by Stas Margaronis Oct 17, 2018
In Rotterdam Green Acres Meet Green Seas
Rotterdam floating dairy farm proposes food delivery to coastal cities and emergency backup
Cordero says 2017 was turn-around year for Port of Long Beach
In an interview, Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, told AJOT that the Port has “re-established the same annual container volume in 2017 that it had processed before the 2008 recession.”
San Francisco Port Director Elaine Forbes promotes $425 million seawall to combat higher sea level
Port of San Francisco Director Elaine Forbes urged November passage of a $425 million bond issue by San Francisco voters to rebuild San Francisco’s outdated seawall and combat higher sea levels caused by global warming.
Rep Garamendi warns U.S. is vulnerable to Russian polar dominance of sea lanes
Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) told California maritime executives that the US Coast Guard is “seriously underfunded” and lacks the heavy ice breaker fleet that Russia and possibly China might deploy to dominate polar sea lanes.
Toyota wins Port of Long Beach approval for fuel cell powered auto terminal
Toyota has won approval to build its first zero emission auto terminal at the Port of Long Beach powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The current terminal will be renovated and should be operational in about eighteen months, according to a Toyota spokesman.
Statoil/Equinor plans US $12 billion in renewable energy projects
Norway’s oil and gas giant, Statoil, which has been renamed Equinor, has made major investments in renewable energy technologies and plans for $12 billion more in the next twelve years.
First US-built zero emission fuel cell ferry will sail on San Francisco Bay in 2019
The first hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel built in the United States will sail on the San Francisco Bay in 2019 and it will generate zero emissions.
ABB/Ballard zero emission fuel cells could replace shore power requirements for ships
The recently announced ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) and Ballard Power Systems collaboration will build zero emission fuel cell modules that can eliminate the need for costly shore power installations for ships at ports and provide zero emission marine power.
ABB collaboration with Ballard advances fuel cell ships
Electronics maker, ABB, and Ballard Power Systems, a maker of fuel cell technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the next-generation zero emission/ fuel cell power system for ships.
Corvus Energy will build new automated marine battery factory in Norway
New demand for ferries, cruise ships and offshore supply vessels is driving battery-maker Corvus Energy to build a new automated factory in Bergen, Norway.
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