Meeting with the Minister of Energy & Environment was held by EBA Greece
The issues that concern the sector of Electric & Hybrid Boat’s and Ship’s have today been submitted to the Minister of Energy & Environment, Mr. George Stathakis, from EBA Greece through her President Mr. Andreas Apostolopoulos. In particular, it was highlighted the need to address…
The globe’s biggest maritime shipping company is abandoning fossil fuels
The world’s largest maritime shipping company is slowly ditching fossil fuels, and in doing so has thrown down a challenge for the rest of the industry to follow suit. Denmark-based AP Moller Maersk this week said it will cut its carbon emissions completely by 2050. That’s a…
Environmental impacts of shipping
At today’s turning point in the history of human civilization, we are now called as a nation with a profound history of centuries to protect nature, to leave our mark on the planet, being one of the greatest Marine forces in the history of this…
Meeting with the Deputy Minister of Finance and Development
On Friday 2 November 2018 a delegation of our Organization headed by President Andreas Apostolopoulos met with the Deputy Minister of Finance and Development, Mr Stergios Pitsiorlas. The representatives of the Organization have put to the Minister the most important issues that concern our member…
UNFCCC Secretariat Welcomes IPCC’s Global Warming of 1.5°C Report
Statement on the Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C: “The Global Warming of 1.5C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms the need to maintain the strongest commitment to the Paris Agreement’s aims of…
European ports welcome Parliament’s explicit support to remove the TAX barriers fro shore-side electricity for Ships
The Transport committee of the European Parliament supported yesterday the removal of tax barriers for the uptake of shore-side electricity supply (OPS) in ports for ships at berth. The Ertug report on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU which was voted…
Torqeedo powers electric passenger vessels at new Vinpearl resort in Vietnam
Torqeedo is supplying electric propulsion systems for a fleet of 15 new passenger excursion boats recently delivered to Vinpearl’s newest resort development at Hoi An, Vietnam. The 9m (29.5ft) FRP displacement craft, built by Song Lo Shipbuilding in Nha Trang, are powered by Torqeedo Deep…
Kongsberg wins contracts for nine hybrid ro-ro vessels
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded contracts with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co., China to deliver power and hybrid systems to nine roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) vessels ordered by Grimaldi Group, Italy. The contracts are valued at more than US$47.8m and include an option for three additional vessels…
Rolls-Royce launches new battery system for ships
In 2019, Rolls-Royce will launch SAVe Energy, a liquid-cooled lithium-ion based energy storage system capable of producing 10-18MWh for ferries, cruise vessels and multi-purpose vessels. Featuring a modular design that enables the product to scale according to energy and power requirements, SAVe Energy complies with…