This wind-powered cargo ship cuts emissions by 90%. Its real win is at ports

French startup Vela’s cargo ship will make its first cross-Atlantic deliveries in a wind-powered, racing-inspired cargo ...
New Atlas

Maersk puts a giant battery on a container ship to improve efficiency

Maersk has teamed with Trident Maritime Systems to create a 600 kWh container battery that can be placed on a container-hauling ship to provide power. The battery is now en route to be installed on ...
Electrek

A fully-electric 10,000 ton container ship has begun service equipped with over 50,000 kWh in batteries

Chinese state-owned company COSCO Shipping has launched what it calls the “world’s largest” river-to-sea electric container ship. The Green Water 01 is a 10,000-ton+ fully electric vessel that sets a ...
CNET

Ship carrying giant container cranes docks in Oakland

The three cranes, which were carried by a ship across the Pacific Ocean from China, will be the tallest ever used at the Port of Oakland. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of ...
Euronews

Fire breaks out on container ship after explosion, Indian coastguard says

The coast guard has not yet given the cause of the explosion and fire on board the vessel managed by Singapore-based Wan Hai Lines. An explosion and subsequent fire were reported onboard a ...