Shipping Industry Gives Way For Battery Powered Systems

  • The past decade has seen tight restrictions on emissions from vessels, notably with a 2015 move to a .10% sulfur maximum in Emission Control Areas (ECA) in North America and in northern Europe.
  • As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) now shapes shipping’s decarbonization future, shipowners are looking at transitions away from fossil fuels.
  • Among the myriad of alternatives are lithium ion batteries and some early forays into hydrogen fuel cells.

According to an article published in...

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