FLAGSHIPS – Zero Emission Waterborne Transport

Paper presented at the European Electrolyser & Fuel Cell Forum (EFCF), Lucerne, Switzerland, July 2025. Authors: Jyrki Mikkola, Mathieu Longueville, Dirk de Jong, Alexandre Bellot, Arber Haxhiu, Aleksandra Saarikoski, Pål Eide, Laurence Grand-Clement, Runar Maeland.

The shipping industry is facing a complete systematic change in coming decades shifting from use of conventional fossil fuels to zero-emission operations. Hydrogen, combined with fuel cells, is on of the most promising options to implement zero-emission power production onboard the vessels as water and heat are only local emissions from hydrogen fuel cells.

Deploying Two Hydrogen Vessels in Europe – Design Phase

Paper presented at the SNAME Maritime Convention, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, October 2021. Authors: Jyrki Mikkola, Alexandre Bellot, Arber Haxhiu, Maria Luisa Angrisani, Victor Laravoire, Hilde-Kristin Saeter and Pavel Berg.

Ever-tightening regulations has caused shipping industry need to look for alternatives for conventional fuels. Hydrogen is seen as one of the key contributors in mitigation of emissions from shipping. The FLAGSHIPS project is an EU funded co-operative which aims to raise the readiness-level of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in shipping by deploying two hydrogen fuel cell powered vessels. This paper presents the status of the project and discuss the key learnings in the project so far (2021).

Electric Power Integration Schemes of the Hybrid Fuel Cells and Batteries-Fed Marine Vessels – An Overview

Paper published in: IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, June 2022. Authors: Arber Haxhiu, Ahmed Abdelhakim, Sami Kanerva and Jostein Bogen.

This article presents an overview of the possible integration schemes that can be utilized in fuel cell- and battery-fed vessels, which is supported with a comparative assessment. This is also presented along with highlighting the state-of-the-art PCSs that are available in the market and can be utilized in these integration schemes within marine vessels. Such overview and comparative assessment are seen to be of significant importance and added value for researchers and developers in both the academic and industrial sides in order to accelerate the adoption of fuel cells in marine systems for zero-emission shipping.