Recent news for Kawasaki Heavy Industries (as of early 2026) highlights a strong focus on hydrogen energy, including the world's first next-generation liquefied hydrogen fuel supply system and building the world's largest liquefied hydrogen carrier. The company is expanding globally with a new R&D center in Europe and securing major defense and infrastructure orders. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
In 2021, Kawasaki became the first in the world to build a 1,250 m³ liquefied hydrogen carrier, SUISO FRONTIER. The company also constructed a liquefied hydrogen loading and unloading demonstration terminal, “Hy touch Kobe.” In 2022, HySTRA successfully conducted the world’s first pilot demonstration of marine transportation and cargo handling of liquefied hydrogen between Japan and Australia.