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Spanish suction sail system marks newbuild debut
Spanish suction sails developer bound4blue has secured its first contract for a newbuild vessel. The company has been selected to…
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Seanergy lines up capesize for hydrogen retrofit
Nasdaq-listed Greek capesize specialist Seanergy Maritime has joined a European Union-backed project aiming to demonstrate the use of hydrogen as…
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British owner prototypes new wind tech
GT Green Technologies, in collaboration with Carisbrooke Shipping and the University of Bristol, is ready to install one of its…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Sea
Christoffer Svärd is well aware of shipping’s frustration at the fragmented nature of maritime tech. Clients are faced with a…
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Maritime tech investment JV launches in the US
AMA Capital Partners, a boutique transportation and maritime focused investment bank, has formed a joint venture with Boston-based Skysail Advisors,…
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ABB buys weather routing firm in latest maritime tech consolidation move
In a most recent move for shipping data providers, multinational tech corporation ABB has acquired the shipping business of weather…
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Canadian project to develop marine-based nuclear reactors moves ahead
Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy is teaming up with Westinghouse Electric Company to develop nuclear power plants that can be used…
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BAR Technologies turns to China for production of WindWings sails
Marine engineering consultancy BAR Technologies (BAR) has formed a partnership with China Merchants Energy Tech to manage and oversee the…
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Starlink offers all ships free internet for two months
The widespread, rapid adoption of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service on hundreds of ships was arguably the biggest onboard tech…
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Fleet of pure electric boxships lined up to shift containers around Shanghai
The city of Shanghai has ordered up to 20 pure electric zero-carbon containerships that will operate on the Huangpu River…
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Toyota rides along with the likes of BW and Shell in Corvus Energy investment
Woven Capital, a venture arm of Japanese carmaker Toyota, has invested in Norway-based marine battery maker Corvus Energy. An undisclosed…
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AI imagines what the world’s most famous artists would have made of container shipping
The year 1956 is widely considered the moment when container shipping was born. On April 26 that year, American trucking…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Dualog
Norway’s Dualog holds a special place among the Splash team, being the only company to have sponsored every single Maritime…
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Alex Saverys outlines plans for 120 low-carbon ships
The new-look Euronav is drawing up plans for 120 low-carbon ship orders. At a capital markets day on Friday, Alexander…
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The creators of The Captain’s Table form start-up consultancy
The people behind The Captain’s Table, one of shipping’s top pitch competitions, have formed a start-up consultancy. Ship Shape Strategies…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Voyager
Come May 2, the inaugural Geneva Dry will kick off with a whole afternoon devoted to digital, a chance for…
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Printed circuit board fuel cell tech primed for large vessels
Following the successful trials on a narrowboat, the inventors of the world’s first hydrogen-electric boat powered by a printed circuit…
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DeepOcean beefs up its digital offering through btwn acquisition
Norwegian subsea services player DeepOcean has strengthened its offering within digitalisation and automation through the acquisition of a compatriot digital…
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ZIM rolls out container tracking devices
The world container fleet is increasingly becoming smart. Israeli carrier ZIM is the latest to announce a significant investment in…
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Morgan Stanley leads $34m fundraiser at Vortexa
London-headquartered energy and shipping analytics platform Vortexa has tapped private equity to raise $34m in fresh capital to speed up…
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