The failure of an incorrectly fitted electrical solenoid valve has been determined as the cause of flames onboard the flagship liquid hydrogen carrier vessel, the Suiso Frontier, says the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
The prototype ship, designed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, departed Kobe, Japan on December 25, 2021, carrying 55 tonnes of liquid hydrogen, and was to load additional hydrogen at the Port of Hastings, Australia before returning to Kobe.
Having arrived in Hastings on January 20, 2022, then receiving extra fuel, and while birthed on the evening of January 25, a gas control equipment malfunction occurred, the ASTB said.
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