Sustainability

The latest news on one of the industry's hottest topics: improving the sustainability of boating through more eco-friendly products, by reducing the impact of manufacturing, encouraging more recycling, and preserving the natural resources recreational boating depends on.

Expedition Zero seeks industry partners

By Jake Kavanagh

A start-up focussed on ‘zero impact’ adventure yachting is seeking members of the marine industry to help it get established. The company aims to upcycle abandoned sailing yachts (some 24,000 derelicts are in Europe alone) and convert them into electrically propelled expedition yachts that will be easy to recycle at ...

Sustainability

UK’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show opens today

Event highlights latest marine eco-developments and electric boats

NYC addresses derelict boat issues

New Office of Marine Debris Disposal and Vessel Surrendering (OMDDVS) forms to keep city’s waterfront clear of marine hazards

Boating industry comes together to develop Environmental Footprint Standard

The project is led by EBI and is industry-financed

Small and powerful marine engine to run on ammonia

Osprey Research ltd, Pascoe RIBs and Southampton Solent University are co-operating on a new design of high-performance internal combustion engine that will run on the ‘clean’ fuel of ammonia.

Yamaha to install new solar arrays at two US facilities

Installation of new solar arrays this year at Kennesaw and Newnan facilities supports long-term sustainability targets

EU funds for skilled labour for green transition in European boating sector

New TECoNaut project will create the skills our industry needs

Feadship’s YETI seals yard’s commitment to sustainability

The Dutch superyacht builder’s 2020-30 roadmap targets net-zero CO2 emissions and local pollution impact far beyond regulatory compliance

Lithium start-up signs recycling partnership

Morrow Batteries teams up with Swedish circular economy specialist Stena Recycling

Turning sugar into plastic

Nylon and other polyamides could be mass produced from agricultural waste in the future, thanks to the efforts of scientists at Swiss technical university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

UK brothers’ sail recycling technology for sustainable marine future

A pair of brothers in the UK are using sail recycling technology to build a more sustainable future for the marine industry

1st Valencia Electric Boat Show to host sustainable boating conference

The inaugural event will be held next month at La Marina de Valencia

Monaco Smart Yacht Rendezvous awards sustainable solutions

Five companies honoured at this year’s Smart Innovative Yacht Awards

How Cambridge University students are looking to prove the viability of hydrogen for boats

Cambridge University Riviera Racing compete in the Monaco challenge

Sustainable fuels could cost the same as fossil fuels by 2035 says shipping technology giant Wärtsillä

With the superyacht industry keen to move steadily towards more sustainable energy production, there is the potentially good news that the use of green fuels should be no more costly than existing fossil fuels. The big stumbling block, however, is the pace of global take-up. which the leading technology group ...