The world’s biggest fully electric container ship is the Greenwater 01, designed and constructed by China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO).
This is a significant step towards zero emissions shipping and shows China’s ambitions to decarbonise its maritime and industrial sectors.
The ship is 119.8 m long and 23.6 m wide with a moulded depth of 9 m and a draft of 5.5 m. It has a deadweight tonnage of more than 10,000 tonnes and a 700 TEU capacity.
Its main battery capacity is over 50,000 kWh while its maximum speed is 19.4 km per hour.
The ship features extra containerised battery boxes, each adding 1600 kWh, up to 24 added for a total of 80,000 kWh. The battery containers can be loaded or unloaded to scale power storage for longer journeys.
The largest fully electric container ship helps save around 3900 kg of fuel and cuts 12.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per 100 nm, and up to
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