The Motorship

2 months ago | motorship.com | David Stevenson

The Motorship attended the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization today to hear how seafarers were being prepared for working with ammonia, as marine engine giants MAN ES and WinGD continue to test their ammonia engines.

2 months ago | motorship.com | David Stevenson

This year is seeing more ports, such as Amsterdam, ban the use of open loop scrubbers in their waters. We spoke to the Clean Shipping Alliance for its view on the bans and what the organisation stands for. (Question) Can you elaborate on the CSA’s long-term vision for emissions abatement and its strategy to support member companies in achieving these goals?

2 months ago | motorship.com | Wendy Laursen

The momentum for wind-assist propulsion is growing as the industry anticipates exponential growth in 2026. The COVID pandemic slowed the uptake of wind assist propulsion, but Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association, sees 2025 as a transition year, taking the industry from an experience building and information drive in 2024 to exponential growth in 2026. “2024 was such a big year.

Dec 4, 2024 | motorship.com | David Stevenson

The maritime industry demands ship designs that can adapt to stringent regulations, new fuel technologies, and sustainability goals. Elomatic, a consultancy in ship design, has developed a structured approach to address these challenges and future-proof vessels. We speak to Guido Schulte, Elomatic’s sales director, about the company’s strategies and innovations as well as examples of its current advancements.

Nov 26, 2024 | motorship.com | David Tinsley

Ranked as the world’s largest short-sea ro-ro vessel, the 234-metre Chaumine has been floated-out by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard(HMD), and is being readied for service on CLdN’s northwest European network during the early part of 2025. While offering the same payload intake as the company’s Celine and Delphine, which had introduced a record-breaking unit capacity of 8,000 lane-metres on delivery by HMD in 2017 and 2018, the newbuild type will have a markedly lower carbon footprint.