We welcome REM offshore as new MBF member

Join the MBF Battery Safety Initiative

AVILOOs Battery Remote Diagnostics expands into the maritime Industry.

Simon Møkster Shipping taps Vard Electro for the installation of SeaQ Energy Storage System onboard two platform supply vessels

Welcom to Industrikomponenter joining the MBF

Call for speakers for WATTS UP 2022

Syb ten Cate Hoedemaker is welcomed as new Managing Director of the MBF

CEO and Founder of Amon Maritime, André Risholm gave a presentation on why batteries can play an important role for the Ammonia solution, followed by a Q&A session.

Learning about new technologies in industry networks, such as the Maritime Battery Forum, is valuable for shipping companies, but strengthened support from the networks can help shipping companies adopt zero emission technology. Read more about it here.

MBF member Vard Electro newly announced that their SeaQ Energy Storage System (ESS) was selected for implementation on board Atlantic Towing’s platform supply vessel (PSV).

Lerøy Havfisk joined the forum in the beginning of July - welcome!

The Norwegian Coastal Administration joined the forum in the beginning of July - welcome!

Lloyd’s Register joined the forum in the middle of June - welcome!

Awind just joined the forum - welcome!

We are hiring! We are looking for a fulltime employee to follow up and carry out the ongoing forum activities, as well as support the members and grow the forum further. Check out the job advertisement, apply or share.

Solstad just joined the forum - welcome!

On May 19, close to 70 people were gathered on Teams for the first MBF member meeting of the year. The topic was battery safety. Roman Stoiber (Corvus Energy), Arne Fortun (Fjord1) and Sverre Eriksen (DNV) gave insightful presentations on the topic. There is no doubt that the meeting involved good discussions and sharing of knowledge & experience.

The Harvey Energy will become the first ABS-classed dual-fuel (LNG/marine diesel) and battery vessel and the first U.S. flagged OSV equipped with a battery/converter system. Wärtsilä was contracted to supply the energy storage system, energy management system, transformer and drive.

MBF member Kongsberg Maritime is to supply battery package and other equipment to the training vessel, MS Gann, to reduce emissions and enhance training om board.

Despite the pandemic, the forum’s annual conference, WATTS UP, was carried out on March 10-11th. More than a hundred attendees met online for the two-days conference, getting charged on current battery and hybrid related topics. Click here to read more about this year’s conference.