Showcase for Australia’s Hydrogen Dreams Suffered Gas Flames
- Suiso Frontier carried first liquid hydrogen cargo to Japan
- Flame erupted shortly after loading in Australia, report says
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An investigation into a flame that erupted on a tanker carrying the first-ever liquid hydrogen shipment shortly after it was loaded in Australia last year found that a gas control malfunction on the vessel sparked the incident.
The Suiso Frontier, the centerpiece of a A$500 million ($360 million) pilot project to test Australia’s potential for shipping the low-emissions fuel to Japan, suffered a gas flame incident on its deck while it was berthed at a port in Victoria state on Jan. 25 last year, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Thursday in a report. The incident happened just over a day after it loaded in Australia and two days before its scheduled departure to Japan.