Tesla Cargo Ship

[petit_bateau]

Yes, this was indeed announced last year for river barges

China Launches First 700 TEU Electric Containership for Yangtze Service

China completed the float out of its first 700 TEU pure power containership. The vessel, which is being built for COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, is pa...

maritime-executive.com

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1690551345021861888

I would like to see more of these maps overlaid with flight and cargo ship routes etc.

 

[Buckminster]

https://x.com/LimitingThe/status/1701324692219371824?s=20

 

[Buckminster]

The competition:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717968814975963311

 

[SalisburySam]

The competition:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717968814975963311

Wow! Just wow.

 

[Oil4AsphaultOnly]

The competition:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717968814975963311

Further down in the thread, it's revealed to be a 2-stroke turbo-diesel:

For the curious: displacement is almost two kiloliters PER CYLINDER
Bore: 960mm (almost a meter)
Stroke: 2500mm (so very undersquare)
Displacement: 1,828.7 liter per cyl
15-102 RPM (lol)
Piston weight: 5.5 t (12,000lb)

Being a 2-stroke, I wonder how much fuel is wasted into the exhaust? 10%? 20%? More?!

 

[mongo]

Further down in the thread, it's revealed to be a 2-stroke turbo-diesel:

For the curious: displacement is almost two kiloliters PER CYLINDER
Bore: 960mm (almost a meter)
Stroke: 2500mm (so very undersquare)
Displacement: 1,828.7 liter per cyl
15-102 RPM (lol)
Piston weight: 5.5 t (12,000lb)

Being a 2-stroke, I wonder how much fuel is wasted into the exhaust? 10%? 20%? More?!

It's a turbocharged direct injection diesel, that's a lot different from a normally aspirated carburetor two stroke that uses the crankcase and has fuel mixture blow through. Two stoke diesels are more efficient than four stroke diesels, 50% vs 35%. At least when in a low speed long stroke configuration like marine engines.

 

[Buckminster]

Reducing emissions from the shipping sector
According to FT several countries have complained that this will make them uncompetitive.

The need for ev ships is here.