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Two Seattle-based maritime industry businesses say they’re teaming on a series of “barge-based clean power solutions” for ports that lack the traditional infrastructure for shore power. Marine energy transportation firm Centerline Logistics announced Oct. 30 that it has entered into a partnership with marine engineering and naval architecture firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to build and launch what they’re calling the Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) barge. The firms are expected to announce fleet locations and deployments next year for EBDG's patent-pending floating platform, which could potentially lower vessel emissions by as much as 93% when vessels idle…