In world first, Japan’s Marubeni tests shipping hydrogen trapped in metal

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Marubeni shipped a standard container that held a cylinder containing its hydrogen-storing metal hydride alloy. (Marubeni)

KENTO HIRASHIMA

February 7, 2026 05:38 JST

TOKYO — Japanese trading house Marubeni recently conducted the world’s first international transport of hydrogen using a metal hydride alloy, a material that can store the gas and enable more efficient shipping.

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