The technology is mature enough today to go the next stage: Developing everything around it to ensure the perfect safety of the passengers and the viable operation. Since no such ship exists today, all the necessary regulations need to be created in conjunction with the ongoing R&D work.
However, the Bateliers and HySeas are not the only one to come up with such a concept. Several other marine projects have also emerged throughout the world; hence a group of maritime hydrogen developments have been created to share information and help building the world’s normative framework.
This work is led in Norway, at the head office of DNV-GL, the classification society specialized in industrial and maritime risk analysis and safety measures. They chose Telo Martius as a study and use case, making this Toulon based project also a site where best practices will be developed.