Hybrid cargo cranes for bulkers

DNV’s Eirik Ovrum: "We have concluded that the payback time is less than a year and that fuel consumption will be reduced by nearly one third.”

DNV and Bergen-based open hatch bulker operator Greig Star have unveiled the results of a joint study into the energy saving potential of a battery hybrid system for operating electric cargo cranes on the next-generation Greig bulkers.

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