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…
Electric Boat Completes All-Solar Generated Cruise to Alaska
The 27-foot wood-hulled electric boat Wayward Sun completes her all-solar generated cruise to Alaska.
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…
Can a Boat Be an EV? Behind Cannes Yachting Festival’s Fast-Charging Demonstration
For several years now, environmentalists and eco-conscious drivers alike have been making the much-needed shift to electric vehicles. Not only does the excavation process for non-renewable oil have an incredibly high environmental impact, but burning non-renewables also emits a ton of greenhouse gases. But cars…
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.
Up the creek without a paddle
An article by Charles Mathys Project Overview Using an Arduino Uno computer, the voltage of an 18 volt battery pack is modified to match the 12 volt trolling motors specifications. Using PWM techniques, 6 forward and 3 reverse speeds are programmed to make the trolling…
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,…