Bureau Veritas calls for standardized safety regulations to accelerate adoption of electrification technology

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has called for greater clarity regarding standardized safety regulations that will advance the development of maritime electrification technologies, following the publication of a new technology report, Maritime Electrification: Maritime Battery Systems and Onshore Power Supply. The report explores how electrification technologies – specifically Energy Storage

Valencia port to support ship electrification project

The project, which is being coordinated by the Tecnalia Research & Innovation Foundation and involves Fundación Valenciaport, has a budget of approximately 7.5 million euros and is partially funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency’s (CINEA) Horizon Europe program. In order to eliminate the need for transformers and cooling systems on ships,

AT&T to buy Rivian EVs as part of electrification program

Electric vehicle startup Rivian has found a new Fortune 500 customer for its delivery vans after ending an exclusivity deal earlier this year with Amazon. On Dec. 14, Rivian announced that telecommunications giant AT&T will purchase Rivian electric vans as well as vehicles in its R1 platform of trucks and SUVs. The purchases are part

Wärtsilä signs electrification and integration services agreement

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide its Fleet Electrification and Systems Integrator Services for a project to build the first zero-emission high speed ferries in the USA. The fully electric vessels will be built for San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), the operator of the San Francisco Bay Ferry

Durapower to electrify AGV fleet for PSA Tuas Port

Singaporean Lithium-ion battery manufacturer, Durapower Holdings Pte Ltd (“Durapower”) has successfully commissioned 54 Automated Guided Vehicles (“AGV”), powered by Durapower batteries, for operations at PSA Singapore (“PSA”) Tuas Port. Durapower clinched the PSA Tuas Port AGV battery tender earlier this year, and has completed testing of its 266kWh Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) with a

Shift Clean Energy and STADT to work jointly to electrify shipping

Canadian battery producer Shift Clean Energy (Shift) has joined forces with Norwegian propulsion system developer STADT in a bid to electrify global shipping. Shift is a supplier of clean energy solutions to the marine market and beyond and is responsible for some of the first electrified vessels in the market, including the first electric ferry

Biofuel demand in road transport to fall as electrification gathers pace

The decarbonisation of EU road transportation will increasingly impact the demand for fossil and biofuel in the decades to come, according to a new study by Rabobank. The long-term outlook for biofuels, beyond 2045, does not look promising, as the expected decline in demand is likely to encourage biofuel companies to look for alternative uses