AET has reached an agreement with Birmingham, Ala., headquartered battery system specialist Fleetzero that will see one of AET Offshore’s Galveston, Texas, based lightering support vessels (LSVs) retrofitted with a plug-in hybrid-electric
By Julia Anastasiou, Chief Crew Management Officer, OSM Thome NOTE: Saturday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. Thirty years ago, when I began my career in the maritime industry, women at sea
San Diego-based Flagship Cruises & Events reports that it has been awarded a $15.27 million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop two fully electric zero emission ferries to
The Saltchuk Group is partnering with the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) to establish two programs focused on transportation and logistics. These
Building on its experience of using liquid hydrogen as a fuel for Ariane rockets, France’s ArianeGroup has launched the European NAVHYS project. Partners in the project, which is co-funded by the EU,
Japan Marine United (JMU) and BMT report that they have been contracted by Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to design and build the next-generation high speed landing craft, the Caimen
Long Beach, Calif.-headquartered maritime emissions capture specialist STAX Engineering reports that it has raised $70 million in funding and is launching carbon capture trials with onboard carbon capture technology innovator Seabound. STAX
By Ilari Leinonen, Product Owner, Elomatic The maritime industry is currently navigating a period of transformation, which is driven by increasingly stringent regulatory frameworks and an industry-wide push towards decarbonization. With these
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published the final two reports in a series of six, focused on alternative fuels and decarbonization technologies. The reports were contracted from a consortium led
Aiming to optimize wind propulsion efficiency, rotor sail pioneer Norsepower is collaborating with Marseille-based climate tech start-up Syroco to deliver innovative energy efficiency solutions for merchant vessels, reducing fuel consumption, minimizing carbon
