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Duisburger Hafen AG

Alte Ruhrorter Straße 42-52, 47119 Duisburg, Homberg-Ruhrort-Baerl, Germany

Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is the ownership and management company of the port of Duisburg, the world’s largest inland port with an annual throughput of about 4 million TEU and 105 million tons of goods on average.

The port is located in the heart of Europe's largest consumer market with more than 30 million consumers over a radius of 150 kilometres. Per year, duisport handles 20,000 ships and 25,000 trains. It is also a use case in the Clean Hydrogen Partnership Study on hydrogen in ports and industrial coastal areas.

Together with its subsidiaries, the duisport group offers innovative and tailored solutions for the industry and logistics sector at the world's largest inland port. Its full-service portfolio includes customised real estate management with special focus on warehouse and terminal development, the development of integrated port and logistics solutions, intermodal transport services, specialised industrial packaging as well as advisory services for international customers and supply chain engineering.

Moreover, Duisburger Hafen AG is also committed to the future of the logistics industry by promoting innovative start-ups through its startport subsidiary.

In cooperation with various partners and institutions from industry and science, Duisburger Hafen AG is actively involved in various R&D projects focusing on innovative and sustainable solutions for the logistics sector, the region, and the port of Duisburg.

Benefitting from our unparalleled multimodal logistics network across Europe, we are today developing the hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and CO2 infrastructure of the future. Local hydrogen production by electrolyser facilities at the port help decarbonising public and private local traffic as well as local communities. Transforming port and terminal infrastructure to facilitate climate neutral operation is part of our corporate responsibility.

Tasks in CleanH2Shipping

Project Partner 


  • Demonstration of H2Tank-Tainer handling in ports and transport onto vessel 

  • Analysis of safety standards and regulations for MEGC hydrogen transport to the port and usage on the ship 

  • Description and specification of the bunkering process 

  • Risk assessment and specification of safety standards and regulations for hydrogen handling in ports 

  • Demonstration of hydrogen handling in ports

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