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IMO and shipping in the crossfire of global politics

IMO and shipping in the crossfire of global politics

by Guest author / SWZ editor | Nov 13, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, Maritime regulations, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – Until recently, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was primarily an extension of the United Nations that developed global regulations for international shipping. But since the last meeting (14-17 October) of the IMO’s Marine...
Dual chemistry battery upgrade for ferry Aurora Botnia

Dual chemistry battery upgrade for ferry Aurora Botnia

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 21, 2025 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion

Foreship is supporting Wasaline in delivering a breakthrough battery upgrade on MV Aurora Botnia that will see the ferry’s energy storage capacity increase nearly sixfold. The world-first retrofit will combine two battery chemistries in a hybrid solution that is...
RINA acquires Finland-based Foreship

RINA acquires Finland-based Foreship

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 23, 2025 | Classification/inspection, News, Ship design

RINA, the multinational engineering consultancy, inspection and certification group, has acquired the entire share capital of Foreship from Vaaka Partners and the company’s managers. Foreship is a Finnish company specialising in naval architecture and marine...
More batteries and methanol considered for ferry Aurora Botnia

More batteries and methanol considered for ferry Aurora Botnia

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 24, 2024 | Emissions, Energy transition, Marine fuels, News, Passenger ships, Ship conversion/refit, Ship propulsion

With its dual-fuel LNG engines, the option to run on biogas, and zero-emission batteries supported by extensive use of shore power, the 2021-built ferry Aurora Botnia is already notable for its green profile. Now, Wasaline has contracted Foreship to evaluate an...
‘Time to stop sidestepping crabbing talk with captains’

‘Time to stop sidestepping crabbing talk with captains’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 27, 2021 | Navigation, News, Shipping

Fresh crabbing simulations from Foreship suggest that it takes more than machine learning to perfect the art of docking and undocking. However, new computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis can optimise ship equipment specifications, safety and operational...
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