HHLA has commissioned Linde Engineering to build the facility within the premises of the test centre for hydrogen-powered port logistics at the Container Terminal Tollerort.

The 2023-ready station will feature an energy-efficient 450 bar high-pressure ionic compressor to get heavy goods vehicles and terminal equipment fuelled with hydrogen.

The new infrastructure will be part of HHLA's Clean Port & Logistics innovation cluster, established to test hydrogen-powered equipment in harbour technology and port logistics.

The cluster is sponsored by Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of a national innovation programme for hydrogen and fuel cell technology.

"[...] With the construction of the filling station, the required infrastructure is now being created to speed up the transition to emissions-free heavy goods logistics and port operations, and to drive forward the decarbonisation of logistics," Dr Georg Böttner, Head of the HHLA Hydrogen Network, commented.

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