The IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sintef, the University of Iceland, Stena Rederi, and Powercell Sweden have initiated a new study on how hydrogen and fuel cells compare to other alternative fuels for sea shipping.
The 50k m2-big container terminal, offering a yearly handling capacity of 50k TEUs, has begun operating in the Danish Port of Kalundborg's Ny Vesthavn.
The Swedish Rederi AB Gotland has received support from the country's Transport Administration to launch the route in question in order to unburden road traffic between southern Sweden and the Mälaren Valley (the Stockholm-Mälaren Region).
The Finnish-Swedish ferry line has already been using, since 2017, AecorLink's long-distance shore-to-ship, satellite-free Internet connection on-board Wasa Express.
The Swedish battery producer will establish - on the territory of the Pomeranian Investment Centre, near the Port of Gdańsk - what it says will be Europe's largest energy storage factory.
The company will now conduct a comprehensive viability assessment in order to have a design ready by mid-2022, so as to contract a shipyard which, in turn, would deliver the vessel in 2025.
