Big battery and fuel cell will power electric harbor tug
Two Japanese companies — tugboat major Tokyo Kisen Co., Ltd. and e5 Lab Inc.— have jointly developed a new concept design for a harbor tug featuring electrical propulsion and powered by a
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CWind develops hybrid SES offshore wind CTV
From mid-2020, the world’s first hybrid powered Surface Effect Ship will be operating as an offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV). Chelmsford, U.K., based CWind has reached a long term charter agreement
Transocean rig is world’s first hybrid floating drilling unit
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reports that it has successfully deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged
BIMCO proposes limits on ships’ power
A proposal submitted to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by BIMCO would regulate the propulsion power of ships in order to sustain the greenhouse gas emissions savings already achieved through slower steaming.
Powerful coalition pushes for zero carbon shipping at UN Climate Action Summit
As heads of state and government meet at today’s UN Climate Action Summit in New York City, members of the Getting to Zero Coalition — an alliance of senior leaders in the
Wasaline RoPax to have Wärtsilä navigation and communications system
The new Wasaline RoPax ferry, under construction at the Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard in Finland, will be fitted Wärtsilä’s Nacos Platinum navigation and communication system. The order for the system, placed
DNV GL sees fuel flexibility as key to shipping decarbonization
A new edition of DNV GL’s Maritime Forecast to 2050 released at London International Shipping Week 2019 focuses on the challenge of reducing the carbon intensity of the global fleet to meet
UPM Logistics to charter seven LNG fueled newbuilds
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered UPM Logistics says that it has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Finland’s Bore Ltd and Defzijl, Netherlands, based Wijnne Barends that will see the design and building
Scandlines to add rotor sail to hybrid ferry
Hamburg, Germany, headquartered ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Finnish rotor sail pioneer Norsepower Oy Ltd, to install Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board the M/V Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger
CSA 2020 members welcome findings of SINTEF study
Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), which represents shipowners who have invested in exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) have welcomed a study published in June by Norway’s SINTEF, one