Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 10/2024
Charging system to pave way to electrical operation
Ålesund-based Seaonics, a specialist in offshore lifting, handling and logistics, is to launch an offshore charging system for service vessels operating in offshore energy installations. The Ocean Charger paves the way for support vessels of the future to operate on electricity most of the time. The go-ahead follows successful trials of the Ocean Charger in which high voltage charging in port and offshore enabled the recharging of batteries on the diesel-electric hybrid construction service operation vessel, REM Power , built in 2023 and owned by Norway’s Rem Offshore....