Robert Allan (Naval Architecture Firm) Unveils New All-Electric Pilot Boat Design
The British Columbia based naval architecture firm Robert Allan has unveiled a new all-electric pilot boat design dubbed the RAlly 1600-E, according to recent reports.
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Massterly — Wilhelmsen & KONGSBERG’s New Autonomous Shipping Firm
The prominent shipping industry firms Wilhelmsen and KONGSBERG are partnering to launch a new autonomous shipping firm by the name of Massterly. It is the world’s first such company, according to a press release announcing the matter.
Is Sion Power’s Licerion Lithium Battery What The Electric Aviation World Has Been Waiting For?
It sounds as if the electric aviation news industry has somewhat tapered down, giving a chance for other competing electric mobility industries to make it into the limelight. But that doesn’t mean that the electric aviation industry is sitting idly either. In fact, Sion Power just announced a “breakthrough” in its Location Lithium battery chemistry.
Get A Free Tesla With A New Home In Florida. Maybe.
Is the global real estate boom losing steam? Are developers so desperate to move units that they have to give away a luxury sedan to close a sale? Not likely. Then why are sellers of new homes in places like Dubai and Hong Kong offering a brand-new Tesla Model S with each purchase?
Rolls-Royce Unveils Autonomous Ship R&D Center In Finland
Adding to the rapidly growing nature of interest in the sector, Rolls-Royce has unveiled and opened a new research and development facility in Finland that is focused on autonomous shipping.
Hybrid Ferry Standard Platform To Be Implemented For Danish Islands — Goal Is Fully Electric
This week, the Danish ministry of industry, business, and financial affairs presented a number of initiatives to strengthen maritime development in the country. The plan, called The Blue Denmark, covers 36 different growth potentials — one of them is about modernizing the ferries connecting the many small populated islands to the mainland.
Dutch Company Introduces Autonomous Electric Barge In Europe
Dutch company Port Liner will introduce an autonomous electric barge in August. The battery is self contained and can be charged on shore using renewable energy.
Wärtsilä To Supply HY 2 Hybrid Power Modules For Use In New Tugboat Being Deployed…
Wärtsilä has won its first contract in Europe for the deployment of its innovative HY 2 hybrid power modules, a solution allowing for hybrid electric operation of tugboats.
Hydrogen Might Fulfill 3–4% of Total Transportation Fuel Needs
The USA alone uses roughly 220 billion gallons of hydrocarbon fuel a year for transportation. Diverting 3.4% of that to hydrogen as a fuel still displaces 7.5 billion gallons, and the gallons which will be diverted are the most polluting and have the highest greenhouse gas emissions.
Wärtsilä Releasing HYTug (Hybrid Tugboat) Adapted Specifically To China
Wärtsilä, a hybrid tugboat developer (amongst a great many other things), has designed a version of the new HYTug tugboat specifically for the potentially highly lucrative Chinese market.
