East by West Ferries’ all-electric ferry is expected to be in the water next month, but it may be a year or more before it can be recharged quickly enough to do a full schedule of sailings across Wellington harbour. Electric charging company Retnya is co-ordinating the charging infrastructure for the ferry, which claimed it would initially take from under an hour to 90 minutes to fully recharge the ferry after each return trip across the harbour, depending on the weather, wind, tides and passenger numbers. That is expected to mean the zero-emissions ferry will be able to cover five or six of the 16 daily return sailings operated by East by West.

 

For additional details, please visit the link below:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124730936/wellingtons-electric-ferry-is-close-but-it-may-be-next-year-before-it-can-do-full-schedule 

Posted on - 2021-04-07

Splash 24/7 polling indicates the expected 25-year lifespan of today’s vessels is set to become shorter as technology breakthroughs accelerate along with looming environmental regulations.

 

 

To review additional information and vote in the poll, please visit the link below:

https://splash247.com/25-year-ship-lifecycle-questioned/ 

Posted on - 2021-04-07

Christian Bonfils, who headed up BW Dry Cargo, has formed Copenhagen Commercial Platform (CCP), with the backing of BW Group and Weco Shipping to connect owners and charterers while demonstrating each vessel’s environmental metrics, vetting the energy efficiency design index (EEDI) and then reporting annual efficiency ratio (AER) and energy efficiency operational indicators (EEOI). The platform has 16 ships already onboard.

 

 

For additional details, please visit the link below

https://splash247.com/bonfils-launches-green-tonnage-chartering-platform/ 

Posted on - 2021-04-07