A collaborative project spearheaded by Optima Electric Yachts – a company dedicated to producing 100% electric boats with energy-saving hullforms – and funded by the fourth round of the UK government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC4), aims to develop an electric vessel for urban riverine transport, as well as potential leisure and commercial marine applications. […]
Vision Electric Boats, the boatbuilding division set up by Canadian electric outboard manufacturer Vision Marine Technologies, unveiled its new “unsinkable” polyethylene boat, the Phantom, at the 2024 Miami International Boat Show. The bright blue boat was produced using rotational moulding (aka rotomoulding): a technique used to create large, one-piece, complex shapes, typically with uniform wall […]
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business in the UK has been selected by Team Resolute to provide hybrid propulsion technology for three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships for the UK Ministry of Defence. Team Resolute is a consortium created by Spanish shipbuilder and defence company Navantia, shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and naval architects BMT to deliver […]
US tug and workboat operator Crowley Maritime has taken delivery of eWolf, a vessel hailed as the country’s first Jones Act-compliant, all-electric ship-assist harbour tug. Commencing operations at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, the 25m x 12.2m vessel, first announced in 2021, is expected to remove 178tonnes of NOx, 2.5tonnes of […]
Incat Tasmania has taken inspiration from the skies, having unveiled plans to “do for short sea-sea ferry services what Boeing did for the aviation industry” with a new range of electric ferries. And, just as Boeing reduced its development and manufacturing costs by incorporating standardised components and processes, so Incat predicts that the new e-ferry […]
Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has launched an electric, double-hulled catamaran ferry, ordered for use by the Government of West Bengal. Named Dheu, the newbuild features a length of 24m, an aluminium hull and an FRP superstructure, and can carry up to 150 persons. Dheu was built to Indian Register of Shipping […]
Decarbonisation of the ferry sector continues to gain pace, with naval architect and designer BMT recently providing a preview of its forthcoming EF-500 all-electric passenger vessel concept. Developed to meet international demand for low- and zero-emission ferry services, the EF-500 concept was unveiled at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, hosted between November-December 2023, […]
The new 7017 E service operation vessel (SOV) from Damen has a trick up its sleeve – or more accurately, at the end of its gangway, writes Stevie Knight. Importantly, it’s a trick that promises to allow the vessel to run on battery power alone. This recent 4,300gt design will, like its SOV 7017 predecessor, […]
If all goes to plan, the new year will see Stockholm welcome the first Candela P-12 foiling passenger shuttle – a city transport solution that promises zero emissions and extremely favourable efficiency gains compared to conventional diesel inland ferries. For example, Candela claims, the 11.99m x 4.5m, 30-pax vessel will only require 44kW of engine […]
Overall, patrol and rescue vessels have been relatively slow on the uptake of electric propulsion, which is understandable. Unlike ferries on fixed coastal routes, patrol boats need the guarantee of a certain level of speed and range, especially when undertaking surveillance, interception and casualty recovery missions that take them far from shore, necessitating capabilities that […]
Portuguese boatbuilder Navaltagus Shipyard has delivered what’s claimed to be the first all-electric ferry on the Iberian Peninsula. The battery-powered Salicornia will replace an older vessel on the São Jacinto-to-Ílhavo route, and Navaltagus predicts that the newcomer should reduce CO2 emissions by 300tonnes each year. Salicornia features an overall length of 37.4m, a 9.2m beam […]
One of Britain’s most iconic boatbuilders is back, after a short hiatus – and creating a new generation of battery-powered sports boats ranks among its top priorities. Formed by Norman Fletcher in 1960, Fletcher Boats began life as a model shop in the West Midlands, before turning to real boat construction – firstly as a […]