Grimaldi Group completes installation of Corvus Energy ‘mega batteries’ in groundbreaking retrofit projects
Cruise Barcelona and Cruise Roma retrofitted with a total of 11 MWh energy storage systems enabling zero-emissions operation Bergen, Norway and Vancouver, Canada – July 3, 2019 – Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that the company has completed the installation of a 5,5 MWh battery…
The Sanguinaires Isles in hybrid boats
Since last year, the large site of Parata offers tourists to discover the islands archipelago Sanguinaires aboard two hybrid boats provided by the company ODC Marine combining diesel and electric propulsion. “There are two 400 horsepower engines to go directly to the area. At that…
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…
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…