Tag: Hybrid
Kongsberg Maritime hybrid technology to optimise energy use and cut emissions for Matson Navigation Company’s new LNG-powered container ships
Kongsberg Maritime will supply a comprehensive range of integrated technologies to optimise energy use and reduce emissions for three new 3600 TEU LNG-powered container ships being built at Philly Shipyard for Matson Navigation Company. They are the largest Jones Act containerships ever built, at 260 metres long, and represent a new era in container shipping.…
AtoB@C Shipping reveals names for the rest of its new hybrid vessels
In conjunction with the keel laying of the seventh unit in the series of twelve plug-in hybrid 5,350 dwt coasters, AtoB@C Shipping is pleased to announce the names of the remaining vessels in the series of highly efficient plug-in hybrid vessels. The names of the remaining six vessels, to be delivered in 2025 and 2026,…
Japan’s 1st Hydrogen and Bio Fuel Hybrid Passenger Ship ‘Hanaria’ Starts Service in Kitakyushu
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that the hybrid passenger ship ‘Hanaria’, which uses hydrogen and biodiesel as fuels, started service in Kitakyushu. The ship was built at the Hongawara Ship Yard Co., Ltd. (President: Makoto Hongawara; Headquarters: Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture) for MOL Group company MOTENA-Sea, Ltd. MOTENA-Sea, Ltd.…
DNV issues GASA to HD Hyundai for ‘world-first’ hybrid super-strength support structure
DNV has presented HD Hyundai with a general approval for ship application (GASA) for a new high-strength composite hybrid support system for independent tanks on liquefied gas carriers. In a world-first, HD Hyundai’s concept is fabricated with a fusion of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) with a tensile strength ten times greater than steel, significantly enhancing…
The first hybrid electric vessel built in South America will use a Corvus battery system
Corvus Energy is pleased to supply the battery energy storage system onboard the Magellan Discoverer— the first hybrid diesel-electric vessel to be constructed in South America. The vessel is a luxury polar expedition cruise ship to be built at the Chilean shipyard, Astilleros y Servicios Navales S.A. ASENAV for cruise operator Antarctica 21. Corvus Energy…
ABB to supply hybrid power system for Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel
ABB has secured an order with Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft to supply an advanced power and propulsion system for a forthcoming cable-laying vessel (CLV) of Nexans, a global player in energy transition headquartered in Paris, France. On delivery in 2026, the vessel will join Nexans Skagerrak and sister ship Nexans Aurora – also equipped with…
Hybrid Propulsion Package for Cable-Laying Vessel Features 4 × MAN 175D GenSets
VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels,, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM GenSets in connection with the building of a new purpose-built, cable-laying vessel (CLV) for NCT Offshore, the Danish subsea specialist. The GenSets will form part of the vessel’s diesel-electric DP2 propulsion system, which also includes a hybrid…
Leclanché to Supply Battery System for Hybrid Retrofit of Lafarge River Tug
A pusher tug built in 1965 and used by Lafarge France to push and steer barges laden with cement and related aggregates to, from and around Paris, is about to get a new lease on life – including a potential starring role in the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (picture available here).…
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Leclanché Selected to Supply Battery Systems for a Second Pair of CMAL Hybrid Ferries Serving Scotland’s Outer Hebrides Islands
Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN) has been selected for a second battery system project on behalf of Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL)– this time for a pair of roll-on, roll-off passenger and vehicle ferries (RoPax) which will serve three islands in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands. The contract for two 1.1 MWh Navius MRS-3TM Marine Rack…
Wärtsilä solutions chosen for world’s first methanol fuelled hybrid RoRo vessels
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for two new hybrid RoRo vessels. The ships are being built at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) Co., Ltd for the Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo. The ships will be the world’s first methanol fuelled hybrid RoRo vessels and will operate in the Stena…
