Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("Toyota Tsusho"), Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation ("Taiyo Nippon Sanso"), and Toho Gas Co., Ltd. ("Toho Gas") announced that the project entitled "Design and Verification of Hydrogen Supply Infrastructure With a View to Commercialization at and in the area around the Port of Nagoya" (the Project) has been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for its "Development of Technologies to realizing a Hydrogen Society/Regional Hydrogen Utilization Technology Development." Accordingly, the three companies will begin this project in June 2025.

In 2022, Toyota Tsusho, Toho Gas and other companies were selected to participate in the Feasibility Study titled “Development of a Hydrogen Utilization Model at and in the Area Around the Port of Nagoya”. The companies conducted research and studies on the possibility of utilizing hydrogen for cargo handling equipment and logistics vehicles at and in the area around the port, methods of producing and supplying hydrogen, and the requirements for establishing a business. As a result, it was confirmed that there is a hydrogen potential of up to 1,500 tons per year for cargo handling and logistics around the Port of Nagoya container terminal. However, it became clear that cost and operational issues need to be addressed in order to realize hydrogen utilization on a commercial basis.

The project will proceed in FY2025 with technical and business verification to develop a low-cost hydrogen supply infrastructure suitable for logistics vehicles and non-self-propelled cargo handling equipment such as large cranes in ports, while ensuring that the infrastructure complies with Japan’s safety standards.

<Conceptual image of hydrogen utilization business in the area centered around the Port of Nagoya>


By promoting initiatives toward developing a carbon-neutral port, the three companies will contribute to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Toyota Tsusho Corporation	Project coordination, verification of feasibility and economic viability of commercialization
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation	Establishment of design guidelines and safety verification of supply infrastructure
Toho Gas Co., Ltd.	Study of optimal hydrogen storage method

[Overview of Toyota Tsusho]

Company name	Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Location	9-8 Meieki 4-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Established	July 1, 1948
Representative	Toshimitsu Imai, President & CEO
Business description	Domestic trade of various goods, import/export trade, offshore trade, construction contracting, various insurance agency businesses, etc.
Website	https://www.toyota-tsusho.com/english/

[Overview of Taiyo Nippon Sanso]

Company name	Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Location	1-3-26 Koyama, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Established	October 30, 1910
Representative	Kenji Nagata, President
Business description	Manufacture and sale of high-pressure gas and gas-related equipment
Website	https://www.tn-sanso.co.jp/en/

[Overview of Toho Gas]

Company name	Toho Gas Co., Ltd.
Location	19-18, Sakurada-cho, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Established	June 26, 1922
Representative	Satoshi Yamazaki, Representative Director, President
Business description	Gas business, electricity business, etc.
Website	https://www.tohogas.co.jp/lang/en/