Marine

Norwegian firms plan battery-powered ship to manage regional deliveries Norwegian fertiliser producer Yara and maritime engineering group Kongsberg are to team up to realise an ambitious electric shipping project. Yara is to commission a new vessel – named Yara Birkeland after the company’s founder – which it expects to be …

Programme in Tokyo could see the PONAM become the Prius of the sea Not content with bringing the battery-hybrid car to the masses, Toyota is now taking to the waves. The company has developed what it says is Japan’s first boat to feature a parallel hybrid propulsion system. The hybrid …

Norwegian Electric Systems plans to install its Odin’s Eye DC solution in three new ferries that are being produced for the country’s largest ferry company, Fjord1. The signing of a new contract with Havyard Ship Technology has heralded the delivery of hybrid electric systems in ferries to be designed by …

Finnish manufacturer Visedo OY has designed the ferry’s retrofitted powertrain Asia’s first hybrid electric ferry has been launched in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, a move which could revolutionise marine transport in the region. The vehicle in question is in fact one of the city’s incumbent tourist ferries, which carries passengers to and from Cijin …

Hyperloop One project moves closer to reality after raising UAE investment California-based Hyperloop One (H1) has received US$50 million in investment from the UAE’s DP World Group, setting the company up to develop its vision of a rapid train-like service. H1 is one of two companies currently attempting to develop working …

HH Ferries packs in 640 lithium batteries, topped up with new ABB fast-charging technology The most-sought after thing in the world of lithium ion batteries right now is space. Engineers are trying their best to cram the largest amount of energy into the smallest amount of space. While there have …

Could commercial shipping be powered by Hydrogen fuel cells one day? That might seem a premature question when cars are only just starting to use the technology, but if you can crack methane cheaply into Hydrogen with no CO2 output (see this story) then the economics might become attractive. Let’s …

Electric Boat is projecting a positive outlook for 2016 for revenue and employment, saying 1,800 more workers will be hired at its facilities in Connecticut and Rhode Island this year. Electric Boat, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp., employs 14,100 people, mainly in Connecticut. By 2030, EB is projecting that number …

Read the full press release below: Paris, December 7, 2015 – Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, has been awarded a contract by ABB Marine to supply a specialized high power liquid cooled lithium-ion (Li-ion) Super Phosphate™ (SLFP) battery system for ABB’s new …

XALT Energy and Efficient Drivetrains (EDI) announced a tentative agreement through which XALT will supply EDI with its NMC graphite Lithium-ion battery energy storage packs for use in EDI’s PHEV PowerDrive and electric power export solutions. XALT has begun shipment of the initial order and is expected to complete shipments under …