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ABB to power world’s first hybrid-electric biomass fuel carriers

ABB to power world’s first hybrid-electric biomass fuel carriers

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 20, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

The Japanese consortium e5 Lab has designed Roboship, a biomass fuel carrier, powered by a fully standardised, electric propulsion system to attain zero-emission operations in port. Honda Heavy Industries will build the ship while ABB will supply the modularised...
EUR 50 million subsidy for ZES inland navigation battery containers

EUR 50 million subsidy for ZES inland navigation battery containers

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 19, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Inland navigation, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping

Zero Emission Services (ZES) will receive EUR 50 million through the Dutch National Growth Fund for the accelerated implementation of its solution for inland shipping. The investment goes to the development of 75 battery containers (ZESpacks), fourteen docking...
Boskalis to equip six offshore vessels with hybrid propulsion

Boskalis to equip six offshore vessels with hybrid propulsion

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 11, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion

Boskalis will convert six offshore vessels, including the BokaLift crane vessels, into hybrid ships through the retrofitting of energy storage systems, or “power packs”. The conversions are to reduce fuel consumption and associated carbon dioxide and...
Wärtsilä coordinates EU funded project to accelerate ammonia engine development

Wärtsilä coordinates EU funded project to accelerate ammonia engine development

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 5, 2022 | Energy transition, Marine engines, Marine fuels, Maritime research, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping

A consortium of shipping stakeholders wants to develop demonstrators for two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines running on ammonia fuel. The Ammonia 2-4 project aims to advance viable concepts for ammonia fuel. The project is coordinated by technology group...
Van Oord’s new WTIV will be methanol-electric

Van Oord’s new WTIV will be methanol-electric

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 1, 2022 | Emissions, Energy transition, Heavy lift, Marine engines, Marine fuels, News, Offshore wind, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

Van Oord’s new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Boreas will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 dual-fuel methanol generators. It is the first time Wärtsilä supplies methanol engines for a newbuild project. Schiedam based Huisman will construct a Leg Encircling...
Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches diesel-electric hopper dredger Krakesandt

Thecla Bodewes Shipyards launches diesel-electric hopper dredger Krakesandt

by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 28, 2022 | Dredging, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding

Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has launched the 105-metre trailing suction hopper dredger Krakesandt at its yard in Kampen, the Netherlands. It is the second energy-efficient dredger that the yard is building for De Hoop Terneuzen BV. The launch took place on Thursday 24...
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