Electrification and Battery Hybrids

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Norwegian ferry and cruise operator Hurtigruten has achieved a 23% reduction in CO2 emissions on its 121-metre passenger vessel MS Richard With in the first year of service after the conclusion of a retrofit programme.…

18th October 2023

Hurtigruten ESS and engine retrofit delivers 23% CO2 emissions cut

18th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM gensets in connection with the building of a new purpose-built, cable-laying vessel (CLV) for…

17th October 2023

High-speed gensets for hybrid-electric cable-layer vessel

17th October 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Helsinki-headquartered power electronics specialist The Switch has announced that it will supply a DC power and power protection device package as part of the battery-electric system for the world’s largest fully electric RoPax on…

13th October 2023

The Switch to supply DC power and protection devices to full-electric RoPax

13th October 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for six new tugs as part of its ongoing fleet renewal programme.

11th October 2023

Six new Damen tugs for Antwerp-Bruges

11th October 2023

LNG

LNG

At Gastech 2023, Shell unveiled its new modular hybrid electric LNG carrier design together with CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Wärtsilä

9th October 2023

Hybrid-Electric LNGC Design Presents Net-Zero Pathways

9th October 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a further European short-sea vessel contract award to China, Norwegian interests have placed construction of a low-carbon class of multi-purpose carriers with Huanghai Shipbuilding. 

5th October 2023

China Lands Low-Carbon Norwegian Series

5th October 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

An innovative design of suction dredger encapsulating long-term environmental thinking has been ordered by a major UK port and cargo handling group from Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine.

3rd October 2023

New-Generation Dredger For The Tees

3rd October 2023

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Brunvoll Mar-El has chosen energy storage firm, Leclanché, to assist on a ferry retrofit project.

28th September 2023

Brunvoll chooses Leclanché for ferry retrofit

28th September 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for two new hybrid RoRo vessels, including the engines, a methanol fuel supply system, a hybrid electric system, as well as bow…

13th September 2023

Propulsion package for first MeOH-fuelled hybrid RoRo vessels

13th September 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

An international consortium including Shell, Kongsberg and DNV announced it will work together to build the world’s first electric offshore Service Operation Vessel (eSOV) on 11 September 2023. The consortium also includes UK-based…

12th September 2023

First full-electric SOV project announced in London

12th September 2023