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CREST Wind (Crowley / Esvagt) SOV to be built by Fincantieri’s Bay Shipbuilding. 1.

Tug Spartan operated by

Seabulk Towing. 2.

Hydrogen One, EBDG’s design being built for Maritime Partners.

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Image courtesy Master Boat Builders Image courtesy CREST Wind

Image courtesy Maritime Partners water is added on-the-go.”

Methanol & Hydrogen

Maritime Partners will be the owner of Hydrogen One, a

Methanol and hydrogen have been touted as “future fuels,” tug designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, to be built at In- though, the future is happening quickly with the “e-1” metha- tracoastal Iron Works near Houma, La., which will deploy the nol to hydrogen generator developed by Element 1, an Or- technology. The boat, to be equipped with electrical power egon-based small-scale, manufacturer of advanced hydrogen distribution and automation technology from ABB, will be generation systems. chartered to American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL). Its

Importantly, a lead investor in the company’s e1-Marine di- development team says that the vessel (with economics com- vision is Maritime Partners LLC, a ? nancier (and owner and parable to a newbuild with a Tier 4 diesel powerplant) could lessor) of vessels serving the inland sector. operate over four days in between refueling of methanol, e-1 Marine has been actively marketing a technology where which they suggest is readily available. hydrogen fuel cells, which generate electricity similar to bat- The naval architects at Glosten, working closely with ABB, teries, are fed hydrogen produced by a proprietary onboard have developed a design (referred to as SA-100) for a harbor system “…where methanol is stored in conventional tanks and tug with L-Drives, powered by methanol-fueled gensets, or, 20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • April 2023

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