RISING environmental compliance costs are making the case for more battery-power aboard ships more compelling, Maersk technical innovation manager Andrew McIntosh told a recent marine conference in Amsterdam.
'Lower battery costs and higher fuel costs related to cleaner marine fuel requirements could make the business case for batteries by 2020,' he told delegates to the Electric and Hybrid Marine Expo.
Mr McIntosh said Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, believes the case can soon be made for batteries reducing fuel costs on its containerships when ships enter and leave port as well as for optimising engine efficiencies.
This will reduce the number of auxiliary engines utilised on vessels and allow for their substitution by batteries. The result will be less fuel consumption and emissions, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
Maersk containerships could be deploying batteries to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 2020.
'But batteries can't do everything and there will still need to be a diesel engine' for the immediate future.
Diesel & Turbo's hybrid battery systems chief Susanne Lehner said her German marine engine company also believes in the imminent use of batteries 'for the drivetrain or to fulfill the hotel load' requirements of a ship.
Det Norske Veritas engineer Ben Gully said 'maritime battery market penetration is quickly accelerating in many areas'.
'Lower battery costs and higher fuel costs related to cleaner marine fuel requirements could make the business case for batteries by 2020,' he told delegates to the Electric and Hybrid Marine Expo.
Mr McIntosh said Maersk, the world's biggest shipping company, believes the case can soon be made for batteries reducing fuel costs on its containerships when ships enter and leave port as well as for optimising engine efficiencies.
This will reduce the number of auxiliary engines utilised on vessels and allow for their substitution by batteries. The result will be less fuel consumption and emissions, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
Maersk containerships could be deploying batteries to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 2020.
'But batteries can't do everything and there will still need to be a diesel engine' for the immediate future.
Diesel & Turbo's hybrid battery systems chief Susanne Lehner said her German marine engine company also believes in the imminent use of batteries 'for the drivetrain or to fulfill the hotel load' requirements of a ship.
Det Norske Veritas engineer Ben Gully said 'maritime battery market penetration is quickly accelerating in many areas'.