AUGUST 3, 2018 — Project partners Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway and DNV GL have announced the closure of the FellowSHIP research project. The cooperation has explored the use of battery, hybrid and
JULY 11, 2018 — Demand for maritime batteries is growing and energy storage system Corvus Energy is responding by expanding its production and R&D facilities in Canada and Norway. It says that
MAY 16, 2018 — Norway’s Havyard Group has christened its first battery-powered ferry to be equipped with an automatic fjord crossing solution. The vessel, the first of 13 ordered by operator Fjord1,
APRIL 10, 2018 — Fincantieri subsidiary Vard has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a stern trawler for Havfisk, Norway’s largest trawler company. The contract value is slightly
APRIL 3, 2018 — Stena Line and Callenberg Technology Group have selected Corvus Energy to supply the lithium ion based Energy Storage System (ESS) for the retrofit of the RoPax ferry M/V
MARCH 20, 2018 — Damen Shipyards reports that the Government of Ontario has accepted its proposal to build two ferries with full electric propulsion. Damen is building a Road Ferry 6819 and
MARCH 2, 2018 — Leading European ferry operator Stena Line has signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group, Gothenburg, Sweden, that will see batteries with a capacity of 1 MWh installed on
FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Operating in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site, a new Wattentaxi passenger catamaran operated by Watten Fährlinien GmbH features an innovative COBRA (Compact Battery Rack) system from
By Grant Brown, Vice President, Marketing, PBES FEBRUARY 16, 2018 — Each year there are more and more hybrid or fully electric ships navigating waters worldwide. Some estimate that all modern commercial
JANUARY 30, 2018 —Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has released more details on an order it received to deliver battery-powered energy systems for six Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs), built by China’s Cosco Guangdong shipyard.