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23 October 2017

Shipping sustainability indices reviewed

There is a need to improve todays sustainability indices for shipping. In a new Lighthouse report, existing indices in the shipping sector are revi...

16 October 2017

The effects of the labour dispute in APM Terminals will be reviewed in a new study

The long-term conflict in the APM Terminal container terminal in Gothenburg has resulted in the v...

11 October 2017

Many new ships already exceed IMO’s post-2025 energy efficiency requirement

New ships built from 2013 and forward, has to comply with IMO´s Energy Efficiency Design Index, E...

06 October 2017

EU: 36 actions and €550 million for healthier and safer seas

At the ongoing EU-hosted Our Ocean conference in Malta (5-6 October), the European Union has comm...

04 October 2017

New ship design requires better forecasting methods

Hydrodynamic improvement is one of the pillars to enable more energy efficient shipping. This req...

29 September 2017

An outlook on wasted food at sea

Wasted food is a global problem, around 1/3 of food produced for humans is wasted or lost. But wh...

28 September 2017

"Exponential development curve for autonomous shipping"

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc recently presented her vision for the future of autonomous...

22 September 2017

Switch to fossil-free road ferries

The Swedish Transport Administration's ferry company, Färjerederiet, has started the switch to fo...

22 September 2017

Kjell Larsson examines conflicts between shipping and protection of sensitive marine environments

What are the conflicts between protecting our sensitive marine environments while ensuring the ne...

19 September 2017

Wärtsilä operated offshore vessel 8000 kilometers away

From the office in San Diego, California, Wärtsilä operated the offshore vessel Higland Chieftain...

14 September 2017

New methods shall provide lighter and more energy efficient hulls

A Lighthouse pre-study, Dynamic design of ships, has led to a collaborative project between SSPA ...

13 September 2017

EU:s vision for autonomous shipping

Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, this week outlined the clearest visi...

07 September 2017

30 billion reasons to apply for Horizon 2020

In October, the final announcements for the period 2018-2020 will be published in Horizon 2020, t...

Fairway measures and transfer of goods in the national plan for transports

Promoting the transfer of goods from road to rail and sea is one of the objectives in the Swedish...

Se seminariet: Fartyg på el - en kraft att räkna med?

Det var fullsatt när Lighthouse och Maritima klustret i Västsverige arrangerade seminaret Fartyg ...

High profile speakers at Northern Europe´s largest port and port-cities conference

Ports and Port-Cities - Post 2030 is a trendspotting conference in Malmö, Sweden, 6-8 November 20...

Meet the maritime researcher - Zoi Johansson Nikopoulou

About once a month, Lighthouse will introduce you to a maritime researcher and their field of int...

Praise for Chalmers as maritime university

Chalmers department Mechanical and Maritime Sciences tops the list when the shipping site Fathom ...

Alexandra new coordinator at Lighthouse

Alexandra Bakosch is new coordinator at Lighthouse since August 14th. Alexandra has an M.Sc in...

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