https://youtu.be/3LGiBVeauQI Ashored Technologies, a new company based in Halifax, Canada, has just been accepted into the prestigious startup accelerator Masschallenge. Ashored is developing a bottom-bound ropeless fishing system to minimize the risk of ship entanglements and trap loss/damage, while allowing fishers to fish in zones closed to fixed … [Read more...]
Niagra Falls Tour Boat Operator Orders Battery-Powered Vessels
Niagra Falls tour boat operator Maid of the Mist has placed an order for the first all-electric, zero-emission vessels to be built in the United States. The two new passenger vessels will be powered entirely by high-capacity, lithium-ion battery packs supplied by Swiss technology and power company ABB. The two new vessels are already under construction at … [Read more...]
Wärtsilä Helps ‘North Sea Giant’ Go Green
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä announced the installation of energy storage systems onboard the offshore construction vessel North Sea Giant which the group says could deliver impressive fuel savings of up to 50 percent. Wärtsilä says the installation of three energy storage systems features, for the first time ever, energy and load sharing capability. The system combines … [Read more...]
Seven Green Technologies Helping Shipping Clean Up Its Act
By Kyunghee Park and Jason Clenfield (Bloomberg) -- Air pollution from cars and factories has been regulated in much of the world since the 1970s. When it comes to the smoke-belching ships that carry global trade, the rules have been a lot looser. Big changes start next January, though, when long-debated standards from the International Maritime Organization … [Read more...]
Cargo Ships Can Go Green With New Technologies: Editorial
By The Editors (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Shipping is the lifeblood of global commerce — more than 80 percent of world trade goes by water. But the industry is also an environmental menace, producing as much carbon dioxide annually as Germany. The International Maritime Organization has helpfully called for ships to produce about 85 percent less sulfur by the end of next year, … [Read more...]