EBDG’s CHAMP barge will be Wärtsilä powered
In a move to cut vessel emissions in U.S. ports, Seattle, Wash., based naval architecture firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä that will see
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Port of Seattle commissions third shore power system at Pier 66
The “world’s first” port with three ship shore power systems for cruise liners to turn off diesel engines and connect to shoreside electricity to reduce emissions. By Del Williams, Technical Writer The
Shore power: ABB gives maritime the scoop
The global push to decarbonize has led to the development and implementation of hundreds of vessels with batteries onboard, enabling some zero-emissions operation. These hybrid and electric vessels need some means of
All-electric ferries will connect to shore power autonomously
Bømlo, Norway, based Zinus AS is to supply autonomous charging connections for the 10 all-electric ferries currently under construction at Spain’s Astillero Gondán. As we reported earlier, the ferries are being built
Europe’s largest shore power plant opens
In a ceremony held in Rostock-Warnemünde yesterday during Germany’s 12th National Maritime Conference, the 2,174-passenger cruise ship AIDAsol inaugurated Europe’s largest shore power plants for ships. The power plant has been established
ABB delivers shore connection technology for high speed Viking Line ferry
ABB Marine & Ports shore connection technology is ensuring that calls by the passenger ferry Viking XPRS at Estonia’s Port of Tallinn are made quietly, efficiently and emissions-free The ferry, built in
Shoreside power banks for electric vessels could use recycled batteries
Sweden’s Stena Group, whose operations include Stena Rederi and Stena Line, is taking the next step in shipping electrification: the development of a new type of shoreside energy storage, similar to very
CLIA releases 2020 cruise industry environmental technologies and practices report
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) today released the latest Global Cruise Industry Environmental Technologies and Practices Report produced by Oxford Economics. The report highlights the progress that CLIA oceangoing cruise line
More vessel types will have to meet California at-berth emission regs
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved a new regulation designed to further reduce pollution from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. Among other things, it adds auto carriers
Terntank orders hybrid tanker duo
Swedish based Terntank, a pioneer of LNG as a marine fuel, is taking the next step towards carbon-neutral shipping. It has ordered two new 15,000 dwt chemical/product/biofuels tankers at China’s AVIC Dingheng