News and Events
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EU visit highlights Swedish maritime research
26 May 2023
A visit to RISE’s test facilities SSPA Maritime Center from the Council of the European Union highlights the urgent need...
Foiling Electric Rescue Boat - ELINN is in the water!
28 Mar 2023
The first prototype/6 meter / 0.6 scale demo-platform in the project ELINN has now touched water.
BBC documentary: Wind-powered ships
16 Mar 2023
A new BBC documentary focuses on how giant sails could make shipping greener and in particular the Oceanbird project.
World's first wind-powered RoRo vessel secures EUR 9M in EU funding
20 Jan 2023
Eleven project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel...
Wind propulsion is in the air
23 Nov 2022
SSPA has hosted the event Wind Propulsion Showroom. Over 50 ship owners, operators and technology providers participated...
Wind Ship - Best paper award to Sofia Werner of SSPA!
10 Nov 2022
Sofia Werner, Lead Researcher Hydrodynamics and Wind Powered Ships at SSPA, wins the Best Paper Award at the Global...
The importance of collaboration in shipping
25 Oct 2022
A new report on results from a research project conducted by IVL, SSPA and Green Consulting Group explains the...
Wind-powered ships
8 Sep 2022
Wind propulsion has by now become a viable option to reduce fuel costs and CO2 emissions. With a vast experience of wind...
Overseas Korean Science and Technology Award
2 Aug 2022
Very proud to announce that Dr. Keunjae Kim, senior researcher at SSPA, has been awarded the Overseas Korean Science and...
SSPA Offshore Wind
14 Jul 2022
For the past four decades, SSPA has been an independent provider supporting the maritime industry with quantitative and...
Flying ships
4 Jul 2022
Soon, electric passenger ferries skimming above the surface across the seas may become a reality. Researchers at SSPA...
Emission-free sea recue
3 Jun 2022
Together with the Swedish Sea Rescue Society, SSPA with partners are developing prototype boats to demonstrate what an...
Royal visit highlights wind propulsion
5 May 2022
Putting wind propulsion in the spotlight, SSPA was recently visited by HRH the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, HRH...
SSPA joins RISE
1 Apr 2022
We have a new owner! RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, operates under similar conditions to SSPA, with a combination...
