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Port of Rotterdam

On April 5, 2021, the Port of Authority constructed in Maasvlakte 2. From create a future-proof port, a port where
started on a new trial with mixed here, the produced hydrogen will be businesses can flourish both now and
mooring for inland vessels carrying transported via a pipeline to Shell’s in the future, and provide income and
dangerous cargo. These ‘cone ships’ refinery in Pernis. Gasunie and the jobs. The aim is to do all this while
– named after the one or two blue Port of Rotterdam Authority intend minimising the impact on the climate
cones specifying the cargo’s hazard to realise the new pipeline in a joint and nature.
category will be allowed to moor side venture. Meanwhile, Uniper and the “We are working towards achieving
by side or next to vessels that are not Port Authority are investigating the a carbon-neutral and circular port in
carrying dangerous cargo. Through this possibilities of large-scale production of three steps -efficiency & infrastructure,
experiment, the Port Authority plans green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte area. transitioning to a new energy system,
to gain experience in this area. The The ambition is to realise a hydrogen and new raw materials and fuel
trial was set up in anticipation of the plant on the site of Uniper by 2025 with system,” observes Hoogsteden.
new national policy guideline regarding a capacity of 100MW and to expand this The Port of Corpus Christi, the
mixed mooring that will shortly be capacity to 500MW. United States' largest energy export
issued by the ministry of infrastructure Sixteen parties are working within gateway, and the Port of Rotterdam
and water management and the planned Project H-Vision largely from the have entered into a memorandum
adaptations to the Inland Waterways Rotterdam port industrial area on a of understanding (MoU) that will
Police Regulations, BPR. feasibility study into the production and allow the two global entities to
The Port Authority supports the use of blue hydrogen in the Rotterdam collaboratively improve their global
Transhydrogen Alliance consortium, port area. The Port Authority is affiliated maritime operations. The two ports
particularly in setting up an import as a partner with H-Vision. H-Vision have outlined several shared objectives,
terminal in Rotterdam for the new aims to provide the industry with low- which include co-developing trade and
supply chains on production and import CO₂ energy before 2030, particularly commercial opportunities, fostering an
of green hydrogen and green ammonia by replacing natural gas with blue exchange of information, and advancing
to Europe via Rotterdam. hydrogen and possibly also using the development and deployment of
Last year, Shell announced its residual gases. The Port Authority innovative technologies specifically
plans to take a green hydrogen plant is working with the port business related to navigational safety and
into operation as early as 2023 to be community and the government to environmental protection.

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