London-headquartered Longitude Engineering has been selected to design the world-first zero-emission electric Service Operation Vessel (eSOV) that a consortium led by Bibby Marine plans to build (see earlier story). The project has recently been awarded GBP 20 million (about $25 million) in U.K. government funding under the Zero Emission Vessel and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition.
The eSOV is based on Longitude Engineering’s OSD-IMT9605 design. The vessel will be powered by a hybrid 20MWh...