Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2025
Significant milestone in the advancement of hydrogen technology
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co, Ltd (HD KSOE) for its vacuum-insulated large-scale liquid hydrogen (LH₂) tank system. The successful testing of a large-scale vacuum chamber for this AiP also marked the world’s first technical validation of large-scale LH₂ tank insulation design, the partners said in a statement. The vacuum insulation system addresses some of the most pressing challenges of using hydrogen in the maritime industry: the scalability of liquefied hydrogen storage and transportation of the fuel, they added....