{"id":31148,"date":"2026-03-13T04:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/31148\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:27:56","slug":"decarbonizing-maritime-transport-and-global-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/31148\/","title":{"rendered":"Decarbonizing Maritime Transport and Global Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Electrifying the short haul<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/new.abb.com\/marine\/vessel-segments\/short-distance-shipping\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">shorter routes<\/a>,\u00a0particularly ferries, tugboats or other vessels operating within harbors and inland waterways, complete electrification is a viable solution. All-electric ferries and tugs, powered by battery packs and charged at terminals, are already operating in various parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These vessels operate with zero emissions while making the ride more comfortable for both passengers and crew with quieter\u00a0 operation, lower vibrations and no exhaust.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABB delivered an integrated electric propulsion system and advanced vessel control technology for the US\u2019s first all-electric, battery-powered harbor tugboat, the Crowley eWolf, built for sustainable and safe operations at the Port of San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In its first 10 years of operation, eWolf is expected to eliminate 170 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx), two tons of diesel particulate matter, and 3,100 tons of CO2 compared with a conventional tug. It will be supplied with power by a shoreside microgrid charging station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electrifying the short haul For\u00a0shorter routes,\u00a0particularly ferries, tugboats or other vessels operating within harbors and inland waterways, complete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,2056],"class_list":{"0":"post-31148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-abb","8":"tag-abb","9":"tag-motion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116219982795548004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}