NatPower Marine and ZEBOX Partner on Maritime Energy Infrastructure
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NatPower Marine and ZEBOX announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of energy infrastructure geared toward the decarbonization and electrification of ports and maritime transport. Under this agreement, NatPower Marine joins ZEBOX, the international innovation accelerator backed by the CMA CGM group, combining NatPower Marine's infrastructure development, financing and operating capabilities with ZEBOX's international maritime and logistics ecosystem.
Areas of joint work
Both organizations will identify and advance opportunities in shore power, electric vessel charging, battery storage, grid connection, clean energy and integrated energy management. The stated goal is to link innovative technologies and real operational needs with the infrastructure, capital and execution capabilities required to move relevant use cases from concept to actual deployment.
Company profiles
NatPower Marine develops, finances, builds and operates integrated energy infrastructure for ports and shipping lines, with expertise in power supply, grid connection, battery storage, shore power, electric vessel charging and energy management. ZEBOX, headquartered in Marseille according to Ship Management International, was founded in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM group, and brings together promising startups and large companies to accelerate decarbonization and operational optimization in the maritime and logistics industry.
Statements
Frederic Guilleux, CEO of ZEBOX, stated that the organization's mission is to connect disruptive technologies with real industry needs and create the conditions for them to scale, and that NatPower Marine's addition brings critical energy infrastructure expertise to help turn innovative solutions into concrete projects. For his part, Fabrizio Zago, Global CEO of NatPower, said that the maritime energy transition will not be achieved through technology alone, but requires energy, infrastructure, capital and operational capacity to converge around real demand, and that the partnership with ZEBOX allows NatPower Marine to deliver infrastructure that can be financed, built and operated at scale.
