Stuart Prestidge, Author at Advanced Maritime Technology International https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/author/stuartprestidge Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:35:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/amt-logo-colour-square-150x150.png Stuart Prestidge, Author at Advanced Maritime Technology International https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/author/stuartprestidge 32 32 MAN Energy win order for environmentally sustainable ship engines https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/man-energy-win-order-for-environmentally-sustainable-ship-engines.html Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:35:21 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6498 MAN Energy Solutions will supply six MAN B&W 9S50ME-C9.6 Tier II-compliant main engines for three, 238-metre RoRo vessels intended for operation in the Baltic Sea for Finnish shipping company Finnlines.  The MAN B&W ME-C engines will form [...]

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]]> 6498 VARD to produce hybrid vessel for renewable energy application https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/vard-to-produce-hybrid-vessel-for-renewable-energy-application.html Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:24:20 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6494 VARD, designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels and Fincantieri subsidiary, have agreed to design and build a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Ta San Shang Marine Co.    The vessel – the first one to be built [...]

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]]> 6494 Electric tug project gets green light https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/ports-and-harbours/electric-tug-project-gets-green-light.html Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:22:02 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6488 Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) has entered into partnership with the Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands to develop a fully-electric ship-handling tug – the first of its kind in the world.  [...]

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]]> 6488 ABB brings fuel cell technology a step closer to powering ships https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/ferries-and-cruises/abb-brings-fuel-cell-technology-a-step-closer-to-powering-ships.html Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:09:45 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6484 ABB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hydrogène de France (HDF) to jointly manufacture megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels.  Building on an existing collaboration with Ballard Power Systems, provider of proton exchange membrane [...]

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]]> 6484 Contract agreed for hybrid fishing vessel https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/vessel-build-and-maintenance/contract-agreed-for-hybrid-fishing-vessel.html Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:38:45 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6478 Ship builder Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, has signed a contract to design and construct a vessel for Akraberg, which will incorporate the latest in hybrid propulsion system.   In addition to the diesel mechanical-diesel electric hybrid motor which will allow smokeless operation [...]

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]]> 6478 Rauma begins ferry construction https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/ferries-and-cruises/rauma-begins-ferry-construction.html Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:30:46 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6474 Rauma Marine Construction (RMC) announced this week that work has begun on the production of Tallink’s new shuttle ferry, MyStar, at the Rauma, Finland shipyard despite the Covid-19 pandemic.   Tallink’s new car and passenger ferry will be the largest ship built at the RMC shipyard in Rauma, Finland [...]

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]]> 6474 Keel laying for electric ferry completed https://www.advancedmaritimetechnologyinternational.com/news/ferries-and-cruises/keel-laying-for-electric-ferry-completed.html Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:19:47 +0000 https://www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com/?p=6470 Keel laying for the second Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) fully electric ferry took place this week at Holland Shipyards Group’s yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the Netherlands.  In May last year, SFK awarded Holland Shipyards Group for the [...]

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