Since 2022, passengers are able to board a Rotterdam water taxi running on hydrogen. It was be the world’s first time that a commercial boat on this scale comes into operation running entirely on this zero-emission fuel. The hydrogen-water taxi is being developed by the SWIM consortium.

A fuel cell based system has been developed and will be integrated into the Watertaxi. The boat’s efficiency is is optimized to fully capitalize the advantages of operating on electric propulsion by hydrogen fuel cells. The aim is that the boat’s performance will meet or exceed the performance of its peer boats, allowing it to be fully embedded into the operational schedule of Watertaxi Rotterdam.