EBI sets course with new strategy – ΕΒΑ Greece officialy a member of EBI
Brussels, 25 January 2022 – The association will stand strong for all boating companies in Europe, giving them a powerful voice towards the EU Institutions and stakeholders. Approved as new members of the association by the General Assembly were the Irish Boat Rental Association as…
NGO Criticizes European Ports Calling for More Emissions Efforts – Piraeus pollutes
As the European Union prepares to launch its carbon trading schemes for the maritime industry, NGO Transportation & Environment is calling for a greater focus on the role ports play in carbon emissions and using revenues from the Emissions Trading Scheme to aid with clean…
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.
BMW Group invests in innovative method for efficient and sustainable lithium extraction
New process from Lilac Solutions focuses on sustainable extraction, efficiency and costs Munich. The BMW Group is stepping up its expansion of electromobility and will be releasing about ten million fully-electric vehicles onto the roads over the next ten years or so. By 2030, at least…
MARY GORDON – The oldest electrically powered craft still in existence
MARY GORDON is the oldest electrically powered craft still in existence. In 1898, she was built by W Sargeants of Eel Pie Island in the Thames and has a carvel hull of teak planking on oak frames. She has two timber masts and was one…
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)—…
7th ITS Hellas Conference |“Transportation & Logistics 4.0 – Exploring Innovation”
The Hellenic Organization of Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS Hellas, organizes the 7th ITS Hellas Conference on “Transportation & Logistics 4.0 – Exploring Innovation” which this year will take place on December 8-9 in Athens (Royal Olympic Hotel). The two-day conference has been established as the…
HySeas III sea-going hydrogen ferry design unveiled
The latest stage of the Scottish-led HySeas III project has seen renderings completed of a proposed hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry. The project is aiming for the vessel to become Europe’s first sea-going ferry to use the clean propulsion solution. The proposed ferry is double-ended and…
Lithium-Ion battery recycling finally takes off in North America and Europe
Li-Cycle, Northvolt, and Ganfeng Lithium are among those building recycling plants, spurred by environmental and supply-chain concerns ATER THIS YEAR, the Canadian firm Li-Cycle will begin constructing a US $175 million plant in Rochester, N.Y., on the grounds of what used to be the Eastman Kodak complex. When…