Yara Birkeland, the world’s first autonomous and fully electric containership, will soon commence commercial operations while beginning a two-year test period, prior to entering full autonomous operation on a route off the coast of Norway.
Harvey Gulf is working to deliver a fleet of offshore vessels that will be operating in a net carbon neutral capacity.
ABB Marine & Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maritime Partners (MP), Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) and e1 Marine to develop a hydrogen-powered inland towboat for operation in the U.S.
Polish ferry company Polskie Promy, part of Polska Żegluga Morska (PŻM), has ordered 3+1 hybrid dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off (RoPax) ferries from compatriot shipbuilder Remontowa Group.
The world’s first electric and self-propelled containership – Yara Birkeland – has completed its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord, the ship’s owner, Norway-based Yara International, revealed.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Ta Tong Marine have launched the first-ever Taiwan-flagged service operations vessel (SOV), chartered by Ørsted for its Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. The vessel, informally named TSS Pioneer, is being built by Vard at its Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam, from where
Canadian coffee roaster Café William has taken advantage of its partner Sailcargo’s presence at COP26 to announce its investment in the first zero-emission sailing cargo ship to transport its coffee beans from South America to its roasting plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Berg Propulsion has signed a key supplier and cooperation agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch to accelerate drive into electric propulsion.
Towage services provider KOTUG International will use Shift Clean Energy’s new PwrSwäp clean energy service — which uses swappable batteries on a pay-as-you-go basis — on KOTUG’s E-Pusher vessels.
Boundary Layer Technologies, a California based marine technology startup, has launched a fully electric hydrofoiling ferry concept design.
Stockholm-based energy systems provider Echandia has signed an agreement to supply the world’s first emission-free high-speed catamaran with an integrated battery and hydrogen-based fuel cell system.
South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is building an electric propulsion and LNG-fueled passenger ship that integrates various information and communication technologies.
Norway’s energy storage company Corvus Energy has marked its 500th project order with three zero-emission harbor tugs to be built by Turkish Sanmar Shipyards to serve Canada’s Kitimat LNG project.
Japanese energy giant JERA will buy a 27 per cent stake in Aboitiz Power, a major power utility in the Philippines, with plans to implement clean energy projects such as LNG-to-power.
