Tag: batteries

European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program will fund Current Direct, a new research and innovation project aiming to halve the cost of today’s marine battery electric drivetrains.

On the Earth Day, BC Ferries launched its sixth battery electric- hybrid Island Class ferry.

The Danish shipping company MHO-Co is heading a consortium that will spend EUR 4.5 million during the next three years to develop green solutions for the maritime industry.

In October 2020, the US Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach found eleven non-compliant SEE-ME 1.0 LED PFD lights. The bottoms of the lights were missing, cracked, or bulging.

In its recenty published Safety Flashes, IMCA addresses an incident where a lead-acid battery blew up when an engine was started. To remind, IMCA Safety Flashes summarise key safety matters and incidents, allowing lessons to be more easily learnt for the benefit of all. 

Yara Marine Technologies aims to expand into new green technology for the maritime industry, and its accelerator program for startups aspires to tap into green marine technologies.

Commercial development work has commenced for the first phase of key design and engineering of next-generation vanadium redox flow-battery systems (VRFB Battery) for marine propulsion applications, Canada's VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. announced. 

Current Direct, a new research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, aims revolutionize the way of water transport by enabling rapid adoption of marine battery systems, cutting costs and reducing GHG emissions. 

In its recenty published Safety Flashes for December, International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) shares a case where a crewmember injured by a battery explosion onboard vessel deck.

The research institute Fraunhofer ISE, battery supplier Corvus, Carnival Maritime GmbH and DNV GL joined forces and launched an initiative called “DDD-Batman”, in order to study maritime battery health.