Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Elliott Bay Design Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Finnish marine and energy tech firm Wärtsilä to advance the development of EBDG’s Clean Harbor Alternative Mobile Power (CHAMP) Barge design, it was announced March 4. Wärtsilä’s methanol engine technology would be part of the floating mobile power platform design, which could offer “a cost-effective solution to reduce emissions from large vessels in situations where conventional shore power is limited or not available,” the Helsinki-based company said. “We are pleased to partner with Wärtsilä in bringing this innovative patent pending solution to…