Wärtsilä and Grupo CBO have signed an “Agreement for Decarbonization Modelling” aiming to support and accelerate the decarbonization of CBO’s offshore supply fleet. The scope of the agreement includes a detailed analysis of the potential benefits to CBO of short and long-term solutions. These include digitization, energy efficiency and energy saving devices, hybridization and future alternative marine fuels with a particular focus on the viability of fuel Ethanol. In connection with this announcement, Equinor informed this week that it has signed an agreement with CBO for the conversion of up to three PSVs to the hybrid model. The intention of the Norwegian major is to have the first vessel ready and adapted by the first quarter of 2023. According to CBO, the PSV CBO Wiser will be the first vessel of their fleet to go through such modifications and receive the battery packs.
