Kawasaki Plans to Build the World’s Largest Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier
The Japanese company plans to build a vessel with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters
Japanese company Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed a contract with Japan Suiso Energy to build the world’s largest liquefied hydrogen carrier, with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters, Reuters reported.
The vessel will be built at Kawasaki’s Sakaide Works shipyard in Kagawa Prefecture in western Japan.
Kawasaki said the new carrier is designed to meet expected global demand for hydrogen in the 2030s. The company added that it aims to replicate, in the hydrogen sector, the success it has achieved as a major manufacturer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers.
In 2021, Kawasaki built the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the Suiso Frontier, which has a capacity of 1,250 cubic meters.
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