, affordable, reliable, and sustainable fuelling options for ships at every port in the world.
To achieve net zero by 2050 needs the combined will of the industry and governments. As well as building new vessels, we need to ensure the infrastructure is in place. At this moment in time, there’s no clean-fuel bunkering infrastructure – it’s practically non-existent
said Steven Lua, CEO, Unitrove, adding that liquid hydrogen as a commercial fuel was relatively unexplored as an option, but has great potential for many uses.
We already see very early signs of light-duty vessels being battery-driven or powered by compressed gaseous hydrogen, but liquid hydrogen will allow us to serve the heavier portion of the shipping fleet where we hope to have a much larger impact
Furthermore, Tim Munn, Director at Marine2o and co-chair of the National Maritime SME Working Group, noted that in the run up to COP26, they launched the National Maritime UK Marine Hydrogen Working Group, “in perfect harmony with the launch of the world’s first liquid hydrogen marine bunkering facility by Unitrove.”
