Swiss equipment provider Leclanché SA has been selected for a pair of hybrid roll-on, roll-off passenger and vehicle ferries (RoPax) owned by Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, based energy storage system specialist Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN) has been selected for a second battery system project for vessels under construction for Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL). The contract will see Leclanché supply a 1.1 MWh Navius MRS-3TM marine rack system, with integrated cooling system, for each of two RoPax ferries on order at Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard to serve three islands in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands. The identical...
Norwegian equipment provider Brunvoll Mar-El has been contracted to provide electric propulsion systems for one new low-emission and two zero-emission passenger ferries owned by compatriot ferry operator Fjord1.
Fujian’s first pure battery-powered cruise ship has been launched at Fujian Funing Shipbuilding Co., the battery-powered ship assembly base of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Company.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has revealed it will provide its battery electric propulsion system and waterjets for the world’s largest battery-electric ferry.
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has been contracted to provide battery system for world’s first fully electric carbon-neutral event vessel.
The “Oceandiva London,” an electric event vessel powered by EST-Floattech’s Energy Storage Systems, will sail the River Thames with certainty and zero carbon emissions, as published in Renewable Energy Magazine.
A significant milestone
The vessel’s CO2-neutral operation, supported by a 2.2 MWh lithium battery pack system called Green Orca, has earned it the prestigious Gold Certificate with a Platinum Label from the Green Award Foundation. This recognition marks a significant...