Coastal Liberty, an offshore service supply vessel (OSV) operated by Dutch maritime support provider Acta Marine, has undergone a refit and now sails emission-free on green hydrogen.
UK-based maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies has won the tender to supply the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) with a fully electric pilot boat, marking a crucial milestone in Sweden’s ambition to transition toward fossil-free maritime operations. As disclosed,
Estonia has launched a call for tender for the design and construction of a battery-powered electric ferry to serve the main islands in the country.
Germany’s propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has been selected to provide EcoPellers for a series of four zero-emission and autonomous ferries to be built by Turkish Tersan shipyard for Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1.
The Rijeka Gateway terminal in Croatia, a joint venture between Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk’s APM Terminals and Croatian investor Energia Naturalis (ENNA Group), has secured electricity from renewable energy sources to power the operations of its container terminal. The estimate is that
MF Estelle, the ‘world’s first’ autonomous electric ferry, has completed its journey between two major islands in central Stockholm, demonstrating the potential for unmanned, sustainable transport, the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden has unveiled. MF Estelle’s trial in Stockholm Designed and buil
A hybrid ferry with the ‘world’s largest battery’ fitted to a ship has taken to the water, French shipping company Brittany Ferries said.
AtoB@C Shipping, a Sweden-based subsidiary of Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping, has taken delivery of Aquamar, its fourth plug-in hybrid newbuilding.
Dutch towage and maritime company KOTUG has received an order from compatriot sand handling and transport specialist ROS for the delivery of a fully electric pusher tug.
Maritime associations and interest groups including ECSA, FuelsEurope, eFuel Alliance, EWABA, HydrogenEurope, and Methanol Institute have established a new Clean Maritime Fuels Platform, an industry initiative aiming to enhance communication between the shipping sector and fuel producers. Representa
Tesvolt Ocean, a brand-new joint venture (JV) based in Lübeck, Germany, has developed a battery system that will enable significantly more ships in the maritime and inland shipping sector to be equipped with clean e-drives for the first time.
Powering a new chapter in sustainable maritime travel, Norwegian company Brunvoll has joined forces with compatriot transport company Torghatten Nord to equip a new hybrid ferry with an ‘advanced’ propulsion and autonomy system. The ferry, expected to enter service in 2026, will operate between the
In a bid to tackle carbon emissions in the maritime industry, Swedish company SeaFjord Energy has chosen Swiss-Swedish equipment provider ABB’s electric power and propulsion system for its ‘pioneering’ e-bunker vessel concept, which aims to offer ‘a new way of supplying energy’ to ships at sea and i
Global non-profit association CIMAC and the Maritime Battery Forum (MBF) have published the first of three white papers on the environmental impact of batteries in deep-sea shipping.
