Kawasaki Heavy, peers join to produce liquefied hydrogen carriers

Japanese builders aim to beat Chinese and South Korean rivals in next-gen ships

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The world's first liquid hydrogen carrier ship built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. (Photo HySTRA)

MASASHI ISAWA

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.

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