Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) has taken delivery of its third and final newbuild multi-fuel LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The latest newbuild, to be named Auto Aspire, was delivered on 20 October at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard and
The green transition of the shipping industry is picking up pace with shipowners starting to invest in vessels that are technologically prepared to burn alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen. Uptake of alternative fuels has continued to progress, with 4.8% (2021: 3.7%, 2017: 2.3%) of the fl
Equinor has awarded six contracts to five shipowners, for a total value estimated at more than NOK 2.5 billion including options.
Classification society ABS has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for its hybrid power system, a configuration previously limited to smaller vessels in the maritime marketplace, to aid large liquified natural gas (LNG) carr
Allseas is fitting three vessels with Kongsberg Maritime’s battery tech and intends to pursue hybrid power solutions for its other vessels.
Subsea services provider Subsea 7 has contracted electrical integrator specialist Bakker Sliedrecht to equip its heavy construction / flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic with a new energy-saving system. The order for an energy storage system from Bakker Sliedrecht is a double first, according to the compan
Australian manufacturer of high-speed catamaran ferries Incat Tasmania has teamed up with propulsion expert ABB on exploring the construction of an electric ferry with hybrid-electric propulsion which could transition to battery power as shore charging becomes available. The two companies have signe
India’s largest commercial shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Kochi is forging ahead with ambitious plans that will see construction of vessels powered by alternative energy sources. The shipyard is working on multiple projects at the moment that will see inland, coastal and short-sea vessels
Wärtsilä has inked “a pioneering agreement” for decarbonisation projects in the oil and gas segment in the Americas with Brazil’s Grupo CBO.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and Luxembourg-based logistics provider CLdN have jointly developed a hybrid design for two new roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels.
Danish ferry operator Scandlines celebrated the keel laying of its new zero direct emission freight ferry for the Puttgarden (Germany) – Rødby (Denmark) route.
AtoB@C Shipping, a Swedish subsidiary of ESL Shipping, has declared an option for the construction of five additional vessels at the Indian shipyard Chowgule & Company Private Limited. The order, confirmed by ESL’s parent Aspo Group, comes on the heels of two contracts for a total of seven identical
Maersk’s offshore charging company, Stillstrom, and Port of Aberdeen have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to perform a joint feasibility study into a charging hub that would use offshore wind or other renewable energy source to power vessels on standby outside the port. Running until the
Florida-based marine company Crowley has been selected by Senesco Marine shipyard from Rhode Island to provide design verification and production packaging for a hybrid-electric passenger vehicle ferry for Casco Bay Lines of Portland, Maine. Under the contract, Crowley will use its development exper
