Kawasaki Completes Installation of Liquefied Hydrogen Storage Tank for Marine Transport Applications on World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier
Tokyo, March 9, 2020 —
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
announced today the installation of a liquefied hydrogen storage tank for marine transport applications on the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier SUISO FRONTIER.
Installation was carried out at Harima Works on March 7.
The company will complete piping installation and other outfitting operations for the vessel at Kobe Works, with ship completion scheduled for October 2020.
Once complete,
the SUISO FRONTIER will undergo operational testing in the coastal waters of Japan,
then it will be used for technology demonstration testing*1 in Japanese FY 2020
aimed at the establishment of an international hydrogen energy supply chain in which liquefied hydrogen produced in Australia will be shipped to Japan.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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