General News

For one of the world’s biggest merchant fleets, environmental regulation and efficiency improvements remain high on the agenda even in the face of economic uncertainty, Martin Kröger, managing director of German shipowners…

With plans to build a remote-controlled coastal demonstrator ship by 2018, Rolls-Royce and partners in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications project are confident that such vessels are no longer a distant possibility.…

Neda Maritime Agency has been awarded carbon credits through a methodology developed by AkzoNobel’s marine coatings business.

The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference concluded last week with a strong second day highlighting several technical challenges caused by shipping’s evolving regulatory framework.

The conclusion of a supplementary study on marine fuel availability by Navigistics Consulting and EnSys Energy was among revelations on the first day of The Motorship’s 38th Propulsion & Emissions Conference.

The International Windship Association (IWSA) has announced that nominations for the first Wind Propulsion Innovation Awards are officially open.

Private public partnership Energy Technologies Institute is investing in three research projects that could both accelerate the development of new energy efficient solutions and contribute to the UK’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction…

Cathelco’s desalination division is gaining a foothold in the commercial and military sectors with a host of orders for its range of space saving water makers.

DNV GL has released latest versions of its integrated calculation tools, Nauticus Hull and Sesam GeniE.

Dry bulk operator ESL Shipping and ferry company Finferries have joined the consortium studying Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications (AAWA) as the Rolls-Royce led project enters the next stage.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has called on the IMO to show its true commitment to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions from shipping at the forthcoming Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 69)…

Rolls-Royce and partners are to test a fusion of advanced sensor technologies onboard a Finferries vessels in the next stage of a project studying remote control and autonomous ships.