California Enacts Strict New Rules on Harbor Craft Emissions
Continuing its effort to limit emissions for vessels operating in the state’s ports and near the coast, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved updates to its Commercial Harbor Craft Regulation designed to reduce diesel soot and nitrogen oxides emission from commercial harbor craft including…
Two massive ferries are about to become the biggest all-electric ships in the world
Over the last year, ABB has been converting two of Sweden’s HH Ferries Group’s massive ferries from diesel engines to being completely battery-powered. Now the ships are reportedly close to launching, which would likely make them the biggest all-electric ships in the world. As we…
A petition to get all boats in Venice electrified by 2028
Kevin Desmond has been writing about electric boats since 1979, when the ‘industry’ was literally embryonic and his 2017 book “Electric Boats and Ships: a History” has received near universal acclaim for the depth of its reporting on the now not-so-embryonic industry. You can buy it here from…