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World’s first ‘Zemship’ goes into service
31 Jul 2008
The world’s first fuel cell powered, zero emission passenger ship, tagged Zemship by its German developers, goes into service somewhat belatedly late this month in Hamburg after completion at the local SSB Oortkaten Shipyard.
The zero emission Zemship is claimed to be almost twice as efficient as a diesel driven vessel.
The new Alster excursion ship will carry up to 100 passengers and be completely CO2 emission free as well as, reportedly, nearly twice as efficient as diesel driven vessels.
It has been developed by the State of Hamburg’s Ministry for Urban Development and the Environment in cooperation with eight partners, each of whom has contributed specialist know how to the EU backed project.
By Tom Todd.
Read the full story in the August issue of Maritime Journal.
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