The Netherlands’ new subsidy rewards cleaner vessel propulsion, but its principal cost denominator leaves out shared shore infrastructure that turns vessels into repeatable freight services.
Two approaches to reducing drag: an Artemis Pioneer demonstrator photograph and an illustration of an air-cavity electric workboat. Different vessel roles.
Hydrofoils have an obvious appeal. Lift a boat’s hull clear of the water, reduce drag and move passengers faster while consuming less energy. I’ve written before about the proposed electric hydrofoil ferry between Vancouver, Bowen Island and Gibsons, where floating logs, coastal conditions and uncertain passenger demand make the economics … [continued]
Carbon pricing in a global context In April 2025, governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on a historic global regulation, the Net-Zero Framework (NZF). It was designed to set global shipping on a course to net-zero by 2050 in a just and equitable way. Global shipping is responsible … [continued]
The SMAP mechanism introduced under the ETS represents an opportunity to help the maritime sector to transition towards clean fuels and propulsion technologies, and strengthen Europe’s industrial leadership. With an estimated support of €15 billion between 2028 and 2040, such a mechanism could encourage shipping companies to use green e-fuels, … [continued]
Summit serves as an operational audit of EV progress in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines — When the 14th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS) opens its doors this October, the exhibition floor will look, to casual visitors, like a conventional automotive trade fair. Bright spotlights will bounce off polished sheet metal, … [continued]
MONTREAL, Canada — Taiga, a pioneering manufacturer of electric off-road vehicles and watercraft, today announced a major update to its vehicle operating system. The new software introduces a suite of advanced features, including inbuilt mapping and industry-first geofencing technology designed to radically improve rider safety and how vehicles access waterways … [continued]
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — WHEN Bastø Electric entered service in Norway in March 2021, it was hard to miss the significance of the ferry. At 139.2 meters long, with room for 600 passengers and 200 cars and a 4.3-MWh battery, it was the world’s largest all-electric ferry at the time. … [continued]
DNV says shore power, plug-in hybrids and fully electric ships could materially reduce future shipping fuel demand, but those pathways sit outside the simulation producing its headline 2050 fuel requirement.
DNV’s new Maritime Forecast to 2050 puts a very large number on shipping’s future demand for low-carbon molecules. In its strongest global-regulation scenario, internationally operating ships above 400 gross tonnes require about 185 million tonnes of oil equivalent of low-GHG fuel in 2050, roughly 7.7 to 7.8 exajoules. That implies … [continued]
SAN PABLO CITY, Philippines — The Philippines’ first locally designed and built electric passenger ferry is no longer just a demonstration project. It is now carrying passengers on the Pasig River in Metro Manila. The M/B Dalaray was developed by engineers at the University of the Philippines Diliman with funding from … [continued]
Only 5% of EU ships’ tonnage was dismantled in Europe despite the capacity to recycle much more. Vast majority of end-of-life ships are sent for beaching in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh under poor environmental and safety standards. The vast majority of EU-owned or EU-flagged ships are being scrapped under poor … [continued]
