ClassNK releases “Guidelines for Liquefied Hydrogen Carriers (Edition 2.0)”
or Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) Carriers (Edition 2.0)”, which cover essential details to examine the safety of liquefied hydrogen carriers to spur related technological developments.
To construct a supply chain for hydrogen, which is expected to be a clean energy source in a decarbonized society, the development of liquefied hydrogen carriers that enable large-scale and efficient transportation is progressing actively.
IMO has worked on establishing safety requirements for liquefied hydrogen carriers that must keep cargo at an extremely low temperature of minus 253 degrees Celsius, and “Interim Recommendations for Carriage of Liquefied Hydrogen in Bulk”*1 was adopted in 2016. Based on the interim recommendations, ClassNK’s “Guidelines for Liquefied Hydrogen Carriers” published in 2017 set out specific requirements in consideration of related international standards and ClassNK’s R&D outcome. A design review and survey of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, “Suiso Frontier,” was based on these guidelines.
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