European logistics company and shipowner Samskip has selected Norwegian Hydrogen as preferred supplier for liquid green hydrogen (LH₂) for the two SeaShuttle container vessels it has currently under construction. A Memorandum of Understanding for further cooperation was signed by the parties on Friday 5 December 2025.

The SeaShuttles will be the very first hydrogen-powered container vessels in the world and will operate Samskip’s route between Rotterdam and Oslo. Samskip’s investment in hydrogen reflects its ambitious climate and sustainability goals and follows the recent verification of Samskip’s “Net-Zero by 2040” target by the Science-Based Targets initiative, and the EcoVadis Platinum medal that ranked Samskip at Top 1% in sustainability performance in 2024. Supported by a grant from the Norwegian Enova Fund, the SeaShuttles will demonstrate the feasibility of operating on liquid hydrogen produced from sustainable energy.

The hydrogen will be delivered from Norwegian Hydrogen’s liquid hydrogen production plant in Rjukan, Norway. The company recently announced a grant of EUR 31.5 million from the 2025 EU Innovation Fund Call for the Rjukan LH project, to establish a complete value chain for production, distribution and bunkering of liquefied hydrogen. This grant comes in addition to the previously announced support of EUR 13.2 million via the EU Hydrogen Auction towards operating costs, as well as a combination of grants and green loans totalling NOK 100 million from Innovation Norway.