N.L. firm's battery-powered fishing boat wins $500K efficiency competition
Posted: May 12, 2021 3:09 PM AT | Last Updated: May 12 ACOA's hull design efficiency challenge was open to commercial and non-commercial organizations registered to do business in Atlantic Canada. (Courtesy National Research Council of Canada) A marine engineering company based in Newfoundland and Labrador has won the grand prize of $500,000 in a federal government competition to design a more full-efficient inshore fishing boat in Atlantic Canada. TriNav Marine Design of St. John's was one of three finalists to develop a hull that lowers operating costs and reduces greenhouse gas emissi...