Hanwha Power announced on October 23 that it had received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its design of a 1,700 TEU battery-powered container ship.

The certificate presentation ceremony took place on October 22, local time, at the 2026 Maritime Hybrid, Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Conference in Bergen, Norway. Jong-kyu Hwang, Vice President of Technology Solutions at Hanwha Power, attended the ceremony alongside senior representatives from ABS. The event runs from October 21–23 at Scandic Bergen City.

The newly approved design concept features a fully electric container vessel powered by a large-scale 151 MWh energy storage system (ESS).…