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Autonomous electric water taxis a key part of Kiel’s next-gen intermodal public transport plans

Feb 24 2022

Torqeedo has been awarded a contract to supply a complete electric drive train for a groundbreaking autonomous boat in the German city of Kiel.
The electric vessel, designa...

ABB and Ballard reach milestone towards fuel cell-powered marine transport

Feb 23 2022

• ABB and Ballard Power Systems (Ballard) join forces in an industry-first partnership to develop high-power fuel cell concept capable of generating 3 megawatts (4,000 HP) of el...

Stena Line’s two biggest vessels get extended and upgraded facilities

Feb 23 2022

This week the Swedish ferry company Stena Line’s two largest ferries, the STENA HOLLANDICA and STENA BRITANNICA, have completed a EUR 1 million refit to provide brand new onboar...

BOTNIA ENABLER out on sea trials

Feb 22 2022

Last week, WALLENIUS SOL’s newest vessel was put to sea for her first sea trials. Since her launch, a series of tests and measures have been carried out to prepare her for the t...

Scandlines launches new website for growing freight business

Feb 22 2022

Scandlines continues the positive development of its freight business, which is becoming an increasingly important business area. The ferry operator recently launched a more inf...

The NEcOLEAP project led by Meyer Turku brings together industry trailblazers to build a climate-neutral cruise ship

Feb 22 2022

Meyer Turku has been selected to take part in Business Finland’s financing project for leading companies and their partner ecosystems, which aims to help companies to increase t...

Cemre Shipyard selects Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to equip Scandlines' zero emission ferry.

Feb 18 2022

Cemre Shipyard has awarded Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) a substantial contract to supply the battery and control systems, plus act as system integrator for a zero-emissio...

Red Funnel awarded RoSPA Order of Distinction Award

Feb 18 2022

Red Funnel, the original Isle of Wight ferry operator, has been awarded an Order of Distinction (20 consecutive Golds) Award for health and safety performance by RoSPA, the Roya...

Wärtsilä and Grimaldi unveil new filter system to tackle ocean microplastics

Feb 17 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä, together with the shipping company Grimaldi Group, have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to tackle the amount of mic...

Scandinavian Biogas defines long term target for 2030 – 3 TWh biogas production, mainly Bio-LNG

Feb 17 2022

Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB (SBF) defines its long-term growth target. The European biogas market is experiencing a paradigm shift and developing very fast especi...

Boundary Layer Technologies partners with Danfoss’ Editron division to power its hydrofoiling electric ferry, ELECTRA

Feb 17 2022

Boundary Layer Technologies, a California-based marine technology startup has partnered with Danfoss’ Editron division and has signed a Letter of Intent for the supply the elect...

P&O Cruises celebrates build milestone for Britain’s most environmentally-friendly cruise ship AVRIA

Feb 16 2022

A key stage in the construction of Britain’s newest and most innovative cruise ship has been marked at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg.
The team building P&O Crui...

Wärtsilä solutions open route to decarbonisation for Poland’s first LNG-fuelled RoPax vessels

Feb 15 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Remontowa shipyard in Poland to supply engines, fuel storage and supply systems for three new RoPax vessels, the first LNG-f...

Viking Line survey: Passengers have found their sea journeys to be safe even during the pandemic

Feb 15 2022

More than 90 per cent of the 4,500 people who responded to Viking Line’s passenger survey have found the company’s vessels to be safe throughout the pandemic. The health safety ...

Costa Cruises restarts with the entire fleet in 2022

Feb 15 2022

Costa Cruises continues its gradual restart plan for 2022. From 5 March, the date on which the new COSTA TOSCANA, star of the recent edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, will...

CARNIVAL CELEBRATION floated out at Meyer Turku shipyard

Feb 15 2022

The 185,000 GT Cruise ship Carnival Celebration was floated out to the outfitting keel today at Meyer Turku shipyard, Finland. As indicated by her name, the LNG powered vessel w...

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