London’s leading river bus operator, Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, has awarded East Cowes, U.K., shipbuilder Wight Shipyard a contract to build two new hybrid Clipper-class vessels. “We are delighted that Uber
Aberdeen, Scotland, based North Star Renewables reports that it has finalized a GBP 96 million (about $132 million) funding package to build its new fleet of three service operations vessels (SOVs). North
U.K. headquartered HST Marine has taken delivery of the HST Ella, the first hybrid version of the successful Chartwell 24 offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) design from Southampton, U.K. naval architect
Bureau Veritas has classified the world’s first hybrid-powered surface effect ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Built at the U.K.’s Wight Shipyard, the 22 meter long x 8.9 meter beam crew transfer vessel
Hoofddorp, Netherlands, based ship design specialist OSD-IMT has developed a design for a 51-meter battery-hybrid “mini SOV,” the OSD-IMT 9604, that bridges the gap between large offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs)
Copenhagen-headquartered Maersk Supply Service has ordered a battery pack for one of its M-class anchor handling tugs supply (AHTS) vessels. While the addition of battery packs has become well proven in the
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) reports that it has certified and classed Singapore’s first hybrid-powered vessel. Built, owned, and operated by Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International, a subsidiary of Penguin International Limited, Penguin
A new fleet of innovative diesel/battery electric pushboats for Hidrovias do Brasil S.A. has begun at the Belov Engenharia shipyard, in Salvador, Brazil. The vessel are being built to a design from
The Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai has launched the first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs (pure car truck carriers) commissioned by United European Car Carriers (UECC), which is owned in equal shares
The 89 meter long double-ended car/passenger ferry being built by Western Pacific Marine Inc. at its Vancouver, B.C., shipyard for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation will feature a Schottel main propulsion