The Port of San Diego has taken delivery of two new all-electric Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes from Konecranes at the port’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT). “The new cranes are the first of their kind in North America and will help the port improve public health and air quality, a
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) to invite interested parties to submit proposals to design and promote adoption of full-electric harbour craft (e-HC) in Singapore.
Saudi Arabia and France have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in the field of energy, acknowledging that energy is one of the main pillars of their mutual long-term partnership. The two countries affirmed their commitments by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 2 February 2023. Both
Dutch short sea shipping company Vertom Group has launched the third dry bulk vessel being built by compatriot Thecla Bodewes Shipyards, MV Vertom Tomma.
New Zealand’s Auckland Transport has announced that shipbuilder Incat Crowther has been commissioned to deliver the design for a new 300-passenger electric hybrid fast ferry. Specifically, the project will see Incat Crowther work closely with Q-West Boat Builders, Hamilton Jet and Fullers360 on the
In its new report “Electric Boats & Ships 2024-2044,” technology company IDTechEx has provided granular 20-year forecasts in unit sales, battery demand and battery market value for the electric ferry, electric cargo/container, electric Ro-Ro, electric cruise, electric OSV, electric tugboat and elect
Starting today the freight transport between Italy and Greece, the regular ro-ro line operated by the Grimaldi Group between Venice, Bari and Patras, will be served by two of the company’s “green giants”, the hybrid vessels Eco Catania and Eco Malta. The Neapolitan shipping group, in synergy with th
Concrete has been poured for the construction of a floating tugboat maintenance facility that is set to be the home base for the “greenest tugboat fleet in the world,” Canadian shipowner Seaspan informed. HaiSea Marine, majority owned by the Haisla First Nation in partnership with Seaspan, contracte
Swedish tanker shipping company Donsötank has placed an order for two newbuildings dual-fuel 22,500 dwt oil and chemical tankers with Wuhu Shipyard based in China. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the second and fourth quarters of 2025. “As we navigate the path towards the future of shippin
India’s Chowgule Shipyard has launched Electramar, the first unit in the series of twelve energy-efficient plug-in hybrid vessels ordered by AtoB@C Shipping, a subsidiary of Finnish dry bulk shipping company ESL Shipping. “The launching of a vessel is always a special moment in shipbuilding and we a
Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has left the outfitting pier from Meyer Turku shipyard situated in Turku, Finland. Icon of the Seas will be conducting week-long series of sea trials through the picturesque Turku archipelago representing a culminatio
At this year’s Seawork exhibition in Southampton, UK, Damen Shipyards Group presented an innovative new design – the Multi Cat 1908 Electric. This fully electric vessel brings zero emissions operations into a wide range of workboat activities. The MuC 1908 E is 19.05 metres by 8.4 metres, with a dec
A total of 5.5% of fleet capacity today is alternatively fuelled, up from 2.3% in 2017, according to Clarksons’ Green Technology Tracker, which estimates the figure to reach 6.5% by 2025. Although alternative-fuelled newbuild ordering has been a little slower in 2023 to date, 48% of overall orderboo
Swiss freight trader Cargill has partnered with Kotug International to deploy the world’s first fully electric pusher boat and barges to transport cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam.
