Rhenus Ludwigshafen, Mannheim and Wörth

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Client

EMS

Year of realization

2025-2026

Battery Solution

Octopus High Energy

Application

Hybrid propulsion

Shipyard

Den Breejen Shipyard

End user

Rhenus PartnerShip

Mannheim I+II’ and ‘Wörth I+II’ will sail with a hybrid propulsion systems: one diesel-electric vessel and one fuel-cell system inland waterway vessel. Each will be equipped with six strings of High Energy batteries from EST-Floattech’s Octopus Series. ‘Mannheim I+II’ is already successfully commissioned and sailing.

The ‘Ludwigshafen’ was added later in the proces. This vessel will be equipped with a battery system consisting of 84 Octopus Series modules that will be installed in combination with a fuel cell to transport containers between Basel and Rotterdam as emission-efficiently as possible.

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2025 01 20 press release rhenus hydrogen barges green award (c) contargo

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