A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships (cropped, courtesy of Fleetzero).
A new business model for electric ships deploys battery swapping and smaller vessels to cut the total cost of ownership below conventional cargo ships.
Google Gemini generated this detailed infographic illustrating the complex logistics, high energy penalties, and significant lifecycle emissions that result in a negative climate value for shipboard carbon capture systems.
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s Project CAPTURED life cycle assessment is one of the more important documents yet produced on shipboard carbon capture. Not because it proves the technology works, but because it finally grounds the discussion in measured data across an end to end value chain. For years, … [continued]
Vancouver, Canada — Maritime leaders from Canada’s West Coast are urging federal and provincial governments to explore the creation of a Canadian-owned commercial trading fleet and a clean, electrified shipbuilding strategy, citing growing concerns over supply chain security, energy sovereignty, and global trade instability. Their appeal draws on the work … [continued]
Incat in Tasmania has completed a battery electric fast ferry for service between Argentina and Uruguay, thanks to European technology.
Google Gemini generated this infographic titled “Where Hydrogen Was Supposed to Win, and Didn’t,” contrasting conceptual hydrogen promises with the operational reality of battery-electric solutions in heavy transport
This year marked the point where hydrogen transportation stopped being a future tense conversation and became an accounting exercise. Across light duty vehicles, buses, trucks, trains, mining equipment, refueling infrastructure, and even aviation, withdrawals outpaced commitments. These were not isolated pilots failing at the margins. They were coordinated retreats spread … [continued]
Wind power is making a comeback in the global shipping industry, with an assist from the aerospace, motorsports, and yacht racing industries (cropped, courtesy of GT Wings).
US President Donald Trump began his war against offshore wind turbines with a bang in January, but the writing of defeat is already on the wall. Despite his efforts here in the US, the domestic offshore wind industry is not an entirely lost cause, and activity continues apace overseas. Additionally, … [continued]
News in batteries and electrification has been coming fast and furious lately. Recently, Su Yi, the head of CATL’s marine division, stated, “CATL’s marine business already covers inland rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, and is now advancing toward ocean-going applications.” “In the near future — perhaps within the next three … [continued]
Image Credit: Neoliner https://www.neoline.eu/en/first-stopover-in-saint-pierre-for-neoliner-origin/
The Neoliner Origin has been dubbed the world’s largest cargo sailing ship at 136 meters or about 446 feet in length. It recently traveled across the Atlantic Ocean from France to the US, but sustained some damage along the route so it is undergoing repairs while cargo is being offloaded. … [continued]
By William Todts The UN’s International Maritime Organization is not normally a place that grabs the headlines. But the scenes that unfolded in London earlier this month were unprecedented. The US government, led by the President and his secretary of state, invested enormous political capital to threaten, cajole and intimidate … [continued]
After writing about the piloting of a fully electric cabin cruiser in a picturesque, natural setting in Norway – something that seems sort of like a dream – there is news of a potentially even more appealing electric boating experience. There is a part of the Mediterranean from the south … [continued]
