Nigel Quinn

Bibby Marine places order for world’s first zero-emission eCSOV

Liverpool-headquartered Bibby Marine has placed an order with Spanish shipbuilder Gondan for what, it says, will be the world’s first truly zero-emission, electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV). It will be built in Gondan’s Asturias shipyard and is scheduled to be delivered in 2026.

This marks a further step forward in a project that we last reported on back in January. Bibby says that it selected Gondan after a thorough international tendering process that included yards in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/bibby-marine-places-order-for-worlds-first-zero-emission-ecsov/

Longitude Engineering to take eSOV design to next level

Longitude Engineering eSOV

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...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/longitude-engineering-to-take-esov-design-to-next-level/