H2-powered cargo barge could be a breath of fresh air to Rhine shipping
Transporting goods by inland waterways can be a dirty business, but an EU-backed project is looking to clean up its act – launching a container vessel powered by green hydrogen on a major cargo route between the Netherlands and Germany.Future Proof Shipping's first inland shipping container vessel powered by green hydrogen was introduced last year, a 110 x 11.45-m (360 x 37.5-ft) barge that had its combustion engine whipped out and replaced by electric motors, hydrogen tanks, a fuel-cell system and batteries. The H2 Barge…