Deltalinqs helps port operators switch to sustainable fuels
Port of Rotterdam participates actively in hydrogen project for inland shipping
Developments are certainly not standing still. Just recently, Vlaardingen-based engineering company J. de Jonge launched this fuelling station and jetty for liquid hydrogen. Something that Deltalinqs in particular has high hopes for.
Port of Rotterdam is firmly intent on becoming Europe’s main hydrogen hub. Its co-financing and active participation in the RH2INE new-style project is therefore in line with expectations. Rotterdam is not alone, though. More than 45 stakeholders are cooperating in the project, including municipalities, provinces, companies and other ports, even its fiercest competitor in the region, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The common goal is zero emission inland navigation, and hydrogen offers a realistic opportunity.
“We need an ecosystem to provide Rhine shipping with new, clean fuels, of which hydrogen is one”, says programme manager shipping Johan Gille of the Rotterdam Port Authority. He calls the RHI₂NE network a good ‘vehicle’ to assemble the many parties needed from the public and the private sectors, and to keep them together. “We see a broad-based organisation as an added value”, Gille notes. He is keenly looking forward to the participation of more German Bundesländer and of Switzerland in the regular RH₂INE consultations. The Rhine is, after all, the most important transport axis on the European continent. The time has now come to work concretely on the bunkering infrastructure along the entire stretch of the river, and also to work out coordinated regulations in the various Rhine bordering states.
Next to the Port Authority the business association Deltalinqs of the port-industrial complex is the other important representative of Rotterdam’s interests within RH₂INE. The business association Deltalinqs represents around 95 per cent of the companies in the port of Rotterdam. Within the RH₂INE project, the entrepreneurs’ club is represented by Simone van Tongeren. She is project leader of the climate-programme at Deltalinqs and has spent the past 10 years at ENGIE (now EQUANS), among others, working on setting up new sustainable companies and techniques.
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Illustration J. de Jonge Group
Added value Van Tongeren: “Think of us as adding value to entrepreneurs who encounter obstacles in rolling out their new ventures. They know where to find us and together we discuss how to get things done. We, as an organisation, will not be opening a hydrogen station ourselves, for instance, but we can be of great value to tackle joint challenges - such as obtaining a permit, finding a location or suitable partners.”
She continues: “We usually bring the various agencies and companies together to discuss the issues at hand and to accelerate processes. In these meetings, we can emphasise the importance of interesting initiatives, like the RH₂INE effort to make shipping more sustainable. But RH₂INE should be seen as one of many available options to green the shipping industry. We do recognise that RH₂INE, the Condor Project and the Maritime Master Plan, among others, enhance innovations and new sustainable propulsion systems. It is also worthwhile involving Belgium and northern France as well to further broaden and strengthen the hydrogen project.”
Right facilities A transport chain over the Rhine using hydrogen-powered cargo ships, requires the right facilities, both in the seaport of Rotterdam as at various ports along the entire route. Programme manager Johan Gille of the Rotterdam Port Authority cites ZES’ (Zero Emission Services) swap battery container system as an example of making the infrastructure suitable on dedicated trajectories. “A similar concept can be set up for hydrogen tank containers”, Gille says. At a terminal, an empty tank container can be offloaded and a full one
Johan Gille. Photo Havenbedrijf Rotterdam
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