Sustainability
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Green Technologies
Two recyclable and reconfigurable boats ordered for military-style security duties
Glasgow-based Ultimate Boats has won an order to build two 11.5m for a UK security company. With design input from military veterans, the two boats will have two distinct features.
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Green Technologies
Expedition Zero seeks industry partners
A start-up focussed on ‘zero impact’ adventure yachting is seeking members of the marine industry to help it get established. The company aims to upcycle abandoned sailing yachts (some 24,000 derelicts are in Europe alone) and convert them into electrically propelled expedition yachts that will be easy to recycle at ...
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News
Yamaha deploys mega solar array at Fukuroi South plant
Installation of 2,200kW solar array to support ongoing efforts toward achieving carbon neutrality
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News
Hugelmeyer – multiple solutions needed for marine sector decarbonisation
NMMA president Frank Hugelmeyer says electrification alone is not the answer to reducing boating’s carbon footprint
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News
Nimbus to display energy efficient concept at Düsseldorf
The Alukin Ocean Air 8 offers great energy saving potential, yard says
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News
Southern Wind looks to sustainable procurement model
SA builder completes LCA project in bid to cut carbon footprint
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UK
UK technology company completes testing of world’s first hydrogen-electric boat
New craft powered by printed circuit board fuel cell technology
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News
Netherlands weighs electric boating courses in vocational school curricula
Work is underway to develop part-time ‘Electric Sailing’ courses at intermediate vocational schools
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News
New electric boat show to be held in Valencia in April
Organisers describe new event as ‘historic milestone for sustainable boating in Spain
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News
Williams Jet Tenders partners with start-up for boot Dusseldorf eco-initiative
Williams commissions Spared to transform waste plastics into tabletops
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News
Patrick Industries releases 2023 Sustainability and Responsibility report
Inaugural corporate responsibility document outlines plans for, progress on environmental and social initiatives
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News
Aqua superPower to install first marine fast charger in the Gulf of Naples
Marina di Stabia has announced a collaboration with Aqua superPower to install the first marine fast charger in the Gulf of Naples. Embracing this technology marks Marina di Stabia as the foremost marina in the region dedicated to supporting eco-friendly electric boating initiatives. Aqua superPower claims to be the ...
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UK
New UK boat show dedicated to the electric narrowboats
Inland waterway boats could be prime adopters of electric
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Green Technologies
‘Liveable’ solar yacht that lifts up on stilts
The ARKUP Liveable Yacht is built in the US and offers 2, 218ft2 (206m2) of living space. Electric motors give it a top speed of 8.5 knots. A new type of all-electric sustainable yacht has been developed by two French engineers, and the key USP is its ...
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France
Oceanslab racing team looking for new lead partners
France-based Oceanslab, described as a ‘unique ocean racing team innovating and demonstrating clean technologies for the marine sector,’ is seeking new lead partners. As we reported recently in Pulse, several major companies such as Brétéché Hydrogen, JE Transporte and Groupe Clisson are already members of the Cleantech Hub, and more ...
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Advanced composites in boat building
From greater recyclability to lighter weight to easier repair, advances in composites could significantly influence boat building not in the distant future, but in 2024
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Green Technologies
Torqeedo participates in a project to develop a fully autonomous inland vessel
Development underway for fully autonomous vessel with all-electric drive system being supplied by Torqeedo
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News
boot Düsseldorf, EBI release details of blue innovation dock 2024
The focus next year will be on innovative technologies, alternative drives and materials, and the sustainable management of marinas and moorings
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News
Nimbus starts sea trials of new electric boat concept
Boat with special hull requires 50% less energy for propulsion
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News
Linssen Yachts installs 552 solar panels as part of its sustainability drive
Dutch yard working on 2030 ‘Zero Emission Timeline’