Electrification and Battery Hybrids

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a seminal development for China’s expansive inland shipping sector, a battery-electric container vessel is set to be commissioned during the autumn on the Yangtze River. The 700TEU newbuild was launched on…

7th August 2023

All-Electric Boxship For Yangtze Route

7th August 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Testament to the reach and resolve of the Japanese shipping industry, the essential trading tool of the world’s third largest economy, the NYK Group has taken delivery of the initial vessels in…

2nd August 2023

New Chapter In Vehicle Carrier Evolution

2nd August 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HAV Design has been chosen to develop another methanol hybrid offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) for Esvagt.

17th July 2023

11th SOV from HAV Design for Esvagt

17th July 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

The Swedish port of Gävle has become one of the first in the world to successfully connect a tanker vessel to shore-based power.

11th July 2023

Swedish port completes shore-power operation for tanker

11th July 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

DNV has announced that it introduced new class rules for electrical shore connections specifically tailored for tankers on 1 July 2023. The rules are the first to be introduced by a class society,…

3rd July 2023

DNV develops new Shore Power class rules for tankers

3rd July 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Shipowners are shifting towards hybridised and electrified vessels as they slow down and adopt clean technologies. This takes them further towards full electrification, with many options along the way.

26th June 2023

Electrification takes shipping further along its decarbonisation path

26th June 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

A recent media controversy in the UK press surrounding P&O Ferries’ two latest Chinese-built ferries, Pioneer and Liberté, is indicative of the confusion relating to battery-hybrid ferries’ charging solutions. Reports that there would not be sufficient grid…

23rd June 2023

Shore power: confusion and piecemeal adoption slow the current

23rd June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Sanmar Shipyards reached a major milestone, delivering its first full-electric tug for Canada-based HaiSea Marine. The battery-electric harbour tug, which is intended to provide services to LNG Canada’s future terminal in British Columbia, was delivered to ABS class.

5th June 2023

Sanmar Shipyards delivers first full-electric tug

5th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A new chapter in the annals of the cross-Channel ferry business is about to unfold through the imminent entry into service of the first of P&O’s much-vaunted Fusion-class ro-pax vessels.

23rd May 2023

P&O Opts For Union Of Technologies

23rd May 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A new generation of dual-fuel hybrid/electric ro-pax ferries is set to transform the Polish short-sea network from 2025 onwards.

23rd May 2023

Major Polish Boost To Ferry Network

23rd May 2023