Live from SMM: What will the ship of the future look like?

Riku-Pekka Hägg, Vice President, Ship Design, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions talks about current trends in ship design

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016— What will the ships of the future look like? Will the use of solar and wind power become more prevalent onboard ship in the near future? How far into the future is the self-powered ship?

Right now, the quest for energy efficiency, fuel savings, life-cycle cost savings, flexible fueling, and flexible operations is driving innovation. To get some insight into what the ship of the future might look like, Marine Log interviewed Riku-Pekka Hägg, Vice President, Ship Design, Wärtsilä Marine Solutions at SMM 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.

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