South Korea’s maritime decarbonization technology specialist Vinssen and Dutch engineering firm MANA Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop a hydrogen fuel cell-based retrofit solution for an 800 TEU feeder container vessel operating in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea.

The partners plan to initially focus on a comprehensive technical feasibility study and the pursuit of Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) approval in principle (AIP), which will validate the technical concept and establish the framework for a potential pilot retrofit project.