Battery Hybrids & Full Electric Vessels – Page 10
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NewsIndian Register of Shipping classes first 100 pax hybrid battery-powered catamaran ferry
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has classed a hybrid, battery-powered catamaran ferry, Water Metro-01. It is the first in a series of 23 such vessels being built by Cochin Shipyard.
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Maersk Supply Service launches new offshore vessel charging venture
Maersk Supply Service has launched a new offshore vessel-charging venture, Stillstrom.
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Clean integrated automation
Six 1A ice class hybrid bulk vessels will be equipped with hybrid automation systems reducing carbon emissions per cargo unit by half
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Thames Operator Books Hybrid Ferry With UK Yard
Two hybrid-powered, fast passenger ferries have been ordered in the UK for service on the River Thames. Operator Uber Boat by Thames Clippers has entrusted its latest stage of fleet investment to Wight Shipyard, which has delivered three catamarans to the company since 2017.
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Hydrogen ICE outperforms PEM fuel cell in life cycle analysis
A study published in Science of the Total Environment has indicated, at least at this early stage of development, that an internal combustion engine burning hydrogen performs better in a life cycle analysis than a PEM fuel cell using hydrogen as fuel.
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New Chapter Opens In Short-Sea Trade
Hybrid power is a strongpoint of a new class of self-discharging, short-sea bulk carrier commissioned by Norwegian specialist Aasen Shipping. Handed over during December in the north Netherlands by Royal Bodewes, the 9,430dwt Aasfjell is the first of a pair of newbuilds incorporating a travelling deck gantry-mounted excavator for all-electric ...
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Damen acquires Skoonbox to cut emissions
Damen Shipyards Group has acquired the Skoonbox from Skoon Energy.
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Hybrid conversion for Gothenburg service ship
A service ship operated by Northern Energy & Supply at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden is to be converted to hybrid operation.
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Jan de Nul wind installation vessel launched
Jan de Nul has achieved a milestone in its fleet investment program with the launch of the largest heavy lift vessel in its fleet, capable of installing the latest offshore wind components at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Haimen shipyard, Nantong City on 6 January.
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Zero emission cable layer conversion
Ship engineering company Peak Marine Tech AS has awarded Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) a contract to supply the battery and control systems for the conversion of the Fjord Connector cable lay vessel.
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Innovative hybrid PV solution installed on Ultramax
Wärtsilä has completed the installation and commissioning of a hybrid power system onboard a 59,000dwt bulk carrier. The installation on the M/V Paolo Topic includes a PV solar energy solution, which will make it one of the most technologically advanced bulk carriers in the global fleet.
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Koa Sangyo holds naming ceremony for first full-electric bunker vessel
A naming ceremony for what is claimed to be the world’s first full-electric bunker vessel has been held at Koa Sangyo shipyard in Marugame City, Kagawa, Japan.
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Scana to merge with Norwegian shore power connection supplier
Norway-based Scana ASA has announced that it is merging with Bergen-based PSW Group, a privately-held Bergen-based supplier of products and services to the offshore and maritime industries.
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New Havila Kystruten cruise vessel to enter service
Havila Capella, the latest in a series of battery-hybrid LNG-fuelled cruise ferry newbuildings ordered by Havila Kystruten, will enter service operating along the Norwegian coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. The vessel was delivered on 9 November from Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard.
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Air Liquide inks long-term green hydrogen deal for fuel-cell barge
Air Liquide (AL) has signed a long-term agreement to supply green hydrogen to an inland container vessel operated by Future Proof Shipping (FPS) in the Netherlands. The deal has been hailed as a milestone on the path to the decarbonisation of inland waterways.
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New Vard SOV for North Star Dogger Bank contract
North Star Group has secured a long-term charter contract to deliver an additional ship as part of its new hybrid-powered renewables fleet to support the third phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea.
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Schottel package for first US all-electric tug
The first all-electric tug reported to be built and operated in the United States will be equipped with a fully integrated electrical package from Schottel.
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Successful full-scale string test for PEMFC propulsion system
Kongsberg successfully concluded a string test for a full-scale electric propulsion system based on 600kW of hydrogen-powered PEM fuel cells at a facility in Ågotnes outside Bergen on 1 December.
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DRIVE TO GREEN SHIPPING SHIFTS UP A GEAR
Accelerated technological progression in automotive engineering and manufacturing is accompanied by a move to more sophisticated and environmentally-considerate product delivery logistics.
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Volvo Penta to test power-by-the-hour model with Hurtigruten in 2022
Volvo Penta has announced plans to trial a new power-by-the-hour business model in 2022. The company is planning to pilot the new business model with Hurtigruten when Norwegian expedition cruise operator takes delivery of a new hybrid day tour vessel.
