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17 February 2021

Wallenius Wilhelmsen orders the first Oceanbird-vessel

Wallenius Wilhelmsen will build a wind-powered car carrier that will be in service by 2025. Named Orcelle Wind, the ship builds on the Oceanbird conc…

08 February 2021

Correct information can reduce accidents

As the transport of dangerous goods increases in the world, the risk of accidents, especially fires…

03 February 2021

HVO best for the Swedish Maritime Administration

At present, the Swedish Maritime Administration should choose HVO to make its fleet fossil-free. Th…

29 January 2021

New demands on ports are analyzed

As transport increases, there is a need to move goods from land to sea. What does that require of t…

26 January 2021

It still looks severe for shipping

In 2020, up to two thousand people lost their jobs when Swedish shipping lost just over 60 percent…

21 January 2021

It is not just the climate that needs to be saved

This week, the Environmental Objectives Committee submitted its report to the government with about…

11 January 2021

Can a standardized ferry concept for public transport be developed?

Interest in it is growing, but waterborne public transportation is associated with major challenges…

17 December 2020

New climate goal: Reduce emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030

After tough negotiations, the EU countries' heads of state and government agreed last week that gre…

14 December 2020

Shipping is suffering in silence

Shipping is one of the industries hardest hit by the corona pandemic. But the outside world does no…

26 November 2020

Time for a maritime renaissance

In a new article Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV GL - Maritime, and Esben Poulsson, Chairman of the In…

23 November 2020

Trends come and go, research persists

Last year, ammonia was hyped, this year hydrogen. What create the trends around alternative marine…

17 November 2020

Lighthouse is among the leaders of the development

A new report from the International Transport Forum shows how the Nordic countries are leading the…

13 November 2020

Governments play a crucial role

There are no viable alternative fuels yet. And it is expensive to develop them. According to two ne…

06 November 2020

More sun and wind, but do not count out the oil

Solar cells produce cheap electricity and wind power is on the rise. There’s a lot of good news in…

03 November 2020

Oil company believes in hydrogen

LNG and biofuels initially, while hydrogen and fuel cells will take over in the longer term. This i…

22 October 2020

Nordic research programme will accelerate energy transition

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The idea behind the Nordic Maritime Transport and E…

19 October 2020

Hydrogen might not be the marine fuel of the future

Hydrogen has recently emerged as a hot candidate for the marine fuel of the future, but now its use…

15 October 2020

Don’t bet everything on one horse

Ammonia? It has potential. Speed controls? Hardly. Scrubbers? Doubtful. As a neutral collaboration…

14 October 2020

The technology is there, but who wants to pay?

Catalysts can clean the methane emissions of LNG engines. But they cost several millions SEK to ins…

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