Lars Langfeldt, senior project engineer at DNV GL-Maritime, says e4ships’ target is to have maritime fuel cell applications covering auxiliary power supply market-ready in the next couple of years.

On Viking Line's 2,500-passenger ropax Mariella (built 1985) — a ship constructed in Finland at the Turku yard, now owned by Meyer Group — the methanol fuel cell system is “running well” but needs further development, especially upscaling from the current 90kW.