Bunker Saving and Clean Ship Tech Honoured at 2017 Electric & Hybrid Marine Awards

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday June 16, 2017

Players and stakeholders in the development of bunker saving and other technologies that can reduce the environmental impact from Shipping have once again been awarded at this year's Electric & Hybrid Marine Awards.

The winners were announced at a ceremony hosted last week at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

An international jury of 42 maritime journalists including a representative of Ship & Bunker, as well as marine industry experts and academics from a combined 20 countries chose the winners in each of the five categories.

Canada-based marine battery maker Corvus Energy won Supplier of the Year for the third year in a row, with an impressive 80 percent of the judges awarding the company full marks.

Corvus also won the Innovation of the Year award for its Orca Energy ESS.

Last month the company's ESS tech was featured as part of a planned "one tonne per day" bunker-saving retrofit for the offshore platform supply vessel Viking Princess.

The Electric & Hybrid Propulsion System of the Year award went to BB Green, an electric commuter ferry delivered in June 2016 to operator Green City Ferries in Stockholm, Sweden, and is officially the world's first all-electric air-supported vessel (ASV).

ABB was awarded Propulsion System Manufacturer of the Year, whose winning efforts included signing a formal agreement with Wuchang Ship Building Group to develop greener ships in China's icebreaking and cruise sectors.

The Chief Engineer of the Year award was presented to Tor Øyvin Aa, managing director of Norwegian shipbuilding company Brødrene Aa.

Launched in 2014, the Electric & Hybrid Marine Awards looks to champion the best in technology and innovation in the electric and hybrid marine sector. It is supported by associated publication Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International.