The inaugural Motorship Award in honour of emission-cutting partnerships has been presented to Rolls-Royce Marine and the Norwegian Coastal Administration on the closing day of The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference.

Global technology company, ABB, has won its first marine automation system contract for a cruise ferry in China.

Singapore-based China Navigation Company (CNCo) is linking with academia for research into a cost-effective vessel concept with a low carbon footprint suited to the South Pacific island economies, writes David Tinsley.

‘One size fits all’ will no longer suffice as shipping seeks rapid emissions reductions and energy efficiency gains, according to speakers at The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference.