CATL’s batteries and energy management systems are already operating in roughly 900 ships and vessels, a figure that on its own should reframe how maritime decarbonization is discussed.
Shipping is, by its nature, conservative for structural reasons tied to safety, long asset lifetimes, and unforgiving certification regimes, so deployment at this scale signals that electrification is no longer a pilot exercise but operating infrastructure.
China’s national policy environment reinforces that positioning. Inland shipping and ports sit squarely within China’s dual carbon objectives of peaking emissions before 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060, with national and provincial policies emphasizing low carbon ports, electrification of port equipment, expansion of shore power, and modernization of inland waterways.
Source: Clean Technica: Read The Article
PSR Analysis: While this is important as part of the drive to de-carbonize, none of these vessels are true shipping giants, as energy density and battery weight would make it impossible for large container ships to ply the worlds oceans as they do currently. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast & Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
