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09 February 2017

New Lighthouse study: The waterway - the intermodal piece of the puzzle

The transport systems need improvement. Obvious problems are pollution and other adverse environmental effects, congestion in the road network and ...

08 February 2017

Video from the seminar: The future for regional and local waterways (in Swedish)

From Thursday 9 February at 10 you can follow the seminar The future for regional and local water...

26 January 2017

R&I call: 45 MSEK for energy efficient projects within the transport sector

The Swedish Energey Agency invites applications within the program Energy efficiency in the trans...

26 January 2017

Right kind of light gives better rest for crew

Getting enough sleep is a challenge for many people. For seafarers whose work does not follow the...

24 January 2017

Slow steaming difficult for RoRo / RoPax

The issue of speed is more complex for RoRo/RoPax vessels than other segments. Researchers from ...

13 January 2017

Swedish government looks into the Rotterdam rules

The Swedish government has appointed a investigator to find out whether Sweden should accede to t...

13 January 2017

Transportforum from a maritime viewpoint

The 34th edition of Transportforum offered 94 different scientific sessions covering all modes of...

13 January 2017

OECD: Port of Gothenburg in need of investments

The International Transport Forum released in January a new study on the impact of mega-ships on ...

12 January 2017

Three questions to previous Lighthouse trainees

31 January is the last day to apply to the Lighthouse trainee programme. Here are some advice fro...

10 January 2017

Zero dead within professional shipping in Sweden 2016

No one was killed in the Swedish professional shipping in 2016. It shows preliminary statistics f...

09 January 2017

Governmental R&D funds remains the same for the maritime sector in 2017

The Swedish Transport Administration shall invest at least 55 million SEK in research and innovat...

03 January 2017

Action and commitment needed for increased inland waterway shipping

It's possible to carry more freight by sea in Sweden. But the competition from road and rail is h...

21 December 2016

Applying Ergonomics in Ship Design for Safer Shipping

It's important to take the crew into consideration when designing new ships. If ship design is no...

19 December 2016

Apply to Lighthouse trainee programme

The Swedish maritime industry join forces to put together the best trainee programme for newly gr...

16 December 2016

Lighthouse pre studies for 2017 announced

Positioning of vehicles on board Ro-Ro vessels, green sea transports, improved performance foreca...

15 December 2016

Video - Lighthouse Workshop 2016

Here you can see the video from Lighthouse Workshop 2016. (Videos not available.) Part 1 of...

06 December 2016

Smart vessels in the limelight

About 80 people from several countries attended the Lighthouse seminar on Autonomous vessels – a ...

06 December 2016

National TV 4 News about smart vessels

National TV 4 News has interviewed Lighthouse director Åsa Burman and researcher Robert Rylander ...

06 December 2016

Lighthouse seminar on smart vessels in Swedish Radio

Swedish Radio in Gothenburg with a daily reach of 200 000 listeners visited the Lightouse seminar...

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