EU ministers likely to oppose EU carbon market regulation of shipping
By James Crisp | EURACTIV.com European Union member states are likely to oppose the regulation of shipping in draft reforms to the bloc’s carbon market. Environment ministers are meeting in Brussels today (28 February) and are expected to adopt a general approach on the post-2020…
World’s First Electric Aquaculture Support Vessel
Norwegian aquaculture company Salmar Farming has recently launched the world’s first electric aquaculture support vessel. The newly christened Elfrida uses batteries and power electronics from Siemens, which are charged overnight, and provide ample power to run throughout the day. Norwegian battery technology continues to show…
Color Line signs LOI on world’s largest hybrid vessel
Norwegian cruise and transport shipping company Color Line and shipbuilder Ulstein Verft have agreed on a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of the world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel. To be designed by Fosen, the vessel, currently dubbed Color Hybrid, will be 160m long…
Asia’s first hybrid ferry heralds cleaner sea travel
The Taiwanese harbor city of Kaohsiung has launched a new hybrid ferry, which aims to curb greenhouse and diesel emissions for marine passenger transport across the region. Kaohsiung recently relaunched the Cijin Island passenger ferry, retrofitted with a Visedo Marine electric propulsion system to replace…
LNG-Fueled ‘Viking Grace’ to Get Rotor Sails
Finnish wind propulsion company Norsepower Oy has announced it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping line Viking Line to install rotor sails onboard the LNG-fueled cruise ferry MS Viking Grace. The 57,565 GT Viking Grace currently operates between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden, and…
Seaworthy EVs
Leclanché designs and manufactures Li-ion cells and systems The advantages of electrifying transportation are far-reaching. Advanced energy storage systems are even making their way into the commercial marine industry. There are many marine applications in which adding a large Li-ion battery pack makes a lot…
First LNG-battery hybrid cargo ferry in North America delivered
Vancouver-based ferry operator Seaspan Ferries has taken delivery of the first of two 6,750 dwt LNG-battery hybrid cargo ferries to be delivered in the next 12 months. The Seaspan Swift, which was built by Sedef Shipbuilding, in Tuzia and Istanbul, Turkey, and has been classified…
Scandlines’ new hybrid ferry in operation
The second new hybrid ferry by Scandlines for the Rostock-Gedser route in Denmark, M/V Copenhagen, has officially entered into operation. M/V Copenhagen replaces M/V Kronprins Frederik, which will be used as a replacement ferry on the Rostock-Gedser and Puttgarden-Rødby routes. With an extra ferry, which…
Reporting for duty
US NAVY GOES ELECTRIC The US Navy has confirmed plans to introduce advanced hybrid electric drive systems to its fleet of destroyers. The technology promises to increase fuel eficiency, reducing the amount of money it spends on oil – but just what are the wider…