08 February 2024 Future Proof Shipping (FPS), the EU-funded Flagships project, and the Interreg-funded ZEM Ports NS project launch the groundbreaking H2 Barge 2. The hydrogen-powered vessel will ship goods completely emission-free on the Rhine between Rotterdam (NL) and Duisburg (DE). Future Proof Shipping, the Flagships project, and ZEM Ports NS project gathered key stakeholders to celebrate the successful launch of the H2 Barge 2 at Holland Shipyard Group´s Werkendam facility, just outside Rotterdam. “This is another proud moment for us, it proves moving cargo with zero emissions and zero impact is not only possible, it’s scalable too. Successfully launching…

This article (in Dutch) written by Martin van Dyke of SWZ|Maritime suggests that Inland shipping is increasingly focusing on green hydrogen propulsion. We, at Future Proof Shipping, set ourselves the goal of showing that this is already possible and recently retrofitted the FPS Maas into the H2 Barge 1 sailing 100 percent on green hydrogen. Read the full article here: H2 Barge 1 SWZ Article July 2023    

On 25 May this year, Future Proof Shipping launched the first hydrogen-powered zero emissions inland shipping container vessel – the H2 Barge 1. Since then, the vessel, previously known as FPS Maas, has been operating between the Port of Rotterdam and the BCTN terminal in Meerhout, Belgium. The vessel is on charter to BCTN who operate it on behalf of Nike EMEA, based in nearby Laakdal. In a major boost for maritime sustainability, H2 Barge 1 is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by in the region of 2000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. The vessel’s Captain, Dragoş Lupu…

On 25 May, Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) officially launched the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland container ship, H2 Barge 1, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Earlier in the week, Nike introduced the H2 Barge 1 at its European Logistics Campus in Laakdal, Belgium. As part of its journey toward a zero carbon and zero waste future, Nike is partnering with Future Proof Shipping (FPS) and BCTN Network of Inland Terminals, to accelerate zero-emission shipping.