The 180-metre-long ships will be able to accommodate 1,000 passengers as well as cargo freight. The Wärtsilä equipment for these ferries is scheduled to be delivered in mid-2025
The Panama Canal Authority ordered ten hybrid tractor tugboats from European shipbuilder, Astilleros Armón, with options for another 10 similar vessels, and Corvus Energy will supply the battery systems for the hybrid-electric vessels.
EST-Floattech announces its collaboration with Wight Shipyard Co. They will install the Octopus Series battery systems on two vessels, the “Mars Clipper” and Cross River Ferry, for Thames Clippers.
Fairplay Towage Group has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two further tugboats, one of which is of the ASD Tug 2813 design, the other one being a tug fitted with azimuth stern drives and a bollard pull of 60 tonnes.