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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 is Shell's path to a fossil-free shipping, accordin…

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…

28 September 2020

Discharge of washwater from scrubbers must stop

Switch to alternative fuels with less sulfur emissions or make significant investments that enable…

22 September 2020

Shifting freight movements to sea requires new thinking and major efforts

Between 5 and 18 percent of current road transport volumes could potentially be transported by mari…

16 September 2020

Oceanbird in service within five years

Lighthouse members Wallenius Marine, KTH and SSPA have been collaborating for a couple of years in…

15 September 2020

The benefit of mandatory speed reductions overrated

It is possible to save fuel, but with speed reductions well below the ship's optimized speed, fuel…

07 September 2020

Per Fagerlund improved Swedish shipping

Shipbuilding engineer Per Fagerlund has died at the age of 80. Four colleagues remember a responsiv…

All bark and no bite

Policy documents, company values and norms emphasize the importance of social sustainability. But i…

It’s gone into reverse gear

Shipping's total greenhouse gas emissions rose about 10 percent between 2012 and 2018. This accordi…

Photo project will change the image of female sailors

The Swedish Mercantile Marine Foundation has granted SEK 250,000 for a photographic project that wi…

Conflict between climate policy objectives and transfer goals

According to a new report from Trafikanalys the instruments required to achieve the climate goals i…

Hello there!

Lars Larsson, professor at Chalmers and chairman of the international sailing conference INNOV’SAIL…

Seafarers should be recognized as key workers

Today, seafarers' day is celebrated worldwide. The theme is obvious - the campaign "Seafarers are i…

Small ports are expected to receive most of the traffic

Trends point to an increased use of large ports. But a modal shift of freight transport from road t…

It is the existing ships that is the key to cut emissions

The shipping sector ‘can’t wait’ for new, low-carbon ships to enter its fleet if it is to cut CO2 e…

Shipping within the EU emits as much CO2 as all of Belgium

Shipping emits 138 million tons of carbon dioxide a year in Europe. This amounts to more than 3.7 p…

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