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Hydrogen Ready Catamaran
By Greg Trauthwein
Alternative-Fuel
Inflection Point:
Courtesy Austal
Gotland Horizon X and the
Port Hydrogen Question
Gotland Horizon X is a 130-meter, 18,300-gt, 1,500-passenger, 400-car, 30- knot catamaran now under construction at Austal for delivery in summer 2028.
Positioned as hydrogen-ready from day one, the vessel is not a technology demonstrator. It is a frontline Ro-Pax ferry designed to maintain timetable integrity while opening a credible pathway toward hydrogen.
For ports and fuel suppliers, that distinction matters. Horizon X is less about a single vessel and more about what it signals: future-fuel ships are coming that will demand corresponding evolution ashore.
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