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The Growing Demand For Electric Ships Is Transforming The Oceans

6 April 2023

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The electric ship market is set to surge from EUR 3.2 billion in 2022 to EUR 14.2 billion by 2030.
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Hybrid propulsion technology offers promising opportunities for larger ships.
With international shipping accounting for 2-3% of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2020, the need for rapid decarbonisation...

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Game Changing Solutions : Wind and Electricity To Propel Ships !

22 December 2022

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Ships are among the world’s biggest polluters.
To replace them means finding alternatives to traditional diesel engines.
With climate change at the forefront of the industry’s mind, companies are testing the waters with game-changing solutions.

You might think a cargo sailboat is something out of a history book, but in fact, they are actually the result of years of cutting-edge research and development. French company “Grain de Sail” claims to have created the...

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Singapore’s First Hybrid Electric Ship Classed By Bureau Veritas

20 April 2021

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has certified and classed Singapore’s first hybrid-powered ship. Built, owned and operated by Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International, a subsidiary of Penguin International Limited (“Penguin”), Penguin Tenaga is a 15-meter, 12-passenger aluminium pilot boat capable of entirely running in electric mode at five knots for more than 30 minutes, and in conventional diesel mode can reach a maximum speed of 24...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/singapores-first-hybrid-electric-ship-classed-by-bureau-veritas/

The First-All Electric Vessel To Be Launched In Tokyo Next Year

15 February 2021

According to an article published in IEEE Spectrum, a new ship powered only by lithium-ion batteries is coming to Japan’s coastline and the 60-meter-long tanker will be the first all-electric vessel of its kind when it launches in Tokyo Bay next year, its developers say.

The e5 Vessel

The “e5” tanker is the latest in a small but growing fleet of vessels that use batteries for propulsion or onboard electricity use. As the global shipping industry works to curb carbon dioxide emissions and...

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Future fuels: zero-emission ships technically ready to hit the water by 2024

19 October 2020

^{Pictured: “NGC 604” a vast cloud of hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy. Hydrogen is one of the most abundant substances in the universe and could, one day, be the fuel of choice for the world fleet. Credit: Hubble Space Telescope, NASA}

Developments that will shape the future of fuel for shipping have been coming thick and fast in recent weeks.

So fast, in fact, that an executive from international class society Lloyd’s Register has told the UN that zero-carbon emission vessels will be technically

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/future-fuels-zero-emission-ships-technically-ready-to-hit-the-water-by-2024/

Maritime industries become even more environmentally-friendly through electrification

26 April 2020

Pictured: a lightning strike. Lightning involves the release of up to a gigajoule of energy. Photo: Felix Mittermeier from Pixabay.

Developments in the electrification of marine service-providing craft and smaller, coastal, ships continues around the world. Electrification means that the maritime industries will become even-more environmentally friendly.

Electric and LNG-powered hybrid tug

Most recently, a world-first hybrid battery/liquefied natural gas-powered tug has now been ordered by Jurong...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/maritime-industries-become-more-environmentally-friendly-through-electrification/