The ship has three retractable sails covered in solar panels. VARD Design A futuristic vessel that runs on batteries and has huge, retractable solar sails could become the world’s first zero-emission ...

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to select a shipyard to perform the final design and assembly of the university’s new Coastal Class Research ...

Gill Schmid Design has exercised some serious twingenuity with its latest marine concept. The New York-based firm has unveiled a new ice-class explorer, with a support vessel that’s likely to turn as ...

“I get to be one of the first art and architecture critics here, and I really like what I see,” said New York City mayor Bill de Blasio at the September 14 unveiling of Thomas Heatherwick’s design for ...

The team has tested a scale model and discussed the design with shipyards. The final design is expected to save fuel and emissions by 3–5 percent compared with traditional designs. (Photo: BG Group) ...

SAN DIEGO — Before making a couple of other stops here in San Diego, Governor Gavin Newsom took time Sunday morning to check out the cutting-edge research being done by the Scripps Institution of ...

Seakeeping refers to motions of a vessel in waves, but sea-kindliness is a characteristic sought after in most vessels. A sea-kindly vessel is easy on its crew and easy on its gear. Trying to define ...

Wartsila revealed the contract, which also carried options for three more vessels, was signed last month with an unnamed client it described only as “a well known Chinese yard”. The company claims its ...