Japan claims world-first hydrogen tanker voyage

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Japan has chalked up another maritime decarbonisation first, successfully completing a demonstration voyage of a coastal tanker powered by a hydrogen-only marine engine. The 4,500 gt Kiko Maru sailed for approximately two hours and covered around 33 km in Osaka Bay using its hydrogen-fuelled power system, the Nippon Foundation announced yesterday. The organisation describes the …

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