World’s Largest Electric Ferry With A Capacity Of 2100 Guests
lectric power is currently flexing muscles as the largest electric ferry in the world – boasts the capacity of carrying 2,100 guests and their vehicles – is all prepared for […]
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World’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel secures EUR 9M in EU funding
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel. Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, […]
Maersk Takes Next Step in Securing Global Methanol Supplies
Maersk is going to own a large chunk of the global methanol supply chain if it keeps investing at its current pace. The Danish transport firm, among the biggest investors […]
World’s First AiP for Ammonia Floating Storage and Regasification Barge
Image of A-FSRB YK Line, Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. (NSY), and IHI Corporation (IHI) (hereinafter “the parties”) received an Approval in Principle (AiP) on December 26, 2022 from ClassNK for […]
Portuguese e-ferry will use Zinus fully autonomous charging solution
Equipped with two 246 kWh battery packs, the ferry will replace an older vessel that emitted over 300 tonnes of CO2 annually. Portugal’s first all electric car/passenger ferry is […]
New Kite System for Ships Trialed on Transatlantic Voyage
France-based wind propulsion specialist Airseas is sharing the first footage of its automated kite system Seawing in use during transatlantic sea trials. The trial took place on board the roll-on/roll-off […]
RINA’s First Ship Capable of Running on Hydrogen
The research project TecBIA, aims to validate the sustainable technology of fuel cells for naval applications through the construction of the prototype ship named ZEUS with hybrid propulsion, classified by […]
MOL to make Sea Trials of LNG Carrier Powered by Biofuel
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) announced that its group company, AQUARIUS LNG SHIPPING LIMITED (Managing Director: Yoshiyuki Kato) has conducted sea trials of its owned […]
World’s Largest Cruise Company Turns to Air Bubbles to Help Reduce Emissions
AIDA Cruises’ 2016-built AIDAPrima was the first ship Carnival Corporation’s fleet to use the air lubrication system technology. MartinLueke / Shutterstock.com The world’s largest cruise shipping company has announced […]
Wärtsilä Voyage unveils new demonstrator vessel to prove what is already technologically possible for the current fleet, and for further innovation
Wärtsilä Voyage today took the SMM event in Hamburg as the occasion to unveil its new demonstrator and innovation vessel, Ahti. The former German Government fishery patrol vessel was chosen as a […]