The idea of putting solar panels on vehicles has been around for decades. I can’t say how many companies I’ve seen come and go that planned to produce and sell solar-powered cars. It’s just not the safest and most efficient place to deploy solar panels. However, I’ve never really seen ... [continued]
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The interesting part of Everllence and Silverstream’s Engine Supported Air Lubrication concept is not that ships can reduce drag by pushing air under the hull. That has been known for decades, and commercial systems are already in service. The interesting part is where the air comes from, because air lubrication’s ... [continued]
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BYD’s passenger vehicle sales may be in a transitionary moment, going from year-over-year drops in the beginning of the year to a big sales rise in the second half of the year. In May, they were basically flat year over year. However, on the commercial vehicle side of the business, ... [continued]
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South Africa’s electric vehicle market has reached a pivotal moment, with commercial fleets proving substantial economic advantages and consumer interest surging, according to industry leaders speaking at a webinar hosted by energy analyst Chris Yelland. Industry leaders recently participated in a webinar titled “State of the Electric Vehicle Industry in ... [continued]
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An Post, the national postal service of Ireland, has achieved its carbon reduction plans three months early.
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Just a bit ago, WattEV ordered 370 Tesla semi trucks, which is quite a large order for electric heavy-duty cargo trucks in the US. The Tesla Semi has been in development for years, including various pilot operations for real companies. Now comes news of a California state program to provide ... [continued]
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Albania wants to develop a new commercial port in Durres, but the public tender for its construction has fallen apart in acrimony and accusation.
The Trump administration’s Jones Act waiver is a small policy exception with a much larger lesson. The same administration that says it wants to restore American maritime dominance, rebuild domestic shipbuilding, counter China’s industrial scale, and make U.S. logistics more secure also waived parts of the law usually treated as ... [continued]
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If you want to pilot a container ship into Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, you'd better be good. Navigating the Long Tau river requires these deep-sea leviathans to turn on a dime, making for some spectacular viewing.
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Prosecutors dropped a probe into the alleged smuggling of Russian oil through an Albanian port in 2023, but behind the vessel in question lies a network of individuals and companies linked by Ukrainian intelligence agents to an alleged ‘shadow fleet’ used by Russia to bypass sanctions and finance its war in Ukraine.
Failure to secure an agreement on Weights and Dimensions file would create uncertainty for operators investing in zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. IRU and T&E call for urgent political support to secure a compromise in the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the Weights and Dimensions Directive, in coordinated letters sent to European Commissioner ... [continued]
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Infamous "ghost ships" may not be able to hide on the high seas much longer thanks to new technology being developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The system uses a dynamic satellite camera and advanced data processing to visually track ships in real time.
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HVS was not a fringe hydrogen truck company with a sketch and a slogan. It had a serious ambition, a real engineering team, public support, private funding, partnerships, prototypes, and a target market that sounded plausible enough: zero-emission heavy-duty freight. Hydrogen Vehicle Systems wanted to build fuel-cell trucks for a ... [continued]
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It was just a bit ago Tesla announced its first semi truck coming off of its high-production line. Now, 370 Tesla semi trucks have been ordered by WattEV. “More than 300 of the Tesla Semis will be deployed under a joint program with the Port of Oakland. Delivery of the ... [continued]
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Isolated and traumatised by drones and missiles, seafarers in the Gulf face grave mental suffering after more than two months stuck on board in the Middle East war, maritime charities warn. From captains to cooks, engineers and other officers, the workers who keep global freight flowing have found themselves not just stranded but in some cases right in the firing line of the US-Israeli war with…
France’s aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle was on Wednesday heading towards the southern Red Sea to pre‑position for a possible mission to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, Paris said. The move was intended to send “a signal that not only are we ready to secure the Strait of Hormuz but that we […]
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In the lead-up to the first-ever EU truck CO2 target in 2025, major truckmakers have come to increasingly prioritise their shareholders over making the necessary investments in their own clean transition. In doing so, they risk losing out to new competition. The European Union adopted its first CO2 standards for trucks ... [continued]
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The above photograph shows a huge number of Tesla employees around their first Tesla Semi completed at the vehicle’s high-production line. Tesla has an enormous number of employees that are not the CEO. Their work counts more than the activities of one executive. There was a tremendous response on X ... [continued]
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The IMO’s Net-Zero Framework came out of the latest Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting bruised, delayed, and still alive. For maritime climate policy, that matters. The International Maritime Organization has spent decades moving at the pace of the most cautious flag states, the most exposed bulk exporters, and the most ... [continued]
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Negotiations on Net-Zero Framework postponed until the autumn, but appetite for green measures remains. Negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have ended with the Net Zero Framework (NZF) intact, despite a week of pressure and delay tactics from the United States. While the US and its allies successfully pushed ... [continued]
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Fresh from losing the argument that electric vehicles would ruin your weekend, Australia’s conservative politicians and their media enablers are now hell bent on attacking battery-powered semi-trailers. Of course, they have not admitted that they were wrong about the weekend, and won’t when Twiggy Forrest wins the heavy trucking argument ... [continued]
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Advancements in sodium-ion batteries have come from a new generation of cells from CATL, BYD, and others, bringing the possibility of lower cells costs at higher volume in the near future. CATL has stated it expects oceanic electric ships to be possible in the next three years. Could $20/kWh Naxtra ... [continued]
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Ferries are public infrastructure that happen to float. They are marine buses, freight bridges, medical access routes, school links, tourism arteries, repair crew shuttles, food supply chains, and island lifelines. When they fail, communities notice at once. When fuel costs rise, farepayers and taxpayers notice soon after. That is why ... [continued]
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Leading EU businesses call EU Transport Ministers to implement toll exemptions to accelerate clean freight Logistics giants and NGOs, including DHL, Volvo, and TRATON, are asking for the quick implementation of the Eurovignette Directive. While trucks represent only 2% of vehicles on the road, they contribute roughly 25% of transport ... [continued]
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Singapore and Indonesia have staked out opposing positions on the potential imposition of tolls in the Malacca Strait, a vital artery for global trade and energy shipments, as geopolitical tensions over maritime routes intensify. Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan declared on April 22, that passage through the strait must remain free, rejecting any moves to […]
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The United States has vowed to blockade Iran’s ships until the country makes a deal to end their war. But is the blockade working? Analysts and ship-tracking data paint a complicated picture. Shifting objectives and shadowy activity by vessels making the success of the US operation hard to measure. “There’s been confusion over the scope […]
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How to make European ports future-proof in the next review. The maritime sector accounts for 3% of the EU’s total CO2 emissions, amounting to 145.2 million tonnes of CO2 in 2024. Under current policies, maritime emissions could represent one-third of all transport emissions in 2050. Between 5–7% of these emissions — ... [continued]
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Traffic once again seized up in the Strait of Hormuz as both Tehran and Washington imposed separate blockades.
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For a few months now I have quoting a claim that 70% of ferries on order had batteries, based on reading the stat in what I considered a reliable site. After digging deeper into the orderbook and the denominator, I do not think that figure stands up, but the actual ... [continued]
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"Man overboard!" is one of the most frightening things you can hear aboard ship and the outcome is often tragic. Now, maritime technology firm Zelim has achieved official certification for its ZOE Man-Overboard (MOB) machine-vision detection system.
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