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20 November 2017

Livestream: RoRo? Jorå! - framtiden för rullande gods på sjön

Välkommen till en dag med målsättning att höja kunskapen om RoRo-sjöfartens betydelse och potential för ett hållbart och effektivt transportsystem oc…

16 November 2017

"Vinnova can strenghten maritime research"

In a response to a parliamentary question, Sweden's Minister for Higher Education and Research, Hel…

15 November 2017

6.4 MSEK for research about maritime incentives and instruments

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) and Gothenburg University have rec…

14 November 2017

Livestream: Lighthouse Workshop 2017

Follow Lighthouse Workshop 2017 here. This year we welcome John Holmberg, professor of Physical Res…

09 November 2017

Safer shipping with in-door positioning on RoRo vessels

A new pre-study initiated by Lighthouse explores the possibilities for safer and more efficient RoR…

02 November 2017

Efforts for a fossil-free freight transport system

The Swedish Transport Administration invests up to SEK 480 million in the next 12 years for researc…

24 October 2017

Efforts on maritime research necessary to achieve Swedish climate goals

Compared to Denmark, Finland and Norway, Sweden invest considerably less governmental money in dedi…

23 October 2017

Shipping sustainability indices reviewed

There is a need to improve todays sustainability indices for shipping. In a new Lighthouse report…

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 vol…

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, EED…

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 commit…

04 October 2017

New ship design requires better forecasting methods

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

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 whil…

28 September 2017

"Exponential development curve for autonomous shipping"

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

22 September 2017

Switch to fossil-free road ferries

The Swedish Transport Administration's ferry company, Färjerederiet, has started the switch to foss…

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 need…

19 September 2017

Wärtsilä operated offshore vessel 8000 kilometers away

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

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 (p…

13 September 2017

EU:s vision for autonomous shipping

Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, this week outlined the clearest vision…

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