The Sadie Ann, a battery hybrid research vessel custom-designed by Incat Crowther for the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute (LSRI), has been delivered and is set to enter service. In a statement issued yesterday (22 September), Incat Crowther said the new vessel, built at the Midship Marine shipyard in Louisiana, ‘can operate independently on battery power, via diesel engines, or through a combination of technologies’. It has two John Deere diesel engines paired with twin Esco Power electric motors and an 86kWh battery pack. Described by LSRI as ‘a floating classroom’, the new vessel will provide students of […]

Rolls-Royce has commissioned a new Remote Monitoring Centre (RMC) in Arcola, Italy, which is the first such Centre outside Berlin, where remote monitoring has focused on battery storage systems and microgrids, and, says the company, it marks the starting point for the global roll-out of the concept. The new RMC will initially be used for the monitoring of vessels fitted with mtu propulsion systems and for power generation plants. As Andreas Görtz, President of the Mobile & Sustainable Business Unit at Rolls-Royce Power Systems, explained: ‘With remote monitoring, we are evolving our customer service from merely providing support for specific […]

Nord Gas Solutions is to supply the Cargo Handling System (CHS) and LPG Fuel Supply System (LFSS) for eight 90,000 cubic metres (cbm) Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) vessels ordered by BW LPG and to be constructed at South Korea’s HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HD HM)/ The contract was signed in August and announced by Nord Gas today (23 September). It will be the first time that VLGCs will be build at this shipyard within HD. Patrick Ha, Sales Manager at Nord Gas Solutions, commented: ‘We are honoured to have been selected for this important BW LPG project by HD […]