Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has commissioned Linde Engineering to build a hydrogen filling station at the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) in the Port of Hamburg..
The facility is designed to fuel hydrogen-powered heavy goods vehicles and terminal equipment and to test them in operation. It is expected to begin operation this year.
The heart of the filling station is an energy-efficient, high-pressure ionic compressor that compresses the hydrogen up to 450 bar. This will allow equipment such as straddle carriers, empty container stackers, forklift trucks, reach stackers, terminal tractor units and trucks to be refuelled with hydrogen efficiently. It also incorporates various options for expansion.
"With the construction of the filling station, the required infrastructure is now being created to speed up the transition to emission-free heavy goods logistics and port operations, and to drive forward the decarbonisation of logistics," says Dr Georg Böttner, head of the HHLA Hydrogen Network.
The port is working with partner companies from around the world to develop solutions to bring hydrogen-powered heavy goods vehicles and terminal equipment to market quickly and to put in place the measures necessary for their use. The concepts developed for operation, safety, repair, maintenance, refuelling and supply are tested and optimised in practical operation.
