First liquefied hydrogen carrier launched in Japan

In December 2019, Japan has launched the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier ship. The launch of the Suiso Frontier — ‘suiso’ means ‘hydrogen’ in Japanese —  by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) marks the first stage in a Shell-backed HySTRA pilot project which will see large quantities of H2 produced from brown coal in Australia and then shipped 9,000km to the city of Kobe in Japan (1).