Shorepower & Electrification

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VESSELS

North Star has completed its dedicated fleet of four ships to serve the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

3rd February 2025

Last vessel in SOV fleet delivered to Dogger Bank

3rd February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Tidal Transit has secured equity financing from maritime and logistics investor HICO Investment Group to expand its fleet with six new electric CTVs (E-CTVs).

3rd February 2025

Funding secured for six newbuild E-CTVs

3rd February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A pilot project in the Netherlands port of Dordrecht has successfully used an emissions-free crane vessel in what is believed to be a first for the dredging industry.

27th January 2025

Emissions-free pilot first in dredging

27th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Official approval has been given to what ferry operator AG Reederei Norden-Frisia says is the first German fully electric sea-going vessel, with charging infrastructure also in place.

20th January 2025

First German electric sea-going vessel approved

20th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ports are struggling with a raft of rules that tell them to decarbonise, and researchers are burning their night candles working out how to reduce emissions for the vessels that use them…

15th January 2025

Challenges of ports decarbonisation: An academic overview

15th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

German shipbuilder Ampereship has delivered the first fully electric ferries in Italy, it says, partially charged by solar panels.

6th January 2025

Two solar-electric ferries delivered to Italy

6th January 2025

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VESSELS

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has provided a progress report on the performance of one of its battery-powered, all-electric ship-handling tugs.

3rd January 2025

Sanmar’s all-electric tug – a progress report

3rd January 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian shorepower developer Zinus has been handed NOK50 million (€4.2 million) to speed up growth and innovation, CEO Endre Eidsvik says.

18th December 2024

Joint investment made in Norwegian shorepower firm

18th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first fully electric tug to operate in a European port is one of six built by Damen and delivered to Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

2nd December 2024

​First electric tug for European port delivered to Antwerp

2nd December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Barcelona’s first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for ferries has been installed at the Grimaldi terminal on Sant Bertran Wharf.

27th November 2024

Barcelona gets onboard with shore power

27th November 2024