Port of Rotterdam, thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM jointly investigate setting up hydrogen supply chains

The Port of Rotterdam and German steel companies thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM have begun to jointly investigate setting up international supply chains for hydrogen.

Together, the partners will explore hydrogen import opportunities via Rotterdam as well as a possible pipeline corridor between Rotterdam and thyssenkrupp Steel’s and HKM’s steel sites in Duisburg.

For decades, both steel companies have been importing coal, iron ore and other raw materials via their own terminals in Rotterdam using inland barges as well as rail to transport it to their blast furnaces in Duisburg.