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Hydrogen Inland Barge HydroBarge Enters Commercial Service on the Rhine: European Inland Waterway Decarbonization Begins

German shipping company RheinCargo's first hydrogen-powered inland barge HydroBarge enters commercial service on the Rhine's Duisburg-to-Rotterdam route, equipped with a 200 kW hydrogen fuel cell system, 2,000-ton displacement, 400 km single-fueling range, achieving zero emissions.

Hydrogen Inland Barge HydroBarge Enters Commercial Service

German shipping company RheinCargo announced on August 27 that its first hydrogen-powered inland barge, HydroBarge, has entered commercial service on the Rhine's Duisburg-to-Rotterdam route. HydroBarge is equipped with a 200 kW proton exchange membrane hydrogen fuel cell system, with a full-load displacement of 2,000 tons and a single-fueling range of 400 km.

The Rhine is Europe's busiest inland waterway with annual freight volume exceeding 300 million tons. Currently, the vast majority of inland vessels use diesel engines with higher carbon emission intensity than road transport. RheinCargo plans to convert all 30 of its barges to hydrogen power by 2030, expecting to reduce annual carbon emissions by approximately 12,000 tons.