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The article discusses the potential of wind-assisted ship propulsion (WASP) as a solution to reduce carbon emissions in the maritime shipping sector. It highlights the importance of accurate and reliable wind data for the success of WASP systems. Traditional wind measurement methods, such as cup anemometers, are no longer sufficient, and advanced technologies like LiDAR (light detection and ranging) are needed. The article also mentions the collaboration between Norsepower and Vaisala, which used a wind LiDAR system to optimize the performance of Norsepower's rotor sail technology. The integration of advanced wind measurement technology with innovative propulsion systems can drive the maritime industry towards a more sustainable future. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the issue of preventing capsizing in ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) ships with large profile heights during turning. It examines three recent ro-ro vessel capsizes and highlights the importance of stability in these ships. The article suggests that the large profile height above the waterline and the hull form of these ships contribute to their stability during loading, but can also create dangerous situations during turning. It recommends measures such as accurately determining the ship's center of gravity, adopting navigation systems to limit the ship's angle of heel, and calculating liquid cargo levels up to 100% filling. The article provides a sequence of steps to improve ro-ro safety during turning and suggests various methods to achieve this. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses advancements in sail technology and their potential for sustainable maritime solutions. Modern sails have evolved with advanced designs, innovative materials, and autonomous control systems, allowing them to harness up to seven times more wind force than traditional sails. Suction sails, which use suction to enhance aerodynamic performance, have shown promise in reducing the carbon footprint of the shipping industry. The article also mentions the development of the eSAIL, a fully autonomous suction sail that delivers 20% more lift compared to previous designs. The aerodynamics team at bound4blue has developed tools and simulations to optimize the performance of the eSAIL and predict the aerodynamic behavior of multiple suction sails. More detailed information will be presented at the Wind Propulsion 2024 Conference. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the RETROFIT55 project, which aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry. The project focuses on developing retrofitting solutions and green technologies, such as air lubrication systems, smart energy management, wind-assisted propulsion, and fuel cells. The project aligns with the Waterborne Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and aims to achieve a 35% reduction in GHG emissions compared to the original ship design. The project also includes the development of wind-assisted solutions and the use of digital twin models for sail management. The article emphasizes the importance of stowing systems to a small size and modularizing them for simple retrofitting. The project also aims to reduce frictional resistance through the use of compressed air bubbles in the seawater. The article mentions the development of an advanced web-based Decision Support System (DSS) that will catalog retrofitting solutions and facilitate their combination for emissions reduction. The project also includes hydrodynamic design optimization and the analysis of energy systems on existing ships. The article highlights the importance of regulatory compliance and classification approval in principle. The project aims to attract the interest of relevant stakeholders and ensure the visibility and sustainability of its outcomes. Regular updates on the project's progress will be posted on the project's website. [Extracted from the article]

The article examines the potential of specially constructed freighters for the transportation of loaded freight cars in solving the problem of terminal efficiency. With this method of transportation, freight cars can be loaded and unloaded in a time period of 10 hours, requiring a ship to only stay in port for one day instead of four to six. Because of the smaller amount of time needed as well as the smaller crew required to load and unload the ships, the lower cost is substantial. Also, because the freight cars act as the packaging for the transported materials for the entire trip, insurance costs are lowered. The author looks at some of the problems with freight car shipping, and potential regulations, as well as changes in equipment resulting from this new source of transportation.

The article discusses growth of roll-on, roll-off shipping market and mentions challenges for car carrier industry. Topics include controlled operational costs and supply & demand, decline in global seaborne vehicle shipments, according to Clarksons Research, and increase in profit at DFDS, the Danish shipping, logistics and trucking group.

The article highlights the growing popularity of roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) ships for product transportation to the U.S. Ro-Ro offers greater efficiency for products that cannot be fitted in containers like that of circus animals and bulky farm machinery as it does not require containers to be removed from trailers for the product to be shipped. The Altantic Container Line, Ltd. and the Transatlantic Steamship Co. are some of the carriers leading in the Ro-Ro market, with Transatlantic building two ships for Ro-Ro use between U.S. and Australia.

The article reports on the new path for roll-on, roll-off carriers measured in car equivalent units that are opened by the Panama Canal's expanded locks, as of September 2016. Topics include the numb of pure car and truck carriers that have beams exceeding the maximum width of the canal's older locks, the increased flexibility offered by the expanded canal to operators, and the increased attractiveness offered to the cost of transiting the Panama Canal following the expansion.

The article reports on the market condition for the roll-on, roll-off or ro-ro ships due to tough economic and geopolitical challenges. It mentions that low bunker fuel prices has limited the operating costs, rulling out the need to raise freight rates at the risk of losing business to rival modes like trucking. It states that the new emission regulations would lead industry to bankruptcies, route closures and the loss of cargo to trucking can never materialized.

The article reports on the deployment of multipurpose roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) or container ships by shipping company Atlantic Container Line AB to boost the container shipping market. Topics discussed include the goal of the company to increase its ro-ro-capacity in 2015 to meet the growing trans-Atlantic shipping demand, the increase in vehicle parts shipments during the period and the impact of harmonizing U.S. and European automobile regulations on the trans-Atlantic automobile trade.

The article focuses on growth in European roll-on, roll-off shipmarket due to sudden increase in oil prices. Topics discussed include closure of shipping and logistic service provider DFDS' services in 2014, expected increase in acquisition activity of the sector and views of DFDS' chief executive officer Niels Smedegaard, on increasing growth of logistic industry.

The article focuses on forecast of maritime consultancy firm Drewry over enhancement in economic aspects of breakbulk carrier shipping. Topics discussed include increment in dry cargo handling process along with scrapping rate of ships; impact of lower shipping rates over reduction in transportation through cargo shipping containers; involvement of roll-off, roll-on vehicle ship carriers for breakbulk cargoes transportation; and observation of an increase in multipurpose vessels usage.

The article discusses the benefit of the improvement of the economy in Europe for the outlook for ro-ro carriers. Particular focus is given to the risks for the carriers to fail and withdraw from routes in the key northern European market when tough environmental regulations become effective in 2015. The growth in ro-ro traffic in the continent by 3.5 percent year-over-year in 2013 at the port in Rotterdam, Netherlands is discussed.

The article focuses on roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) shipping and its potential to gain a strong market position as weaker players are eliminated. Pacific Basin Shipping was one of the biggest casualties. The industry is allegedly preparing for further consolidation in the key north European market, with most attention zeroed in on the next move from DFDS of Denmark. Meanwhile, the ro-ro industry, including Italy's Ignazio Messia and Danish group Nordana, is investing in new vessels. INSET: ACL GOES BIGGER, GREENER.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2012 Automotive Logistics Global conference held in Detroit, Michigan. Delegates from the vehicle logistics industry in North America who attended the conference discussed the implications of vehicle production growth in Mexico. Information is also given on the changes that will likely occur in the ro-ro shipping sector. Industry executives present at the event include Ray Fitzgerald of WWL America and Christine Krathwohl of General Motors.

The article discusses the vehicle logistics experience in the Middle East region and observes the extreme diversity in economic conditions, infrastructure, regulations and capabilities. Deliveries are done by deep sea carriers, short-sea ro-ro vessels and by land. Mentioned are the world class ports of Doha and Khalifa. Imports consist of heavy shipments of buses, trucks and construction equipment. Top markets identified are Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel.

The article explores the relationship of the U.S. military and roll-on, roll-off carriers (ro-ro). Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, helicopters and other military equipment are some of the things shipped by ro-ro carriers for the U.S. air force. Ro-ro carriers are also seen to be benefited with the phase-out of the U.S. combat operations in Iraq in 2010 as many military equipment are being shipped back to the U.S. The U.S. Transportation Command is the one responsible for the contracts entered by the military with ro-ro carriers. INSETS: HANDLING WITH MILITARY PRECISION;A LOGISTICS TOUR DE FORCE.

The article focuses on the roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) trade between the U.S. and the Middle East. It states that ro-ro carriers in the U.S. have ceded exports of privately owned vehicles to container carriers in the Middle East in order to satisfy the needs of their original equipment manufacturer customers. The impact of a ban on imports of cars more than 5 years old by the Saudi Arabian Customs Department on the U.S.-Middle East ro-ro trade is discussed.

The article discusses the strategies being employed by car carriers amid the deepening slump in the automobile market. To fill the empty space on their vessels' decks, car carriers focus their marketing efforts on oversize, non-automobile cargo. The author notes that companies are going after the high and heavy segment of the breakbulk trade in the hope that the growth in project and heavy-lift cargo will sustain them until the auto trade recovers.

The article reports that ro-ro operators in the U.S. are affected by the weak automobile market caused by the financial crisis. It is noted that ro-ro operators will likely experience problems because there is no assurance that the bailout for the automobile industry would help them in the long run. Operators have decided to lessen capacity as soon as demand goes down.

The article reports on the demand for a new generation of efficient and environmentally friendly roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) vessels in the ocean carrier industry. According to Hoegh Autoliners chief executive Thor Guttormsen, overall demand for seaborne vehicle transportation is growing slowly. It is noted that the growth for ro-ro is squarley in emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The article looks at the role of water transport in vehicle logistics in China. Topics include the competition of coastal shipping and barge transport with road hauliers, the problems posed by the limited number of operators providing passenger automobile transport between domestic ports, and shortage of shipping capacity for coastal ro-ro and short-sea shipping. Factors involve in the selection of automobile makers of transportation are discussed.

The article discusses the growing demand for roll-on, roll-off vessels (ro-ro) of the U.S. military that was generated by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since ships moving government supplies are required to be U.S. flag, foreign ro-ro operators have formed U.S.-based subsidiaries. Several carriers, like the Alliance Navigation's Alliance New York, responded to the demand by setting up services that move in and out of the Persian Gulf region with dedicated U.S.-flag vessels.

The article offers information related to the roll-on and roll-off operations from shore to barge and from barge to shore in the nautical and marine operations. It mentions that difference between the two summations based on tidal limitations with reference to pumping capacity or pumping requirement and to load-out onto a free floating barge with tidal conditions. It also mentions that barge moves about the centre of flotation (COF).

The article explores the growing popularity of roll-on/roll-off transportation (Ro-Ro) in shipping automobiles across India, which reflects the success of the Central government's aim to promote coastal shipping to lower carbon footprint and congestion on the road. Topics discussed include benefits seen by the automotive sector on Ro-Ro including cost savings and faster transportation period and services offered by carriers.

The article informs that liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petrochemical projects are offering opportunities to Saudi Arabian ro-ro carrier Bahri Logistics to grow its U.S. Gulf import business. It mentions development of project cargo imports by Bahri Logistics. It also mentions launch of a new strategic planning system by Bahri in order to optimize stowage.

The article talks about the 60 years of trade service provided by shipping company Crowley in Puerto Rico which began in 1954 with 20-foot containers as the building block of the company. Included in the article are the transformation of Crowley's fleet from war surplus ship tanks and seatrucks to mammoth super barges, additional investment for two liquified natural gas (LNG)-powered combination container and roll-on/roll-off (ConRo) ships, and increase in services offered to Puerto Rico.

The article reports that integrated shipping and logistics enterprise DFDS has expanded its roll-on/roll-off line connecting Patras, Greece and Trieste, Italy, along with a regular blocktrain service from the Italian Adriatic Sea port to Nuremberg in Germany.

The article reports on the deployment of a second roll-on/roll-off passenger vessel between the ports of Livorno and Palermo in Italy by the shipping line Grimaldi. Topics discussed include the company's offering of daily sailings on the route, its addition of a first between Salerno and Cagliari, and its success in combining passenger and freight transport in one service.

The article offers information on the Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro/Ro) sector as the newest and one of the most complex of the shipping industry in 2012. It mentions that the Ro/Ro industry is constantly engaging a war between shipping cubic feet of air over paying cargo. It states that a further complication is in the Pure Car Carrier/Pure Truck Car Carrier (PCC/PCTC) case in which the head haul is frequently much stronger compared to the return.

The article reports that automobile roll-on, roll-off vessel IDM Symex took its last shipping from Chennai to Pipavav in India. I mentions that the decision to crap its operation is due to the lack of volume of automobiles for ship, the advantage of the decision on the reduction of carbon footprint and traffic congestion, and the lack of commitment among car manufacturers in transporting their cars through coastal route.

The article discusses the relaxation of the cabotage law by the Indian government for five years to allow facilitation of cargo transport by special foreign vessels like Roll-on Roll-off (Ro-Ro), Hybrid Ro-Ro, and Pure Care Carriers between different ports along its coastline. Topics discussed include vessel operators allowed to bring foreign flagged vessels to ply coastal waters, coastal shipping development and road and railway decongestion, and reduced fuel intensity and carbon emissions.

The article reports on the slight recovery of the roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) industry in Europe after a year-long decline in cargo volumes and rates. Slumps in ro-ro traffic were reported in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium. The industry is committed to consolidation deals such as the plan of A.P. Moller-Maersk to sell its Norfolkline ro-ro ferry operations. Bankruptcy is risked by French carrier Sea France if a cost-cutting plan involving layoffs is not accepted by trade unions.

Presents an outlook for the car-carrier and roll-on roll-off market in 2005. Forecast on the volume of deep-sea shipment of finished vehicles from Japan by 2008; Impact of the expansion of export production on the carrier market; Changes to be seen in factory-to-dealer logistics offerings by car carriers.

Focuses on Wallenius Wilhelmsen's acquisition of a stake in the car-carrier division of Hyundai Merchant Marine, which was renamed Eukor. Advantages of the deal; Impact of the venture on roll-on, roll-off shipping; Expansion plans of Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

Focuses on the challenges faced by operators of roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) ships in keeping up with market changes. Reason for the stability of ro-ro shipping; Modification made by companies with their fleets; Factors influencing the outlook for the ro-ro business.

The article announces the award to Belgian universal port by an expert jury for its top performance in the core segment of RoRo (Roll-on/roll-off ships) traffic.

The article discusses the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) traffic load for the year 2018 at the Belgian ports of Ghent and Zeebrugge.