Busan Port Authority has launched South Korea’s first all-electric passenger ferry with power and propulsion systems from Switzerland-based ABB. The vessel, built by Kangnam Corporation in Busan, is the first of up to 140 assets which the South…

Danish fast ferry operator, Molslinjen, has ordered a third high-speed electric ferry at Incat Tasmania. The 129m-long battery-electric vessel will join two others that are already being built at the shipyard in Hobart.

The ferries will be deployed…

China Merchants Group subsidiary, Deltamarin, and China Merchants Heavy Industry have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a flexible floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) design suitable for a range…

The first pair of hybrid-electric vessels in Washington State Ferries’ (WSF) extensive vessel upgrade programme are to have hybrid-electric propulsion systems supplied by ABB. The Washington State Hybrid-Electric 160 Auto Ferry Program, the largest…

India’s V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority has opened a tender for a new shipbuilding and repair yard across 56 hectares at Tuticorin, including 49 hectares of land and seven of waterfront, offered on a 30-year lease. Entrants to the bidding process…

EVE Energy and Green Whale Technology (GWT) have signed a strategic partnership to expand the global deployment of high-performance marine Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS). The alliance combines EVE’s lithium marine battery technology with…

After a pilot project with Palantir Foundry, in which submarine constructor General Dynamics Electric Boat claims to have brought a 160-hour planning job to just ten minutes, the US Navy is spending some USD 448 million in bringing AI technology to…

Davie Defense has acquired Gulf Copper & Manufacturing’s shipbuilding assets in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, following review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The acquisition gives Davie Defense, part of the…