Kim Hollamby
Kim Hollamby boasts an in-depth knowledge across a number of boating markets and business disciplines. As former editor of Motor Boats Monthly, a role he held for 11 years, he was later named Group Editor for IBI and publisher for Yachting and Boating World (ybw.com).
He has worked for member organisations, distributors, boat dealers and equipment retailers and today Kim reports on the UK and European markets and serves as the non-voting secretary for the METSTRADE DAME Design Awards and IBI METSTRADE Boat Builder Awards.
- Battery Technologies
Leap forward in energy density for water-based batteries
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Dalian Institute of Physics have published results of new multi-electron transfer cathode technology that promises to substantially lift the performance of aqueous batteries.
- Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Commercial rigid buoyancy boat constructed from used cooking oil
Boatbuilder collaborates to use renewable polyolefins for further reductions in carbon footprint
- Battery Technologies
Large scale sodium-ion battery production commences in US
Natron Energy has scaled up manufacturing of sodium-ion cells at its Michigan plant with a target of producing 600 megawatts of total capacity annually
- Battery Technologies
Feadship launches world’s first hydrogen fuel cell superyacht
The Dutch superyacht builder Feadship has just launched Project 821, heralded as the first ever superyacht to have all of its hotel loads supplied by hydrogen fuel cells.
- Battery Technologies
A flexible solar cell that you can wear, immerse and wash
Researchers at Japanese national research and development agency RIKEN have pioneered a breakthrough in manufacturing processes to enhance the prospects of fully integrated solar cells in clothing and other flexible outdoor materials.
- Electrifcation
New satellite launch hints at potential for improving bandwidth at sea
US company Astranis has announced a new low cost geosynchronous orbit satellite called Omega that will be capable of 50 Gbps or better of uncontended throughput
- Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery
Breakthrough in colour choice and mould resistance for 3D printed components
Results could be transformative for the industry in simplifying processes whilst widening the functionality of components
- Boat Autonomy
AI and autonomy safety research centre launched at UK university
York University and the charitable Lloyd’s Register Foundation have partnered in a £10m investment to evaluate and find solutions for the risks posed by artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Battery Technologies
Lithium start-up signs recycling partnership
Morrow Batteries teams up with Swedish circular economy specialist Stena Recycling
- Green Technologies
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)
- Soft furnishings
Do diamonds hold the key to cooler boating clothing?
The impressive thermal conductivity characteristics of nanodiamonds have been harnessed by researchers from RMIT University in Australia to create a cotton fabric capable of lowering body heat by 2-3°C.
- Green Technologies
New life for old fibres and resin
Swiss start-up Composite Recycling is taking scrap GRP and recovering its constituents in a process that creates glass mat and oil suitable for incorporation in new composite structures
- Electrifcation
Driving customer support efficiency with AI
Slovenian builder SVP Yachts was an early adopter of the ChatGPT chatbot and has moved on to use OpenAI’s Teams service to create an in-house GPT that improves after-sales service speed of response