Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries says the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project is delayed until July because of the border closure prohibiting engineers from entering Japan.
Earlier this month, the project succeeded in gasification of hydrogen from Latrobe Valley coal in Victoria, and it is planned to be liquefied and stored at the Port of Hastings.
However, the liquefied hydrogen carrier, Suiso(SUE-e-so) Frontier, will be anchored in Japan until receiving engineers from overseas manufacturers for the final approval of machinery installation on the vessel.