The Motorship

The Motorship made its debut in 1920 and has since established itself as a trusted source in shipping and marine engineering. It primarily focuses on topics related to propulsion, machinery, and the various technical issues encountered by the global merchant fleet. Our clients rely on The Motorship to effectively convey their marketing messages. The publication features well-researched articles written by knowledgeable professionals in the industry.

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MAN ES, Mitsubishi, LNG steam turbines decline

3 weeks ago | motorship.com | David Tinsley

Beloved by many seafarers and shipowners past and present as an intrinsically reliable, smooth-running, and powerful means of propulsion, the steam turbine is finally falling out of grace with the shipping industry. The demise of steam main machinery is being hastened by increasing environmental scrutiny and difficult market conditions within its particular sphere of influence.
IMO exclusive: “Ammonia not unique but toxic and we need to be careful”

Feb 11, 2025 | 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.
Clean Shipping Alliance Q&A on scrubbers

Feb 5, 2025 | 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?
2026: An inflection point for wind propulsion

Jan 28, 2025 | 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.
Future-proofing ship design: Elomatic’s approach

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.
Short sea ro-ro at record scale

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.
Prompting EV fire response strategies

Nov 24, 2024 | motorship.com | David Tinsley

Electric vehicle (EV) fires are especially difficult to control and fully extinguish, which raises serious concerns for operators and crews of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) in particular.
Bureau Veritas on navigating fuels and regulation

Nov 21, 2024 | motorship.com | David Stevenson

Julien Boulland, Bureau Veritas’s head of sustainable shipping, outlined a multi-faceted approach for achieving emissions reductions, highlighting the role of operational improvements, the rise of alternative fuels, and the complexities of emerging regulations.
DNV’s cybersecurity readiness heightened with Cyberowl

Nov 13, 2024 | motorship.com | David Stevenson

DNV’s acquisition of maritime cyber security specialist Cyberowl this year illustrates the class societies intent on bringing the sector front and centre in the maritime world but in reality was the latest in a host of similar moves. In 2007 DNV established cybersecurity services which included advisory, recommended practices, academy training, as well as cyber class notation and type approval.
Turbochargers to tech: Accelleron’s rise

Nov 6, 2024 | motorship.com | David Stevenson

Accelleron’s spin-off from former parent company ABB in 2022 has seen the company become a major force both in maritime and on the stock market, having seen its share price more than double in that time.