Bibby Changes Shipyard to Build First Zero-Emission Electric CSOV

An innovative project to build the first fully electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) is shifted to a different shipyard as it works to meet the terms of the UK project. Bibby Marine is leading the project which received $25 million in the UK’s Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure scheme (ZEVI) and was initially required to have the vessel in operation between 2025 and 2028.

Bibby Marine announced that it has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Spain’s Armon for the construction of the pioneering vessel. In April 2024 it was reported that Gondan Shipbuilders also in Spain had been awarded the contract aft…