Boats that ply Singapore’s open waters will get a clearer picture of how to go electric earliest by the end of year, when maritime authorities release a set of approved designs. It’s hoped that these will scale up manufacturing quickly and cheaply. By 2030, all new harbour craft must be electric or run on low-carbon fuels. Harbour craft are vessels that don’t venture beyond Singapore waters, such as boats that ferry people to neighbouring islands like Pulau Ubin. Meanwhile, experts said vessels will need more places to juice up. So far, there’s only one public charger at Marina South Pier. Claudia Lim reports.
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