Vessels

Maritime Journal’s expert editors cover commercial marine vessel technologies such as electronics, navigation, monitoring & autonomy, along with ship & boatbuilding, financing, insuring and operating vessels safely. This section also features the latest news covering propulsion equipment as well as tugs, towing, and salvage.

Training vessel Ab Initio (will be used for testing)

Second partnership aims to give ageing fleets second wind

2026-06-19T11:38:00+01:00

A new European research partnership is seeking to demonstrate how artificial intelligence and low-cost retrofit technologies can help reduce emissions from vessels already in service, reflecting a growing trend towards collaborative projects aimed at improving fleet efficiency without major capital expenditure.