Safe and efficient use of sustainable alternative fuels in maritime transport — a 4-year Horizon Europe Innovation Action with 11 partners across 5 countries, coordinated by HYDRUS.
Safe and efficient use of sustainable alternative fuels in maritime transport — a 4-year Horizon Europe Innovation Action with 11 partners across 5 countries, coordinated by HYDRUS.
SAFeCRAFT
Safe and efficient use of sustainable alternative fuels in maritime transport — a 4-year Horizon Europe Innovation Action with 11 partners across 5 countries, coordinated by HYDRUS.
Challenge
Reducing GHG emissions from waterborne transport is held back by slow adoption of SAFs — driven by concerns around safety, global availability, technological maturity and economic viability. The project must integrate different SAF / power-consumer combinations and prove FuelEU-compliant solutions that scale across vessel types.
HYDRUS Role
Project Coordinator — leading technically and managerially and acting as focal point with the European Commission. Technically leading detailed engineering, retrofitting design and demonstration of solutions onboard a Capesize Bulk Carrier — with the design submitted for AiP by ABS alongside six desktop studies.
Project Focus
SAF handling and processing, auxiliary systems design, retrofit design of Capesize Bulk Carrier, preliminary integrated ship design, and Risk & Safety assessment of all designs.
Why It Matters
Investigates four promising SAFs (CGH2, LH2, NH3, LOHC) combined with ICEs or Fuel Cells as power consumers — placing HYDRUS and the consortium at the forefront of a fully emerging field with great challenges towards future market uptake.