Battery Hybrids & Full-Electric Vessels

AFAI Southern Shipyard has successfully delivered a pair of Incat Crowther 35 crew transfer vessels (CTV), said to be the first hybrid CTVs in operation with zero-emission capability.

Classification society DNV has granted Type Approval to a battery system supplied by Netherlands-based technology supplier Praxis. The GreenBattery energy storage system, which utilises lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell technology, forms…

Brittany Ferries is adding two new battery/LNG hybrid RoRos to its fleet.

Vard Electro is to install its hybrid battery power system on board an Atlantic Towing platform supply vessel, the first time this multiple mode of battery technologies has been used on a…

The first ever unmanned marine systems (UMS) certificate has been awarded to SEA-KIT International by Lloyd’s Register for its 12 metre X-Class unmanned surface vessel (USV) for geo-data specialist, Fugro.

An alliance bringing together experts in autonomous ship technology has released a new white paper on the relationship between ship safety and autonomous technology.

An EU-funded research project to introduce modular design and production concepts from the automotive sector into the shipbuilding market has begun construction of a full-electric passenger ferry in Norway.

Maersk Supply Service is undertaking a hybrid retrofit of a deep water anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, the Maersk Minder. The retrofit is understood to be the first in the world.…