Ship Technology World wide Challenge 76
In this challenge:
Will battery-powered ships consider in excess of the market?
A new 60m tanker, named the e5, is the first of its form to be powered entirely by lithium-ion batteries. This all-electric powered vessel will start in Tokyo Bay following calendar year. Frankie Youd asks about the advantages of battery electricity above other inexperienced energy resources, as properly as the components that led to the growth the current market saw this yr.
Neptune Declaration: has just about anything altered for stranded seafarers?
Much more than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the scenario hasn’t enhanced considerably for seafarers. Will the Neptune Declaration, the industry’s hottest pledge to convey crews home, help or are there far more effective means to perform crew modifications? Ilaria Grasso Macola finds out.
Testing the waters: immediate shipping opens among Iran and Syria
A new shipping and delivery line involving Iran and Syria is previously causing tensions in the Center East, yet could be a lifeline for each sanction-strike nations around the world. Heidi Vella profiles the new agreement and possible pitfalls for stoking geopolitical tensions.
Size matters: Inside the Tuas Mega Port challenge in Singapore
The largest port infrastructure in the world is scheduled to open its first two berths in 2021. Julian Turner receives the inside track from Er Tham Wai Wah, main engineer and senior director at Singapore’s Tuas Mega Port.
Q&A: The environmentally friendly prospective of wind propulsion with BAR Technologies
BAR Technologies and Cargill are building WindWings, a new wind propulsion know-how that will offset 30% of CO2 emissions, contributing to the decarbonisation of the maritime sector. Ilaria Grasso Macola speaks to the BAR Technologies CEO John Cooper about the undertaking and wind propulsion’s eco-friendly likely.
Preview – Ship Technological innovation World-wide July 2021
Worldwide media coverage encompassing the Ever Specified container vessel becoming stuck in the Suez Canal – resulting in an approximated hold-up value $400m for every hour in world trade – has highlighted the importance of maritime navigation program. We discover how improvements in navigation technological know-how will hopefully prevent this kind of events from happening once again.
We profile new voyage preparing software package, which aims to not just make deliveries get there on time, but lessen the environmental effects of shipping by way of route alterations brought about by point out-of-the-art GPS technology.
We also discover out how non-income organisation Eyesea aims to fight air pollution and maritime hazards by generating a exceptional world pollution map with enable from all those in the market.