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Designed by committee, ineffective and crippled by unreliable and complex propulsion systems, brand new US Littoral Combat Ships being decommissioned...

Wave power is gaining traction as a new commercially viable net zero energy solution.

The maritime sector has received a £34m funding boost for cleaner shipping...

Neil Salter, chair of IMarEST’s Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Special Interest Group and Ross Macfarlane from MASSPeople reflect on unresolved questions surrounding accountability in incidents involving autonomous vessels.

Livestock caught up in the Suez Canal blockage highlight the practical, operational and ethical difficulties of an older fleet transporting a moving cargo ac...

Will machine learning technology designed to detect marine mammals scale up the quality and quantity of marine mammal data?

The commitment and innovation shown by the shipping industry to tackle climate concerns could be undermined if upstream emissions efforts fail to keep up. A ...

The world’s fastest ever passenger liner and cargo ship both emanated from the USA. The United States and the SL-7 container ships both achieved their remark...

Burning five times slower than fossil fuels and producing NOx emissions, researchers are invested in developing faster and cleaner combustion systems for green ammonia and exploring retrofit engine technology solutions.

Engineer Victoria Drummond was a trailblazer for women in shipping, but she is far from the only one...

Ship operators face ever-increasing challenges to meet regulatory demands designed to protect the sensitive marine environment. Ensuring adequate treatment...

Reduced and cancelled shore leave for seafarers has forced seafarer centres to re-examine the services they provide