Air Products and Port of Hamburg in joint hydrogen push

Project aims to accelerate production, demand and development of supply chain at north German port and across surrounding region

Industrial gases company Air Products and the Hamburg Port Authority are working together on clean hydrogen to identify ways to accelerate production, consumption and the development of a supply chain at the port and more widely across the north German state of Hamburg. The terms of the agreement have been set out under a memorandum of understanding. On the demand side, the two companies are focused on hydrogen applications to decarbonise heavy-duty vehicles, including port logistics, and industry. “Ports and their industrial clusters in Hamburg, and around the world, have a critical role to play in expanding hydrogen’s role in the energy transition,” says Kurt Lefevere, vice-president and g