First all-electric US built ferries enter service
The first all-electric vessels built in the US, the James V. Glynn and Nikola Tesla have been approved to enter service. The Niagara Falls tour ferries are each powered by a pair of battery packs...Read more
Stena plans to use recycled batteries in charging stations at ports
Stena is developing a new type of energy storage, similar to very large powerbanks, which will be essential for the quick charging of electric ferries in the future. The project is part-financed by the EU...Read more
GE to provide electric propulsion for new Dutch Combat Support Ship
GE’s Power Conversion business will deliver an energy management and electric propulsion package intended for the new Combat Support Ship (CSS) in use at the Royal Netherlands Navy. The technology was selected for its low...Read more
Norwegian grocery distributor plans to use autonomous RoRo vessels
Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly have signed contracts with Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, and to manage their operations at sea. The fully electric ships are to replace 2...Read more
Keel laid for electric inspection ship for Dutch Province of Friesland
The keel has been laid for the PW10, a 15-metre fully electric inspection vessel for the Province of Friesland. The ship is being built byCO Shipyard Talsma in Franeker and is to be delivered in...Read more
Watch Candela’s fully electric hydrofoil boat in action
Candela Speed Boat has developed an electric pleasure boat with hydrofoils. The hydrofoils lift the boat from the water when sailing, thereby reducing resistance. The weight of the batteries on board is offset by ultra-light...Read more
Damen delivers five electric ferries to Arriva in Copenhagen
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered five Damen Ferries 2306 E3 to Arriva Denmark in Copenhagen. The ships are equipped with an auto-mooring system and charging the battery packs takes just seven minutes. Arriva operates the vessels...Read more
What are the benefits and limitations of marine battery propulsion?
Batteries and marine fuel cells have shown promise on smaller vessels. The flexible approach needed to use these technologies as a power source for larger, oceangoing ships is only now beginning to emerge. Foreship in...Read more
How to solve issues with ships’ hybrid electrical power systems?
How to deal with power sources with low short circuit power? How to comply with the “Golden Rules” of electrical power distribution design in hybrid electrical power systems? These questions will become important for zero...Read more
All you need to know about marine electrical systems
Real zero emission shipping cannot be reached without the use of smart electrical systems, whatever the source of energy – wind, sun or hydrogen – may be. And this won’t be easy as becomes clear...Read more
Damen presents electric version of cutter suction dredger
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled its first electric cutter suction dredger (ECSD) 650. With electric motors powering the dredge system, the ECSD 650 makes possible zero emissions dredging projects. The electric power provides a significant reduction...Read more
Alumax to build seven zero emission water taxis for Rotterdam
Alumax Boats in Meppel, the Netherlands, has won its largest contract ever. Over the next 1.5 years, it will build seven aluminium water taxis for Watertaxi Rotterdam. The new water taxis will be fully electrically...Read more
First Multi-Purpose Vessel finally delivered to Rijkswaterstaat
The Dutch Government’s organisation for public works Rijkswaterstaat has taken delivery of its first MPV-30, the Merwestroom, but with a deeper draught than intended. The project was characterised by delays once it became apparent the...Read more
Sendo introduces XL Green Deal-compliant container vessels
Sendo Shipping has completed sea trials with the Sendo Mare and Sendo Nave. The so-called Sendo-XL vessels are equipped with two large ballast propeller pumps in combination with two ejectors due the bridges they have...Read more
Zero-emission ferries in Zuid-Holland from 2022
The concession for the “waterbus” connection between Rotterdam and the Drecht Cities in the Netherlands will change hands as of 1 January 2022. From then on, a joint venture of Aqualiner and Swets ODV Maritiem...Read more
Holland Shipyards lays keel for fully electric ferry
While constructing the first hybrid ferry for Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel, the keel has been laid for a second fully electric ferry. The vessel will be entirely powered by battery power and is to de...Read more
Holland Shipyards lays keel for new electric ferry
Holland Shipyards Group is building the first fully electric ferry for Brevik Fergeselskap, which will operate within the waters of Eidangerfjorden. On Wednesday 12 February the keel was laid. The contract for the new ferry was...Read more
Offshore vessel to be retrofitted with ammonia-powered fuel cell
An innovation project looking to install the world’s first ammonia-powered fuel cell on a ship has been awarded ten-million-euro funding from the European Union. The offshore vessel involved is the Viking Energy, which will receive...Read more