Boat
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Pol Boat is seeking a purer, simpler form of on-water escape with its all-new Lux. The sleek, silent catamaran encourages folks to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life for multi-day recreation and adventure, all powered by battery and solar panel.
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Going from water sports to luxury cruising, Ingenity has followed up its Super Air Nautique 22E electric sport boat with the 23E day boat. The new day cruiser can spend up to 14 hours on the water and offers a spacious, triple-lounge deck for 11 people.
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Shipping giant Maersk is teaming up with Danish energy company Ørsted to show off an offshore charging buoy that supplies power to ships moored overnight, with the first demonstration to take place at an offshore wind farm towards the end of the year.
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Fossil fuel tankers that transport oil, gas and coal across the seas play an important part in the global energy mix, but one Japanese startup is eyeing a future where these types of vessels carry a much cleaner load – energy from offshore wind farms.
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Green City Ferries is wasting no time exploring hydrogen-powered marine transport possibilities, placing an order for what's billed as the world's first high-speed, emission-free catamaran with an integrated battery and hydrogen fuel cell system.
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MIT's Roboats have undergone a number of redesigns in the years since they were introduced in 2016, and the creators have now landed on their final version, a full-scale, self-navigating watercraft they say is ready to be put to work.
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Aquatic Architects Design Studio and Innovative Marine Ventures have recently launched the AP EX 1, a floating lounge that's fully self-sufficient and boasts an expandable design and modular use of space for entertaining on the Dubai waterways.
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Candela has applied its expertise in low-drag nautical engineering to build a bigger and better version of its hydrofoiling watercraft. Dubbed the C-8, it's claimed to have the longest range of any electric boat in history.
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While we have seen motorized kayaks before, most of them simply utilize an outboard motor, or they don't have the form factor of a true kayak. The Czech-made eMogi, however, looks fairly conventional, and has its own integrated electric motor.
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Sea-Doo gets a little less "personal" with its watercraft lineup, launching the Switch family of pontoons. The Switch remains Sea-Doo to the core, bringing together PWC-style handlebar steering and a Rotax jet drive, along with a modular deck design.
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On Horsea Lake at the Defence Diving School, Portsmouth, the Royal Navy is testing the Otter Pro, a robotic boat designed to survey uncharted waters as part of an investigation into the use of uncrewed vessels for military surveying operations.
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Back in 2019, New Zealand's Ports of Auckland commissioned the world's first full-size electric tug, which is expected to be delivered toward the end of this year. Now the first electric tug in the US is being built to serve the Port of San Diego.
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