Following the success of previous small vessels using diesel-electric propulsion and contra-rotating propellers, IHI Marine United (IHIMU) of Tokyo, whose experience includes building a VLCC with a contra rotating drive during the 1990s, is now planning to construct a concept ferry using only electricity as a power source. To be known as the Zero Emission Electric Propulsion Ship (ZEEPS), this will be an inland passenger ferry. Since 2006 the diesel-electric contra rotating system has been inst....

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