AIRSEAS KITE SYSTEM TAKES TO THE AIR DURING SEA TRIALS
France-based wind propulsion developer Airseas has revealed the first pictures and video footage of its automated kite system Seawing in flight during ongoing transatlantic sea trials.
The material is being revealed following the completion of...
FIRST US FLOATING WIND AUCTION CLOSES
Five developers selected to build the first floating wind farms in U.S. federal waters
To support the California Energy Commission’s planning goals of 2-5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045...
UNIQUE FLOATING INSTALLATION METHOD USED TO CONSTRUCT WIND FARM
For the first time, the construction of an offshore wind farm is being conducted using a floating installation method. Instead of using a traditional jack-up wind turbine installation vessel, which are in short supply...
US KICKS OFF UNMANNED & AI SYSTEMS INTEGRATION EVENT IN BAHRAIN
U.S. 5th Fleet began a three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event in Bahrain, Nov. 23, that will involve employing new platforms in the region for the first time.
The event, called Digital Horizon, will...
WIND HUNTER: MOL TO START BUILDING WIND-SAIL-FITTED HYDROGEN-PRODUCING SHIP IN 2024
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024.
The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project,...
PORT OF MOMBASA EXPLORES USING SOLAR POWER FOR COLD-IRONING
The Port of Mombasa is investigating the feasibility of using renewable- energy for its planned shore power operations. The energy and marine consultant ABL group has already examined two possible brownfield sites for installation...
INDIA’S PROPOSED PLAN TO REVIVE DOMESTIC SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
India is exploring a plan to subsidize its shipbuilding industry in its latest push for industrialization as part of an India first campaign. The details emerged as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is preparing to...
RUSSIA OPENS REMOTE ARCTIC PORT TO FOREIGN SHIPS TO SUPPORT NSR GROWTH
As part of measures to circumvent the impacts of Western economic sanctions and to support the growth of the North Sea Route, Russia has opened one of its strategic ports in the Arctic to...
HAPAG-LLOYD’S FIRST LNG-FUELED ULCV FLOATED IN SOUTH KOREA
Two years after the order was placed, the first of Hapag-Lloyd’s new ultra-large container vessels was recently floated. The ship is the first of a new class of vessels for the carrier which will...
LNG-POWERED ICON OF THE SEAS COMPLETES PROPULSION START TRIAL
Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has achieved another major milestone on the road towards the approaching sea trials as Icon’s propulsion start was completed on 8 May 2023.
In...