Initiated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and AirLiquide, several European companies have joined forces to provide a hydrogen corridor for fuel cell trucks in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. They target 1,000 trucks by 2025.
AirLiquide and the port of Rotterdam consider this “one of the largest projects in Europe for the development of hydrogen trucks and related infrastructure”. In their communication, they already name “several partners from the supply chain” have joined the initiative. These include the Dutch VDL Group as well as Iveco and the US start-up Nikola for delivering the fuel cell trucks. Logistics companies such as Vos Logistics, Jongeneel Transport and HN Post are also involved. Besides, “leading fuel cell suppliers have already agreed to join,” said the initiators but fail to specify the latter individually.
To start with, the partners will do a feasibility study of the whole value chain envisioned by the project. This includes setting up an electrolysis capacity to produce low carbon hydrogen. The port authority further suggests that to have 1,000 hydrogen-powered trucks on the road, they will need 25 high capacity hydrogen stations to connect the Netherlands, Belgium, and West Germany. The port of Rotterdam expects that about 500 trucks will start from the port city and distribute the goods delivered there.
