KOCHI: The Cochin Shipyard on Friday started building two zero emission hydrogen powered feeder container vessels worth Rs 550 crore for Samskip, a leading logistics firm in the Netherlands.
The steel-cutting ceremony of the first vessel, held on the Cochin Shipyard premises, coincided with the sustainability day celebrations of Samskip held at its headquarters in Rotterdam.
The vessels with a length of 138m, will have 23m width, 10m draught and dead weight tonnage of 8,000 tonnes. It will have the capacity to carry 365 high cube 40ft containers.
