marinEV, the marine electrification business of Yinson GreenTech, has marked the latest milestone in its commercial adoption of electric harbour craft in Singapore with the acquisition of a one-year bareboat charter with HHH Marine & Logistics (“HHH Marine”) for Hydromover 1.0.
Marking its second Hydromover commercial charter in Singapore in less than a month; the agreement follows marinEV’s July 2026 bareboat charter of Hydromover 2.0 to OPL Services, and seeks to expand upon the commercial deployment of the Hydromover platform across another maritime operator and operating profiles within the Port of Singapore.
The vessel, which commenced operations on 17 August 2026, is currently in use supporting HHH Marine’s ship-supply operations, transporting essential supplies from port terminals to vessels at anchor within the Port of Singapore. This charter has an initial term of one year, as well as options to extend, whilst the deployment itself also includes Marine Digital Platform (“MDP”), marinEV’s proprietary digital intelligence platform which provides fleet management, performance monitoring and operational optimisation capabilities.
First introduced as Singapore’s first fully electric cargo vessel under the Goal Zero Consortium, Hydromover 1.0 has undergone a number of enhancements since its launch, and most recently received upgrades to its battery system, resulting in an increase in the vessel’s overall energy capacity and operational flexibility.
Jan-Viggo Johansen, Managing Director of marinEV, said:Hydromover 1.0 was developed to demonstrate how electric cargo vessels could operate within a busy commercial port environment. What matters now is turning that experience into everyday commercial operations. The vessel has evolved through real operating feedback, including enhancements to its energy capacity and operational flexibility, while the lessons from Hydromover 1.0 have also helped shape Hydromover 2.0.
Securing a second Hydromover charter in less than a month, with a new operator and a different operating profile, is an encouraging sign of how the market is progressing from demonstration towards commercial adoption. Our focus now is to build on that momentum and continue improving the operational and commercial competitiveness of electric harbour craft as deployment scales.
