India’s Chowgule Shipyard has launched Electramar, the first unit in the series of twelve energy-efficient plug-in hybrid vessels ordered by AtoB@C Shipping, a subsidiary of Finnish dry bulk shipping company ESL Shipping. “The launching of a vessel is always a special moment in shipbuilding and we a
Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has left the outfitting pier from Meyer Turku shipyard situated in Turku, Finland. Icon of the Seas will be conducting week-long series of sea trials through the picturesque Turku archipelago representing a culminatio
At this year’s Seawork exhibition in Southampton, UK, Damen Shipyards Group presented an innovative new design – the Multi Cat 1908 Electric. This fully electric vessel brings zero emissions operations into a wide range of workboat activities. The MuC 1908 E is 19.05 metres by 8.4 metres, with a dec
A total of 5.5% of fleet capacity today is alternatively fuelled, up from 2.3% in 2017, according to Clarksons’ Green Technology Tracker, which estimates the figure to reach 6.5% by 2025. Although alternative-fuelled newbuild ordering has been a little slower in 2023 to date, 48% of overall orderboo
Swiss freight trader Cargill has partnered with Kotug International to deploy the world’s first fully electric pusher boat and barges to transport cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam.
Cruise company Hurtigruten Norway has revealed the most promising technologies for its zero-emission ship set to be launched in 2030. The technologies have been selected following a year of research by the company alongside its consortium of 12 maritime partners and research institute SINTEF as the
Swedish company SeaFjord Energy has developed the world’s first e-bunker vessel, a new type of ship capable of delivering electricity to ships in ports.
The Port of Rotterdam has announced that the World Port Climate Action Programme (WPCAP) will be extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. The extension was agreed by the CEOs and leaders of 12 world ports at a meeting in Rotterdam on the occasion of the first
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun Group is investing $3.34 million in the installation of battery packs on nine of its existing vessels in the dry cargo fleet. The ship owner explained that by installing battery packs and making the shore power connection smoother for the vessels, the need to use t
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture majority-owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, has taken delivery of the first of three emissions-free battery electric tugs that will operate at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia. The vessel named HaiSea Wamis was buil
Scandlines’ ambitious project to develop a zero direct emission freight ferry is well underway at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey, as steel plates are meticulously cut and preparations are made to assemble the sections that will form the vessel. The Cemre shipyard in Turkey has now cut all the steel pl
HaiSea Wamis, the world’s first fully electric harbour tugboat, has left Sanmar Shipyards, Turkey, and is now on its way to Seaspan in Vancouver, Canada. Shipping company Seaspan announced the news on its social media, informing that the tugboat left Sanmar late last week. Seaspan noted that the Hai
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has been awarded a contract to provide Octopus Series battery system for a new electric fast ferry built for German Ferry operator AG Reederei Norden-Frisia.
The LNG Canada project in the port of Kitimat, a joint venture of Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and Korea Gas Corporation, is advancing works at its tug berth facility which will support HaiSea Marine’s new fleet of electric battery-powered and low-emissions tugboats. According
