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

Eidesvik picks Wärtsilä for hybrid upgrade project

Norway’s Eidesvik AS is to upgrade its 2015-built construction vessel Viking Neptune. It has selected Wärtsilä  to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for the vessel. Wärtsilä says this latest

Shearer Group to provide construction oversight of new TxDOT ferry

The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) is to provide construction oversight of the 300 ft hybrid ferry under construction for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) at Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s Jennings, La.,

Kongsberg upgrade of Tidewater PSV includes advanced hybrid solution

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to carry out a “full picture” upgrade of the 2011-built Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) platform supply vessel Bailey Tide that will include installation of a state-of-the-art

Wärtsilä will fit new DP2 construction vessel with hybrid system

Acta Centaurus, a 93.4 meter offshore wind construction support delivered earlier this year by Norway’s Ulstein Verft, is to be fitted with a Wärtsilä hybrid propulsion solution. The DP2 walk-to-work construction support

Great Lakes Towing christens third Damen-designed tug in series

The Great Lakes Towing Company celebrated its 120th Anniversary with the christening of its newest tugboat, the Michigan. The newly constructed tug is the third in a series of five, 64-foot Damen

Sweden’s largest hybrid car ferry ready to enter operation

Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats has delivered the Tellus, Sweden’s largest hybrid-electric car ferry. Commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration, the ferry will mainly operate inn fully-electric mode, bringing the government agency closer

Red & White Fleet’s Joe Burgard to speak at FERRIES 2019

Joe Burgard, President of San Francisco’s Red & White Fleet, is among the industry leaders who will be speaking at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2019 conference, which this year is being held

Chartwell to design hybrid for U.S. East Coast operation

Back in October last year, U.K. naval architectural consultancy Chartwell Marine unveiled a crew transfer vessel design aimed at the U.S. offshore wind market (see earlier story). Now the firm reports that

Artist's impression of ferry

MAN wins Seaspan ferry propulsion system order

The two 149 m LNG battery hybrid RO/RO ferries recently ordered by Canada’s Seaspan Ferries (see earlier story) may look a lot like the pair delivered to the operator last year, but

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