Op-Ed: Methanol can provide ports with cost-effective and scalable green power

Regulatory, financial, and consumer pressure is mounting for supply chains to reduce their emissions. Robert Schluter, managing director of e1 Marine, says “it’s time to put hydrogen to work,” and he’s got

Fuel cell concept

ABB and Ballard mark hydrogen fuel cell milestone

A partnership between ABB and fuel cell specialist Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, B.C., has marked a maritime milestone. Their concept for a high-power hydrogen fuel cell capable of generating 3 megawatts (4,000

Svitzer global COO Ingrid Uppelschoten Snelderwaard and Robert Allan Ltd. president, Mike Fitzpatrick

Robert Allan to design methanol fuel cell tug for Maersk and Svitzer

Maersk group towing operator Svitzer has reached an agreement that will see Vancouver, B.C., based naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd., to design the world’s first harbor tug to be powered by

VIDEO: TU Delft ready to race with “flying” hydrogen boat

A team of students at TU Delft in the Netherlands are getting set to compete at the upcoming eighth Monaco Energy Boat Challenge with what they call the “first flying hydrogen boat.”

Crowley has the first fully electric U.S. tugboat with autonomous technology

Getting to zero is getting real

GM is to phase out gasoline and diesel powered cars by 2035—and California could ban gas-fueled leaf blowers and lawnmowers by 2024. Developments like that are a reminder that moves to make

Dutch inland waterways vessel set for conversion to hydrogen propulsion

Over the next five years, Rotterdam-headquartered Future Proof Shipping B.V. (FPS) has plans to build and operate a fleet of 10 zero-emission inland and short-sea vessels that it will offer for charter.

Project plans to put hydrogen-fueled RO/RO into operation by 2024

A project that aims to put a RO/RO operating on liquid green hydrogen (LH2) into operation by 2024 has been granted EUR 8 million (about $9.5 million) in EU funding. Called the

Fuel cell powered pushboat set for 2021 delivery

ABB is to provide a hydrogen fuel cell based power and propulsion solution for a newbuild pushboat planned to be delivered in 2021 to France’s Compagnie Fluviale de Transport, a Sogestran Group

ABB and SINTEF cooperate on plan to convert ferry to battery hydrogen hybrid

ABB and SINTEF Ocean are cooperating with Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard on a project that plans to convert an existing ferry to run on a combination of batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. The

Norway to be first with hydrogen fueled ferry? Maybe not

The race is on to build the world’s first hydrogen powered ferry. Norwegian operator Norled has beaten out competitors Fjord 1 and Boreal to win a Norwegian Public Roads Administration contract for

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