Kawasaki Heavy, peers join to produce liquefied hydrogen carriers
TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries and two other major Japanese shipbuilders will collaborate to mass-produce liquefied hydrogen carriers, leveraging Kawasaki's technology that produced the first such vessel in the world, Nikkei has learned.
Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United, Japan's largest and second-largest shipbuilders, respectively, will handle mass production. Specifics of the partnership are still being discussed, but Kawasaki will likely manufacture the liquefied hydrogen tank -- the core part of the ship -- and supply it to Imabari and JMU.
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