OCTOPUS BATTERY AND SHORE POWER FOR ELECTRIC WORKBOAT
Scottish company Coastal Workboats is to collaborate with Dutch energy storage system suplier EST-Floattech to provide the battery system for the purpose-built Electric-Landing Utility Vessel (E-LUV) and its Shore-based Power Supply System (SPSS). The collaboration...
RESEARCH SHIP RUDDER BEARING RETROFIT SAVES POLLUTION RISK
A UK-based 77.1m research ship that frequently operates in ecologically sensitive marine environments has benefited from retrofitting of a grease-free water-lubricated rudder bearing and seal solution. The 38-year-old Ocean Endeavour, operated by the UK’s Gardline,...
MEYER GROUP TO DEVELOP CLIMATE-NEUTRAL CRUISE SHIP BY 2025
The German Meyer Group has unveiled its idea for a climate-neutral cruise ship concept, currently under development in the NEcOLEAP research project at Meyer Turku. Alfred Maritime, the digital venture of Meyer Group, is introducing an AI-based energy management...
CORVUS SUPPLIES BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR CANADIAN 100% ELECTRIC TUGS
Corvus Energy has supplied energy storage systems for SAAM Towage’s two new 100% electric, zero-emission tugboats that are soon to commence operations in the Port of Vancouver, Canada. The two electric tugs were launched in a special event with the Indigenous partners...
DFDS TO INTRODUCE UP TO SIX BATTERY VESSELS ON ENGLISH CHANNEL ROUTES
Ferry operator DFDS has reaffirmed its commitment to the electrification of sort sea transport with the long-term goal of up to six battery-powered vessels operating on its routes on the English Channel, with the first two in service by 2030. The announcement followed...
NYK SECURES AMMONIA FUEL SUPPLY FOR A-TUG
NYK has announced an agreement for the regular supply of ammonia fuel to the company’s ammonia-fuelled tugboat ‘A-tug’, due to be completed in June 2024. Shin Nippon Kaiyosha, the NYK Group company that will operate the A-tug, will received fuel from...
AiP FOR MITSUI E&S METHANOL FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM
ClassNK has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) for a methanol fuel supply system developed by Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding. Methanol is considered one of the promising alternative fuels for decarbonisation, and a significant reduction in GHG emissions on a...
AMMONIA-FUELLED BULK CARRIER MoU AGREED IN JAPAN
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line), Itochu, Nihon Shipyard, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsui E&S and NS United Kaiun Kaisha have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding joint development efforts for the commercialisation of ammonia-fuelled...