Including its 130-metre-long legs, the Voltaire wind turbine installation vessel is 336 metres high. It is on its way from China to the North Sea, where it will install huge new turbines at Dogger Bank Technology 4 January 2023 By Jeremy Hsu A ship taller than a skyscraper is heading to the North Sea to …
An increasing number of large shipping companies are trying out technologies that blow bubbles underneath a ship’s hull, in an attempt to save fuel and reduce emissions Technology 24 October 2022 By James Dinneen Bubbles could help large ships use less fuel Shutterstock/Aytug askin A growing number of ships are blowing bubbles beneath their hulls …
Autonomous ships that can deploy uncrewed underwater vehicles could be used to inspect pipelines, cables and seabed drilling activity Technology 4 March 2022 By David Hambling Ocean Infinity’s marine robotic vessel Ocean Infinity Engineers are developing a fleet of 85-metre-long vessels that will deploy underwater vehicles for tasks like pipeline inspection while their operators remain …
By Matthew Sparkes The Camcopter S-100, manufactured by Schiebel Schiebel Drones are routinely being used for anti-pollution missions off the coast of Europe to “sniff” the exhaust fumes from ships and catch operators using illegal fuel. At the start of last year, the UN’s International Maritime Organization introduced new legislation to reduce the limit on …
By Adam Vaughan The container ship Murcia Maersk JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images Shipping is a bigger contributor to climate change than aviation, and remains one of the few sectors where emissions are growing instead of falling. It has yet to find a sure-fire way to decarbonise. Last week might mark the beginning of a …