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Hybrid Thames Uber boats to launch in 2022

Uber Boat by Thames Clippers is building the UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries, set to launch in autumn 2022 and spring 2023. The two new vessels are being built at Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight and aim to improve the sustainability credentials of the business. The hybrid design will allow the new […]

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Maritime, Commercial & Defence

Thames Clippers wins funding for sustainability and hybrid projects

London’s leading river bus operator, Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, has won Department for Transport (DfT) funding to support three projects to research and develop green river transport for the future, with an eye on hybrid engines, intelligent propulsion, and zero-carbon fuel types. The three Clean Maritime projects, which will kickstart the decarbonising of the Thames, are: […]