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Project to establish ammonia bunkering for Norwegian offshore sector

Posted on June 27, 2023 by | Leave a comment

This is the kind of cooperative project that can provide success in ESG innovation. It’s a sort of ‘green corridor’ project, with a network of bunkering terminals, and ships to service offshore oil operations in the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

By 2030 about 80 new or rebuilt ships, powered by ammonia, will be servicing the oil operations in that area. Let’s hope it works out.

The problems of handling ammonia at sea are fairly well understood. We have to see what technology they develop to insure safety and easy handling by seamen and shoreside workers.

 Adis Ajdin June 27, 2023

Project launched to establish ammonia bunkering for Norwegian offshore sector

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Hoptek helps trucking firms be data literate

Posted on May 26, 2023 by | Comments Off on Hoptek helps trucking firms be data literate

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Premiere of the world’s first self-driving ferry

Posted on May 7, 2023 by | Leave a comment

Stockholm will launch the world’s first self-driving passenger ferry, powered entirely by electricity. The ferry will run between the Stockholm islands of Kungsholmen and Sodermalm, starting in June, 2023.

It is owned by Torghatten AS, one of Norway’s important companies in the transportation industry. Torghattan’s annual revenue is approximately NOK 3.7 billion and it has approximately 1250 employees. Its core business is seaborne transportation in Norway (Torghattan website), with over 90 passenger and ferry vessels. Torghattan is owned by the Swedish private equity company EQT.

Ideas for the ferry started at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. The goal was to create more sustainable urban mobility. The company Zeabuz was spun off from the autonomous vessel research community at NTNU, who built the first autonomous ferry prototypes, specifically to develop the autonomy system for these ferries.

Stockholm has many islands. Kungsholmen is central to the city, and is where the city hall (Stockholms stadshus) is located. Sodermalm is a neighboring island, just to the south. The distance traversed is not large, but an autonomous ferry will make it convenient to travel between the islands. There are bridges, but the ferry provides a walkable alternative.

A picture of the ferry is below.

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