Shorepower & Electrification

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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Candela has raised an additional $14M in funding which will help scale production of its P-12 electric ferry to meet growing global demand.

25th November 2024

Candela funding to scale up electric ferry production

25th November 2024

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A project to use river vessels to balance London’s power grid have been given a boost with £500,000 of government funding.

7th November 2024

£500k government boost to electrify River Thames

7th November 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Turkey’s largest container port has also become the first in the country to install onshore power supply for container ships at berth.

1st November 2024

Turkey installs first onshore power supply

1st November 2024

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Van Oord’s second cable-layer has begun installing cables at the vessel’s first offshore wind project in the North Sea.

28th October 2024

Van Oord’s 2nd cable-layer makes her debut

28th October 2024

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Two electric ferries are to be built at Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard, destined for Denmark’s Bøjden-Fynshav and Ballen-Kalundborg routes.

25th October 2024

Two electric ferries ordered for Denmark

25th October 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A successful mission in Malta to install shorepower for multiple cruise liners simultaneously has led to a new project to do the same for ferries.

24th October 2024

Malta moves into Phase 2 of shorepower project

24th October 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Equipping its Maasvlakte terminal with shorepower will make the Port of Rotterdam ’a global pioneer in the field of sustainability’, APMT MVII CEO Harold Kunst says.

21st October 2024

Rotterdam terminals to equip with shorepower

21st October 2024

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Sanmar Shipyards has begun construction on four new electric tugs for Turkey’s state-owned BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation, marking a milestone in the electrification of tug fleets.

21st October 2024

Turkey leaps forward in tug electrification

21st October 2024

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The first two of nine high-speed hybrid ferries, built by Astilleros Armon Shipyards in Spain for Liberty Lines, have officially launched.

18th October 2024

Liberty Lines launches hybrid ferries

18th October 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Zinus AS has been awarded a contract to deliver two advanced shore power units to the Port of Skagen, Denmark, as part of the port’s ongoing electrification efforts. 

16th October 2024

Shore power boosts port electrification at Skagen

16th October 2024