Just-in-Time Port Calls Made Simple: 2025 Update
For many ships, “port time” really starts days before arrival, drifting in approach lanes and burning fuel while waiting for a berth. Just-in-Time (JIT) port calls flip that model: ports and ships share better...
AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance Systems Made Simple: 2026 Update
AI-powered predictive maintenance is the quiet glue behind a lot of “smart ship” slides right now: instead of reacting to alarms, owners are starting to stream vibration, pressure, temperature and control-system data into models...
Autonomous Hull Cleaning Made Simple: 2026 Update
Frequent, autonomous hull cleaning is quietly becoming one of the most powerful fuel-saving tools in shipping. Small robots and robotic “skaters” are now grooming hulls in water, keeping biofouling at “just cleaned” levels and...
Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS / WHR) Made Simple: 2026 Update
Waste heat recovery is one of those unglamorous upgrades that quietly moves the needle. Big two-stroke engines still dump well over half of their fuel energy out of the funnel or into cooling water,...
Digital Twins Made Simple: 2026 Update
Digital twins have moved from buzzword to working tool on real ships and in real ports. Into 2026, owners are using “performance twins” of hull and machinery to trim fuel use and monitor fouling,...
Onboard Carbon Capture Systems Made Simple: 2026 Update
Onboard carbon capture has quietly shifted from PowerPoint to real hardware. By mid-2025, full-scale systems were running on ships like Solvang’s Clipper Eris and pilot units from Wärtsilä, Seabound, Langh Tech and others were...
Ammonia for Ships Made Simple: 2026 Update
Ammonia has moved from whiteboard idea to real metal in the water. By early 2025 there were hundreds of ammonia-fuelled or “ammonia-ready” vessels in the orderbook, mostly carriers and bulkers, with the first deep-sea...
Smart Shore Power Made Simple: 2026 Update
Smart shore power is the quiet part of the energy transition that sits between the ship and the city. Instead of running auxiliary engines in port, the vessel plugs into a high-capacity electrical connection....
Air Lubrication Systems Made Simple: 2026 Update
Air lubrication systems turn the flat bottom of a big ship into a moving carpet of bubbles. Instead of dragging steel through dense water, the hull rides on a thin air layer, which cuts...
Maritime OT Cybersecurity Made Simple: 2026 Update
Maritime OT cybersecurity is basically the safety net for the things that actually move the ship: ECDIS, DP, main engine controls, power management, cargo systems and all the gateway gear that connects them. As...
Biofouling Detection Sensors Made Simple: 2026 Update
Biofouling detection sensors are the early-warning system for slime and barnacles. Instead of waiting until fuel bills creep up or a sea chest chokes, they watch for the first signs of biofilm on hull...
AI Voyage Optimization & Weather Routing Made Simple: 2026 Update
AI voyage optimisation is basically the “co-pilot” sitting on top of weather routing, noon reports, and charter constraints. The latest platforms take high-frequency vessel data, weather and currents, fuel and carbon prices, CII/ETS exposure...
3d Printing on Ships Made Simple: 2026 Update
3D printing at sea is shifting from demo pieces to real downtime savers. By 2025–26, you’ve got naval ships and early commercial trials printing repair parts on board, while joint ventures like Pelagus 3D...
Methanol as Fuel for Ships Made Simple: 2026 Update
Methanol is moving from conference slide to real bunker choice, especially in the container segment. Driven by the IMO 2023 greenhouse gas strategy and expected fuel standards, owners are ordering dual fuel ships that...
S-100 ECDIS (Layered Charts) Made Simple: 2025 Update
S-100 ECDIS matters because charts are turning into live layers. Instead of a single ENC view, bridge teams can combine official base charts with higher-resolution depth, real-time water levels, surface currents, navigational warnings, and...
Autonomy at Sea Made Simple: 2025 Update
Autonomy at sea is moving from trials to practical tools that help crews sail safer and run tighter schedules. The big shift is not “crewless ships” overnight, but smarter assistance, remote support from shore,...
Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) Tech Made Simple: 2025 Update
In 2023 the IMO updated guidance on how to reduce URN, and several class societies now offer “quiet ship” notations. In practice, owners cut URN by tackling cavitation at the propeller, isolating machinery from...
Nuclear Powered Ships Made Simple: 2025 Update
Nuclear powered ships use a compact reactor to make heat, which makes steam, which turns turbines for propulsion and electricity. The core idea is simple: a lot of energy from a small amount of...
Resilient PNT (anti-spoof GNSS + inertial + radar fixes) Made Simple: 2025 Update
Resilient PNT means your ship does not trust GPS alone. It cross-checks position and time with multiple sources like inertial sensors, radar map-matching, Doppler log, and multi-constellation GNSS, and it alarms when signals are...
Biofuel (B30→B100) Readiness Made Simple: 2025 Update
Biofuel readiness means your ship can safely use blends like B30 up to B100. In practice that is FAME biodiesel or HVO renewable diesel. You check the fuel spec, confirm engine maker guidance, prepare...