12 Speedy Battery-Powered Boats Bringing the Electric Revolution to the Water
The once disregarded concept is now coming of age in real time. Even two years ago, the idea of electric-powered watercraft was confined mostly to cool-looking sketches. The notion didn’t carry much credibility in the boating world, since water’s high drag caused batteries to deplete…
The electric tender revolution: Meet the models leading the charge
Electric tenders have been a long time coming, but, says Sam Fortescue, these frontrunners are well worth the investment… Let’s get this out of the way up front. In the blunt words of Ernest Menten at Tenderworks: “You have to accept that an electric tender is…
GR60, an electric-powered trawler catamaran under construction in Thailand
The GR60 is a new catamaran offered by Gilles Reigner, founder of Green Research Yachting (GREYachting), a shipyard based in Thailand. The first model of this electric-powered trawler is currently under construction. Fuel cell, wind turbine and solar panels With its two huge vertical wind…
Electric tugs bring environmental and opex benefits
Crowley has ordered the first all-electric tug in the Americas and Navtek provides data from two years of operating Gisas Power Tug operators are increasingly investing in new tugs with low or zero-emissions propulsion. The transition is being driven by upcoming green legislation, public opinion, and…
A green ‘sea change’ as water transport makes its move
All aboard! Europe’s ferry industry has set sail for an emissions-free future. It’s leading the eco-friendly revolution with electric and hydrogen-powered boats that are destined to make urban transport more sustainable. In just a few months’ time, passengers in Stavanger, Norway, will be able to…
Plug in Power Infrastructure for Electric Boats fast-tracked in Europe
Aqua superPower announced a strategic partnership with AC charge point developer e-concept, which has developed a novel design of charging posts that have been approved for use in certain sensitive environments including the canals in Venice. Aqua superPower will be developing charging infrastructure for marine…
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…