Zero emission electric-vehicles are not only needed on the roads, but there is also a big chunk of transportation through sweat and salt waters, especially the movement of cargo. Europe is on its way to electrify the inland shipping of cargo through electric vessels.

PortLiner has introduced their electric vessel (EC110) that offers zero-emission inland shipping using a sustainable energy source such as giant removable battery-packs or hydrogen fuel containers.

Inland shipping connects ports built on rivers, lakes, and waterways through a region to provide a cost-effective transportation solution, mainly used for shipping of goods in containers.

PortLiner from the Netherlands aims to build a zero-emission goods transport eco-system with the help of smart electric-vessels and electric trucks and surely they prefer the Tesla Semi Trucks as they have shown in their demonstration video (below).

This might be a hint that Europe is anticipating a large number of Tesla Semi orders in the near future according to PortLiner they already have secured funding as a result of a decision taken by the European Commission, the company said in a press release, an excerpt from the press release states:

The CEF funding will contribute strongly to speeding up the realization of the project and give real momentum to the electrification of inland waterway shipping in Europe.

Trucks are an integral part of the shipping cycle — since this is a zero-emission shipping project Tesla Semi Trucks seem to be the obvious choice for the players involved as we can see in the following video, you might want to skip to 3:00 to see rendered Tesla Semi Trucks in action.