Cochin Shipyard begins construction of zero-emission feeder container vessel

Shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard has carried out the steel cutting for the first vessel in a series of two Sea Shuttle zero-emission feeder container vessels being built for logistics company Samskip.

This function coincided with the sustainability day celebrations of Samskip held at its headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

This Sea Shuttle project is one of the first zero-emission feeder container vessels in the world that uses green hydrogen as the fuel. In zero-emission mode, each vessel is expected to achieve around 25,000 tons of CO₂ reduction per year.

This project was funded by the Norwegian government’s green investment program which aims to create emission-free transportation solutions by adopting sustainable future technologies.

In line with the Government of India’s green hydrogen mission, Cochin Shipyard has also developed India’s first fully indigenous hydrogen fuel cell catamaran ferry vessel as a pilot project which was flagged off by India Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 28, 2024.

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