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.

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Sustainability

Benetti to open Livorno yard to design students for World Boating Day initiative

Italian superyacht builder launches “Connecting Excellences” project and future deck design contest in partnership with leading design academies

Australian project tests alternatives to fibreglass

A two-year research project in Australia will find ways to replace the traditional boat building material of fibreglass with basalt and bio-resin alternatives

High-quality steel from scrapped ships

The scrapping of EU-owned ships could provide over 12 million tons of high-quality steel per year, helping to reduce costs and carbon, but the rules need tightening

New satellite-based ocean viewer

As part of the Copernicus Marine Services programme, the new open access resource NECCTON is now online to help researchers track ocean health

Suzuki announces Fuel 1 collaboration

New partnership aims to distribute ethanol-free marine fuel through US Suzuki dealers

Self-supporting PowerBuoys deployed off California

A system of PowerBuoys from Ocean Power Technologies has been deployed to assist the US Coastguard, with a scalable design that could support electric boats

Push Power to deliver first solar PV and BESS system for UK marina

The new solar solution for Suffolk Yacht Harbour will supply nearly 50% of its annual electricity needs, reducing grid reliance

World’s first offshore ocean heat platform installed

A new floating platform has been installed off the Canary Islands to trial a system for using the heat gradient of the ocean to generate electricity

Robotic learning increases solar panel efficiency

An autonomous system has gathered data from thousands of experiments and used AI to improve solar panel efficiency to 27%

Princess Yachts cuts carbon emissions by nearly 20%

UK builder reports a 19.78% drop in emissions in 2025, driven by renewable energy expansion, operational efficiencies and lower transport impacts

Composites: The process and cost of manufacturing too much waste

> Subscriber-only, By Francois Meyer

While the marine industry promotes greener materials and propulsion, the manufacturing process itself remains largely overlooked. From single-use infusion consumables to non-recyclable thermoset waste, production generates significant material losses, costs and carbon emissions that are rarely accounted for