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VIDEO: Navier to launch pilot Bay Area e-boat shuttle service
Foiling electric boats are getting a lot of attention worldwide as the zero-emission, high speed, water transit solution of the future. The race is on to get the first of the vessels into actual service and San Francisco based foiling e-boat start-up Navier aims to be an early front runner. It is to pilot zero-emission water shuttle services in the Bay Area in partnerships with e-payment infrastructure specialist Stripe.
At launch of this initial program, planned for March 2024, Navier will...
Labor, climate costs loom large for trucking in 2024
WASHINGTON — While election-year politics may gridlock Congress from passing meaningful truck-related legislation in 2024, the potential for a change in administrations could be a catalyst for finalizing two regulations that have major cost and operational implications for the industry.
Proposed rules to tighten standards for independent contractors and on carbon emissions from heavy trucks — both of which are undergoing final review at the White House — also fit squarely within the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/labor-climate-costs-loom-large-for-trucking-in-2024
Fuel cell-powered mining trucks next up for GM Hydrotec
An array of fuel cell power cubes from General Motors will power Komatsu’s massive off-roading mining trucks by mid-decade — each operating with more than 2 megawatts of hydrogen power.
The use of multiple fuel cells to provide power to the massive off-highway Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck is an ideal use case for fuel cells, whose only emission is water vapor. The Komatsu model is the world’s bestselling ultra-class haul truck.
GM and Komatsu will jointly design and validate the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fuel-cell-powered-mining-trucks-next-up-for-gm-hydrotec
Maersk Supply uses Inmarsat API to optimize performance of battery-fitted AHTS
An Inmarsat Maritime solution will help Maersk Supply Service optimize the performance of its first vessel fitted with a battery installation, the AHTS Maersk Minder, and to evaluate how best to optimize the use of zero-emission energy storage systems across its fleet.
Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Data IoT platform will enable Maersk Supply to use the Fleet Data end-user API to seamlessly gather data from onboard equipment, automatically organize it with time-stamps, synchronizes it, and upload it...
Fjord1 gets green light for autonomous ferry route
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) today officially notified ferry operator Fjord1 that it has been selected to develop and operate a next-generation autonomous ferry for the Lavik-Oppedal crossing in Norway.
Fjord1 managing director Dagfinn Neteland says the decision puts the company “in the driver’s seat in the development of autonomous ferries.”
“Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the work here,” he said. “Fantastic work, I am very impressed!”
Fjord1 has long been a...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/fjord1-gets-green-light-for-autonomous-ferry-route/
Daimler Truck’s GenH2 sets single-hydrogen-fill run record
BERLIN — The hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 fuel cell semi returned to the German capital where it was introduced as a prototype three years ago. This is time it completed a record 650-mile (1,047-kilometer) overnight journey on a single fillup of liquid hydrogen.
Traveling the autobahns from Woerth am Rhein, the home of Daimler’s massive truck manufacturing complex that produces 500 primarily diesel trucks a day, to the German capital proved far easier than the final mile. A large red...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-trucks-genh2-sets-single-hydrogen-fill-run-record
Lagging Policy Support And Rising Costs Jeopardize Hydrogen Projects
Interest in new hydrogen projects remains strong, but a challenging economic backdrop means timely rollout of policy support is needed to deliver investments, sources IEA.
Low Emissions HydrogenMomentum behind low-emissions hydrogen continues to grow despite the slow roll-out of financial incentives and stubborn cost pressures that threaten to delay projects, a new IEA report says today. But production levels can still increase substantially by 2030 if all...
https://mfame.guru/lagging-policy-support-and-rising-costs-jeopardize-hydrogen-projects/
Port of Oakland, CalSTA, and Japan to cooperate on green seaport initiatives
The Port of Oakland and the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) have met with a delegation of Japanese Ministry officials to discuss green initiatives to reach zero emissions from seaport operations.
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31 March 2023: HYDRA sails on zero-emission liquid hydrogen
“Today will be a historic day, both for Norled and for Norway as a leading shipping nation. Today we are witnessing the world’s first ship sailing on liquid hydrogen, says Heidi Wolden, CEO of Norled. Since the turn of the year, Norled has been carrying out system tests at the quay in Hjelmeland....
https://ferryshippingnews.com/31-march-2023-hydra-sails-on-zero-emission-liquid-hydrogen/