On 31st March 2022, Maersk Minder docked at Fitjar Mekanisk Verksted in Norway, ready to install a battery: a container-based hybrid power system built by Wärtsila. Now fully fitted and functioning, the Wärtsila HY system is expected to reduce the anchor handler’s fuel consumption – and thus carbon emissions – by 15%, reducing the vessel’s maintenance needs and improving its operational performance.
The battery system is comprised of an energy storage system (ESS), comprised of 132 smaller...