Damen Shipyards has signed a 12-year contract with multinational public transport company Arriva Danmark for five electric ferries. Known as Damen Ferry 2306 E3, Arriva will operate the vessels for its client, Danish public transport agency MOVIA, in the country’s capital city Copenhagen.

A feasibility study undertaken during the tender process saw Damen consider several different solutions, including biodiesel, hybrid and full electric propulsion options. However, the latter was eventually deemed the most cost-efficient solution over the full period of the contract.

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Posted on - 2018-07-24

Turkish ship designer and builder Navtek Naval Technologies, a subsidiary of TK Tuzla Shipyard, has selected Corvus Energy's Orca energy storage system (ESS) for the world’s first battery-powered, all-electric tugboat.

The Navtek NV-712 ZeeTUG, which stands for Zero Emissions Electric Tug, will be delivered in early 2019 to GISAS Shipbuilding and operate primarily in Istanbul harbor. According to Orkun Özek, Navtek’s vice chairman of the board, "the tug is small and will work in a very narrow and tight environment, which is why we opted for a fully electric, battery-powered propulsion system rather than a hybrid solution”.

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Posted on - 2018-07-24

Maritime engineering and architecture firm BMT has announced the launch of a new hybrid ferry design. 

At 31m long, the 149-passenger Eco Ferry has a top speed of 20kts and is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system comprising BAE System’s HybriDrive system, a 160kWh energy storage system and a solar array on the vessel roof. When the upper end of power is needed, the vessel’s diesel engines provide support while also keeping the batteries, which can also be further charged by the solar array, topped up at the same time. 

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Posted on - 2018-07-24