# Diesel RTG crane being converted to hydrogen at Kobe Port

A diesel rubber-tired gantry crane is being converted to hydrogen at Hanshin Port's Kobe International Container Terminal in a pilot program led by the Kinki Regional Development Bureau and Kobe Port and Harbor Bureau.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2024-02-15
- Where: Kobe, Japan, Japan
- Status: under construction
- Products: hydrogen-powered RTG crane
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsui O.S.K. Lines](https://endata.com/companies/10149.md) (partner)
- [Kinki Regional Development Bureau](https://endata.com/companies/75659.md) (partner)
- [Kobe Port and Harbor Bureau](https://endata.com/companies/75660.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [forkliftaction.com](https://www.forkliftaction.com/news/briefs.aspx?n=28856), 2024-02-15: "In what’s believed to be a world first, a diesel rubber-tired gantry (RTG) crane is being converted to hydrogen at a Japanese container terminal."

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