An electric barge will soon quietly carry cargo along inland waterways in The Netherlands, powered by batteries housed in a shipping container. Dutch company Wärtsilä designed the barge, and is ...

When it comes to batteries, automobiles have stolen the lion’s share of our attention. From there, people may think about smaller devices that also use batteries. But many of us would assume that ...

Port authorities in Busan, South Korea, will build a "smart" container that will hopefully make lithium-ion battery transport safer. In order to do that, Busan is working with Vesta (South Korea’s ...

But electrification isn't all or nothing. Batteries would need to begin by operating alongside liquid fuels. In recent research, I lay out two potential ways to do this: using onboard battery packs ...

In times when battery technology development is one of the most important issues when it comes to mobility, it’s not surprising that a versatile battery container would prove to be highly useful for ...

Large container ships that carry goods all over the world are massive sources of pollution, and we've seen some interesting ideas around how to curtail their emissions, such as massive sails and ...

The shipping industry has a predisposition to assuming that molecules are required for energy. Some of that is simply that the history of shipping for the past two hundreds years has required them.

It's among the world's busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If ...

© angelha/AdobeStock The Author: Matthew Bonvento an Assistant Professor of Nautical Science. Previously he served as Senior Manager for Safety, Security, Regulatory ...

The global shipping industry could cut carbon dioxide emissions and levels of other air pollutants by powering ships with batteries rather than fuel oil 1. Maritime trade is expected to produce as ...