All articles by Kim Hollamby
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ArticleFlat sales and rising costs test marine sector
With new boat sales subdued, unsold stock mounting and value-conscious buyers reshaping demand, the UK’s marine industry is adjusting course
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MarinasNew wave of ideas for marina protection
As natural sheltered haven locations suitable for new marina development become scarcer, the pressure is on to find effective, environmentally friendly ways to build artificial lagoons using wave attenuation. Is this another area of marina infrastructure
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MarinasHarbour wall wave energy system enters full-size trials
GEPS Techno and Legendre Group launch Dikwe wave energy project in France
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MarinasCould mangroves offer a natural solution to marina wave attenuation?
New research shows mangrove breakwaters could cut wave energy by up to 80%, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional sea defences.
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ArticleAddressing the human factor
Metstrade uniquely brings together the very best of the world’s leisure marine equipment, but also nurtures and celebrates the talent and enterprise of the individuals and teams who are driving forces behind those products. Here are just some of the many ways that the show places people at the heart ...
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UKIndustry weathers stop-start year of change
When it reflects on the year past, many companies across the UK leisure marine sector will most likely be relieved that they ended in better shape than first feared, with some cautiously optimistic sentiment for coming months
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SwedenBalloon-based rescue system to feature at METSTRADE
Swiss start-up AirMarker is bringing its emergency visual beacon to the marine sector for the first time after launching into the outdoor market earlier this year
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ArticleNet zero marinas – an attainable goal?
We ask D-Marin’s Health, Safety and Environmental Officer Areti Priovolou whether the prospect of a carbon net zero marina is realistic and how it might be achieved
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Green Technologies24/7 solar a possibility?
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, plan to space test their concept for generating electricity from heat at night.
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Outboard enginesThink different outboard motor to debut at METSTRADE
Menorca-based ESEA Propulsion Systems will be showing concept drawings and a scale model of its completely rethought concept for an electric outboard within METSTRADE’s Start-Up Pavilion
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Battery TechnologiesChinese automaker achieves ultra-fast charge
Zeekr attributes the gains in efficiency on a combination of factors – optimised materials, upgraded technology and an enhanced battery management system.
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NavigationGPS-free navigation a step closer to reality?
US-based Sandia National Laboratories has found an ultra-precise way of measuring acceleration in a mass-marketable microchip-based device.
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UKNew government, new taxes, but falling interest rates a boost
Storms darkened the forecasts of many UK marine businesses over the past year, thanks to unseasonable weather in 2023 and metaphorically due to political upheaval within an end-of-term parliament and stubbornly high interest rates.
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ArticleAmerica’s Cup skipper to deliver Breakfast Briefing keynote
Terry Hutchinson, the highly experienced skipper and president of operations for New York Yacht Club American Magic, will provide valuable leadership insights to leading global marine professionals as the scene is set for METSTRADE’s first day on 19 November.
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Battery TechnologiesPotassium-ion batteries take step closer to mainstream
Austin, Texas-based Group1 battery technology start-up has moved its alternate to lithium-ion closer to wider adoption by releasing a commercially focused potassium-ion (KIB) cell in the popular 18650 cylindrical form factor.
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryCarbon fibre curved tape pioneer secures new funding
UK University of Bristol spinout iCOMAT has successfully closed a £17.5m investment round to accelerate adoption of its Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) process that enables carbon fibre tapes to be used in physically curved positions without being damaged or becoming defective.
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HydrogenHydrogen from common boating ingredients
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may just have stumbled across the perfect seafarer’s recipe for generating hydrogen – seawater, coffee grounds and beer cans.
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NavigationMachine vision added to advanced navigation system
Marine navigation software specialist TimeZero has announced an integration with SEA.AI’s thermal and optical image sensing system that provides enhanced situational awareness on the bridge.
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Green TechnologiesCarbon capture to rock start-up raises $37m
Oman-based 44.01 has successfully completed its Series A investment round to enable further development and commercialisation of a process that permanently locks CO2 into rock by mineralising it.
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PropellersBionic dolphin skin propeller saves fuel on oil tanker test
The ability to mimic the laminar flow characteristics of dolphin skin on the large four-bladed propeller of a 300,000 tonne crude carrier has saved two per cent of fuel over a 35,000nm test
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