Word’s First Fully Electric, Battery-Capable Self-Unloading Ship To Be Developed By CSL And Adbri

Canadian shipping firm CSL declared it is collaborating with Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd. (popularly called Adbri) to build and operate the world’s first-ever fully electric, battery-capable, and self-unloading vessel.

The specially built ship will replace Adbri’s Accolade II per a 20-year collaborative agreement. It will support the business’s limestone operations in South Australia, emphasizing increased productivity and environmental responsibility. The ship will carry up to 2.7 million tons of limestone yearly, a 35% increase over its current carrying capability.

Per Louis Martel, the President and the CEO of CSL, the revolutionary vessel was developed in line with Adbri’s and CSL’s shared decarbonization aim. It will start running on a hybrid diesel and battery system, substituting 25% of the diesel with electric power and decreasing Scope 1 emissions by almost 40% compared to Accolade II.

The objective is to have the ship fully powered by electricity by 2031, thereby bringing down Scope 1 emissions to levels lower than 10%.

CSL stated that the 11,000 DWT self-loading and self-discharging bulk carrier’s design had been optimized to offer Adbri an integrated limestone supply chain. It also noted that the advanced battery installation and hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system provide a way for decarbonising shipping operations.

With plans to install enough batteries shortly to enable 100% electric operations, the vessel’s energy needs will be met to roughly 50% by shore power and battery energy storage.

The new ship, owned and run by CSL, will help Adbri boost cement volumes at Birkenhead and promote the manufacture of lower-carbon goods like EvoCem, which replaces clinker with limestone.

Reference: MarineLink

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