The supply boat, PXO-EXL-1, is capable of cruising at eight knots in zero-emission operations. It can also accommodate a payload of 40 tonnes, or four times that of a normal supply boat. Coupled with an efficient hull design, the vessel can achieve 60% energy savings, providing significant costs and carbon emissions reduction.
The Kuok Maritime Group (KMG) unveiled an electric supply boat and began construction of an electric tug with a keel-laying ceremony at their PaxOcean Pertama shipyard in Batam on Feb 5.
The two vessels, which are among the largest of their kind in Singapore’s waters, will be fully equipped to comply with Singapore’s 2030 goal of requiring all new harbour craft to be either fully electric, capable of using pure biodiesel, or compatible with net-zero fuels such as hydrogen.
