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Today the new Jetten cabinet was sworn in. Port of Amsterdam wishes the new government every success and happiness and is pleased that it is “getting to work.” The cabinet is focusing on future-proof energy and industrial clusters, which are very important for the Netherlands’ competitiveness and the sustainability transition of our society. The Amsterdam port and developments in the North Sea Canal Area play a significant role in this.

The detailed design for the hydrogen network being developed by HyNetwork in the North Sea Canal Area has been completed. This covers both a new hydrogen pipeline and an existing natural gas pipeline that will be converted. This marks an important milestone in the technical development of the network. We asked our colleague Thomas Steenbergen how such a network can be integrated into an already busy port area.

EcoLog has taken an important step in the development of a liquid hydrogen import terminal in the Port of Amsterdam. This week, the company signed an agreement in Tokyo with a group of technology partners that will supply equipment for both the future import terminal and the vessels that will transport the hydrogen. The signing took place in the presence of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Japan, H.E. Gilles Beschoor Plug.

The Executive Board of the City of Amsterdam intends to contribute €4 million to the development of the local hydrogen network for the Port of Amsterdam area: H2avennet. This grant from the Amsterdam Climate and Energy Fund provides a significant boost to the development of the network and supports the further growth of a hydrogen economy in the port of Amsterdam.

Recently, the first bunkering operations with liquid hydrogen took place in the port of Amsterdam. It was the first time in the Netherlands that a vessel was bunkered with this form of hydrogen. The superyacht Breakthrough, docked at Feadship, was supplied with this alternative fuel.

Yesterday, the Dutch seaports and hydrogen industry associations presented the Hydrogen Import Manifesto to Minister Hermans for Climate and Green Growth, during the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam.