Two workboats line up for battery power

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD1000) design

Marine battery firm AYK Energy is supplying battery systems for two workboat projects including a new diesel-electric dredger and the conversion of a port patrol vessel to fully electric propulsion.

The first project is a new TSHD1000 trailing suction hopper dredger being built by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands for UK Dredging, part of Associated British Ports.

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