The Cochin Shipyard Restricted (CSL) on Friday carried out the metal chopping for the world’s first hydrogen gas cell powered feeder container vessel constructed for a Norwegian logistics firm. The ‘Sea Shuttle’ is an formidable undertaking admitted beneath the Norwegian Authorities inexperienced funding programme aimed toward emission-free transport options by adopting sustainable path breaking future applied sciences.
“In zero emission mode, every vessel is predicted to realize round 25,000 tonne of CO2 discount per 12 months,” the CSL mentioned.
Samskip, a number one logistics firm headquartered within the Netherlands has given an order for 2 such feeder container vessels and the approximate worth for each the vessels is INR 550 crore.
The primary vessel is predicted to be delivered by the top of 2025 and could have a capability of carrying 365 excessive dice 40-feet containers.
The Cochin Shipyard had just lately developed India’s first totally indigenous hydrogen gas cell catamaran ferry vessel as a pilot undertaking which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28.
