Captained by A.I., This New ‘Mayflower’ Will Cross the Atlantic This Spring
On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, bearing 102 passengers and about 30 crew members. After a perilous 66-day journey across the North Atlantic and a harsh winter, the surviving Pilgrims and crew of the Mayflower encountered the Wampanoag, who were familiar with Europeans as traders, kidnappers, and agents of plague.
Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars
It’s become painfully obvious over the past few years just how difficult fully autonomous cars are. This isn’t a dig at any of the companies developing autonomous cars (unless they’re the sort of company who keeps on making ludicrous promises about full autonomy, of course)—…
Switzerland to unveil its first zero-emissions passenger ship.
TICINO, LUGANO AUGUST 20TH – Exclusively built, designed, and engineered in Ticino the Società di Navigazione del Lago di Lugano (SNL) has unveil Switzerland’s first zero-emissions electric passenger ship, at the stunning Lake of Lugano, on September 14, 2021. For more than 170 years SNL…
The ship of the future travels alone (and does not pollute)
Northern Europe and Japan are preparing for the revolution of unmanned and electric container vessels: the first fleets ready by 2025. In the coming months, 3 unmanned container vessels, one Japanese, one Finnish and one Norwegian , will anchor. After that, the seas will never be the same…
Stena to develop quayside powerbanks to charge electric ferries
Stena is leading a project that will assist in charging electric ferries quickly (Image: Stena)
Stena Line to deploy battery-powered ferries on Gothenburg-Frederikshavn route
Ferry Stena Line, Denmark’s Frederikshavn municipality, and the Port of Frederikshavn have signed an agreement to deploy battery-powered ferries on the Gothenburg-Frederikshavn route The partners aim to have two battery-powered ropax Stena Elektra vessels operational by 2030. 215-m long Stena Elektra can accommodate more than…
High-speed emission free catamaran – BELUGA24
[Stockholm, Sweden]: Green City Ferries launches BELUGA 24, a new type of passenger ferry for zero emission public transport on waterways. The BELUGA 24 will revolutionize waterborne public transport through energy efficiency, sustainability, and speed. “With BELUGA 24 we are demonstrating a high-speed emission-free alternative…
This ship has no crew and it will transform our understanding of the ocean. Here’s how
Until the Challenger expedition of 1872–1876, little was known about the ocean. Travelling nearly 70,000 nautical miles (130,000 km; 81,000 mi) during its four-year mission, the converted Royal Navy gunship catalogued over 4,000 previously unknown species, building the foundations for modern ocean science.
South Korea Gets its First Electric Ferry
Building on its work P&O Ferries, the Washington State Ferries and other customers, technology firm ABB is going to be assisting with the construction of South Korea’s first all-electric ferry. Haemin Heavy Industries, a small aluminum-vessel shipyard in Busan, will be building the new 100-passenger,…