Maersk

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image has been created, depicting a group of port executives, including men and women of various ethnicities, standing on a port. They are holding blueprints and digital tablets, with expressions of confusion and concern as they try to understand the concept of port electrification.

Shipping Ports Move Molecules So Electrification Is Hard For Them To Grok

How many ways to resist electrification are there? How many cognitive biases get in the way? I’ve found a lot of them, but recently I discovered another. Ports are in the business of handling big honking masses of gases, liquids and solids, and so are predisposed to think that there … [continued]

DALL·E generated image of an electric container ship sailing on a beautiful sea under a clear sky, digital art

Atlantic Crossing By Methanol-Powered Ship Is Neither Viable Nor Carbon Neutral

Over the past couple of years, I’ve reached the end of my first set of scenarios for marine decarbonization through 2100. My bets are on batteries for all inland and two-thirds of short-sea shipping, and biofuels for the rest. It took me years to work through the aspects of synthetic … [continued]