Ballast Water Treatment System retrofit onboard LNG carrier has been completed, full commissioning carried out on the Singapore anchorage, signed off by Albion Marine representative, BWTS supplier Service Engineers and Class. The vessel is on the way to the loading port. The next vessel entered dry dock two weeks ago and installation is in the full swing supported by our onsite supervisors.

Albion Marine Engine Experts (AMEX) team was working onsite through this weekend to provide emergency main bearing replacement on a mammoth 10S90ME engine. Albion was able to activate it AMEX team to arrive onboard within a few hours of notice. The team returned back late past Monday midnight having successfully complete the job well before vessel’s morning departure. The job was executed at one of the largest container terminals on west coast of North America - Delta port, BC with the vessel being a part of one of the world’s largest container carrier fleets.

Albion Marine Solutions team is currently performing an onsite supervision and assisting one of our major clients with a ballast water treatment retrofit in a Singapore shipyard. The project is going along smoothly, despite COVID-19 challenges and restrictions. The retrofit is moving forward and should be completed according to schedule

The environmental and opex benefits of energy storage are driving more North American owners to opt for all-electric propulsion for their coastal passenger vessels. Developments in battery technologies, energy management systems and shore power charging, however, are making ‘ditch the diesel’ decisions a lot easier in certain harbour and coastal vessel applications. That is the case for two new all-electric tour boats built for US-based Maid of the Mist, which sails scenic cruises to the base of Niagara Falls. Using the power of Niagara Falls itself to propel the vessels, the all-electric boats, James V. Glynn and Nikola Tesla, will recharge shoreside each time they dock to load and offload passengers. Recharging to 80% capacity takes about seven minutes, with all of the renewable electricity generated by the Falls – one of the largest sources of hydropower in North America. These true zero-emission passenger vessels – the first newbuilds of their kind in the US – are each powered by a pair of battery packs with a total of 316 kWh, split between two catamaran hulls. This creates two independent power systems providing full redundancy. Read More: Riviera News