New Jersey Grants $13M to Hydrogen Drayage Truck Port Pilot
New Jersey is putting $13 million into a near-term pilot to test hydrogen-powered drayage trucks moving cargo at the Port Newark Container Terminal.
The funding is going to Rutgers, which will use the state support to help run the demonstration and evaluate how the equipment performs in real port work.
For drivers, drayage is one of the toughest duty cycles in trucking: short runs, frequent stops, heavy loads, and constant time pressure around terminals. A port pilot like this matters because it looks at whether an alternative powertrain can handle that day-to-day reality, not just controlled conditions.
The project is described as an experiment focused on near-term operations at Port Newark. The state’s goal is to see whether hydrogen trucks can move container freight in a working terminal environment and what it takes to support that kind of equipment on the ground.
- Funding: $13 million from New Jersey
- Recipient: Rutgers
- Location: Port Newark Container Terminal
- Focus: Testing hydrogen-powered drayage trucks in cargo moves