The Rotterdam-based Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has become part of the EU-supported project that aims to introduce two zero-emission inland waterway vessels.
Together with its partners Trafigura and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the Wiesbaden-based company has started the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of a production plant located in the Norwegian Municipality of Sauda.
The Finnish manufacturer will deliver the all-electric, busbars-powered, automated rubber-tired gantry cranes (ARTGs) in three phases, with the delivery of the first six machines expected in Q2 2023.
Within the MEGURI2040 project, led by The Nippon Foundation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its partners have carried out two port-to-port autonomous sailings with a coastal container ship and a ferry.
The 45t of lifting capacity machinery, due for delivery in early Q4 2022, will feature a 326 kWh lithium-ion battery pack covered by a five-year warranty and an expected first life of 10-12 years.
thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers will engineer, procure, and fabricate a 200 MW electrolysis plant using the company's 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis modules.
As of 2022's second quarter, the service ship of Northern Energy & Supply will run on electricity (while its auxiliary engine will be fed by hydrotreated vegetable oil).
