Battery Hybrids & Full-Electric Vessels

Brazil-based offshore support vessel operator CBO is undertaking the first hybrid retrofit in Latin America on the CBO Flamengo, a platform supply vessel (PSV). Technology group Wärtsilä has received an order to…

ABB has secured a contract with Sefine Shipyard to provide a power and propulsion solution to FrøyGruppens hybrid live fish carrier for safe and sustainable operations.

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply an advanced Energy Storage System (ESS) to four Harvey Energy class LNG-fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). A fifth vessel in this class was earlier…

Evolving emissions regulations, technological developments and expanding shorepower connections are changing the business case for battery hybridisation in short-haul Ropax vessels, writes Kari Reinikainen.

Asahi Tanker, the Japanese tanker operator, has ordered two pure-electric bunker tankers for operation in Tokyo Bay.

With the Harvey Energy fresh out of sea trials, owner Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced that eight more of its offshore support vessels will be retrofitted with battery systems.

Stena is participating in an EU-funded project to investigate the reuse of automotive batteries in dedicated power banks for fast charging in ports. The two-year trial involves class society DNV GL, the…

ABB has won a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International Ltd to supply a full package of integrated solutions, including Azipod® propulsion and energy storage, for P&O Ferries’ two new battery-hybrid vessels.

Danfoss Editron has been commissioned by the Grovfjord Mek. Verksted (GMV) shipyard to deliver the hybrid drivetrain systems for a fleet of robot exploration vessels. The unmanned surface robots will be launched…

Corvus Energy has been selected by Holland Ship Electric to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Holland Shipyard Group for Amsterdam’s municipal…