VESSEL REVIEW | Rasa – Hydrogen-electric tanker takes on waste collection at Lithuania's Klaipeda Port

The vessel is fitted with an EST-Floattech 2MWh energy storage system, two Danfoss Editron electric motors, and two 40kW hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen storage tanks (plus accompanying software) supplied by Genevos.

The tanker was built to be capable of 24-hour operation, thus ensuring more waste will be collected from visiting ships and then processed. KSSA said that, depending on the intensity of the work, the tanker will be able to operate in the port for up to 36 hours without additional power charging.

The vessel can sail at eight knots in electric mode for over eight hours continuously, resulting in low-noise and low-emission navigation even near residential areas and in environmentally sensitive waters.