Electrification and Battery Hybrids – Page 14
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NewsDamen reaches electric tug milestone
Damen Shipyards Group has reached a major milestone in the construction of its first fully-electric reversed stern drive tug with the installation of the tug’s batteries.
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NewsModular construction for full-electric ferry project to cut costs
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.
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NewsMaersk selects Wärtsilä HY Module for first hybrid AHTS retrofit
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. Technology group Wärtsilä has received an order to supply a containerised hybrid battery power and energy storage system ...
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NewsFirst auto berthing using large car ferry
Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Akishima Laboratories and MOL Ferry have successfully demonstrated their jointly developed auto berthing and unberthing system.
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NewsKeel-laying for third UECC LNG/hybrid PCTC
Construction of the third in a series of newbuild LNG battery hybrid PCTCs for United European Car Carriers (UECC) reached a significant milestone this week with keel-laying at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard.
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NewsKongsberg Maritime wins Hurtigruten ESS retrofit contract
Norwegian ferry and cruise operator Hurtigruten has announced details of a retrofit programme to lower emissions from seven of its vessels. Three ships will undergo extensive retrofits, which will see their engines replaced with low-emission Bergen engines and the installation of 2.24MWh capacity battery packs.
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NewsCommercial autonomous tug in US first
Foss Maritime has selected Sea Machines Robotics’ autonomous command and control system for use on board its new tugboat, the fourth of several new ASD-90 tugs under construction at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in the State of Washington.
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NewsUECC launches new LNG battery hybrid PCTC
The first of three LNG battery hybrid pure car truck carriers commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC) has been launched in at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.
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NewsSchottel hybrid drive for new LNG tugs
Sembcorp Marine is using Schottel’s azimuthal hybrid drive system SYDRIVE-E for the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) hybrid tug.
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NewsABB sets course for electric river transport
ABB has won a landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply all-electric power solution for ten new ferries transporting passengers across Lisbon’s Tagus river.
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NewsPartnership to assess autonomous ships risk
ClassNK and Sompo Japan Insurance have joined forces to conduct risk assessments into autonomous ships.
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NewsABB hybrid solution for new Maine ferry
Maine ferry operator, Casco Bay Lines, is installing ABB’s integrated hybrid-electric power and propulsion solution on its new vessel, cutting around 800 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year and significantly improving air quality in Portland.
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NewsTorqeedo/Poseidon unveil new electric drive
Torqeedo and Poseidon have developed a fully electric, steerable thruster system ideal for manoeuvring climate-friendly ferries and water taxis on Europe’s inland waterways.
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NewsNorwegian hybrid live fish carrier
The innovative hybrid wellboat Ro Vision was the world’s first vessel of its type to feature a battery hybrid power and propulsion solution when it was delivered in March 2020.
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NewsSpin doctors: a new take on peak shaving
Energy storage solutions (ESS) are turning up onboard an ever-increasing range of vessels, but batteries are not the only, or even the most suitable, solution for peak shaving a supersized demand. Flywheels might do better, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsCorvus ESS trial with Seaspan ferries
Corvus Energy is trialling its Blue Whale energy storage system on board a Canadian Seaspan Ferries cargo ferry.
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NewsWärtsilä hybrid solution for new RoRo
Wärtsilä is providing its hybrid solution for a new RoRo ferry being built for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to serve the Kootenay Bay route.
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NewsRicardo invests in UK hydrogen research centre
As Ricardo expands its research into hydrogen storage and fuel cells, efficiency and operating costs give FCs an edge over internal combustion engines, Ricardo’s experts tell Paul Gunton.
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NewsVallianz and SeaTech sign e-tug MoU
Vallianz and SeaTech Solutions have entered into a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the next generation of e-tugs.
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NewsWärtsilä hybrid solution for new Isle of Man ferry
Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a range of solutions to a new Ro-Pax ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IOMSP). The 132 metre-long vessel is being built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and will serve the Heysham to Douglas, Isle of Man ...
