EV Maritime, New Zealand’s leading electric ferry design and technology company, announced the launch of its first fully electric passenger ferry. The new vessel will operate between downtown Auckland and the suburb of Half Moon Bay.This is the first of the EVM200 class,a series of battery-electric fast ferries built using lightweight carbon fiber.
An agreement between Höegh Autoliners and green industry pioneer Nordic Circles launches a national project that will change the handling of decommissioned ships. Using Norwegian technology, labor, and industry, old ships will be upcycled in Norway into certified building materials—without melting, without export, and with up to 97% lower emissions.
Sweden-based fire, flame and gas safety solutions company Consilium Safety Group on Tuesday announced it has acquired Daspos, a Danish fire safety company specialized in detection of gas, oil mist and fuel vapors. Daspos has developed a unique and patented detection sensor technology, that can predict the risk of fire in the engine room of all types of vessels.