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‘Tugnology’ conference focuses on tug evolution

Not every tug claiming to be escort rated can perform the required duties safely and effectively. That was one of the messages delivered by world-renowned tug designer Robert Allan of Robert Allan Ltd. at the Tugnology ’19 conference in Liverpool, England earlier this year. Tugnology is a two-day technical conference on the design, construction, operation and economics of tugs.

Allan, the executive chairman of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based naval architect and marine engineering firm,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/conference-focuses-on-tug-evolution/

Watch: Port Of Gothenburg, DFDS & Volvo Trucks Collaborate To Test Autonomous Vehicle

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Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle Vera will form part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. The assignment is a result of a new collaboration between Volvo Trucks and the ferry and logistics company, DFDS.

The purpose of the collaboration is to implement Vera in a real application, enabling a connected system for a continuous flow of goods, from a DFDS’ logistics centre to an APM Terminals port...

https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/watch-port-of-gothenburg-dfds-volvo-trucks-collaborate-to-test-autonomous-vehicle/

Electric Container Ships Are Stuck on the Horizon

  • The Yara Birkeland in Norway, is the world’s first electric-powered, zero-emissions container ship and the first autonomous commercial vessel
  • It will carry just 120 TEU at 6 knots service speed with longest intended operation of 30 nautical miles—between Herøya and Larvik
  • Today’s state-of-the-art diesel container vessels carry 150 times as many boxes over distances 400 times as long at speeds 3-4 times as fast..
  • A battery with energy density more than 10 times as high as today’s best Li-ion...

http://mfame.guru/electric-container-ships-are-stuck-on-the-horizon/

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