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MoorMaster eliminates the need for conventional mooring lines by replacing them with automated vacuum pads that moor and release vessels in seconds.

12 July 2021 07:00

Cavotec secures order with Port of Stockholm for first automated mooring system in Sweden, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 5,000 tonnes per year

Cavotec has extended its leading position in automated mooring with two major orders for its MoorMaster™ NxG system, one in Sweden – the first order for MoorMaster in a market with considerable growth potential – and the other in neighbouring Finland, where the technology is already well established.

3 November 2020 12:15

Make Every Minute Matter More for You, Your Port, Your Ships, Your People, and Our Environment. Today.

In our latest blog post on the future of shipping, our MoorMaster Product Manager, Nicklas Vedin, shares perspectives on the importance of every minute and how smarter mooring can help make the world a safer and greener place.

MoorMaster NxG will revolutionise the way ships enter and leave ports, mooring in as little as 30 seconds to drastically reduce docking times.

27 October 2020 07:03

Cavotec launches next generation MoorMaster, first delivery for world's first fully autonomous, zero-emission ships

Shipping companies and ports worldwide can now make every minute matter, significantly reducing fuel consumption and increasing port productivity, with simpler and faster implementation of Cavotec’s next generation automated vacuum mooring solution.

An APS solution already installed at a ferry berth in Oslo.

27 March 2020 13:56

Cavotec signs order to extend leadership in Norwegian e-charging market estimated to be worth EUR 60 million in the next five years

Cavotec has received a repeat order from Fjord1 in Norway – one of the world’s largest operators of e-ferries – to equip two new berths with its next generation Automatic Plug-in System (APS) for charging of e-ferries. The APS solution will charge three e-ferries on the Halsa and Kanestraum route.

The existing MoorMaster system was installed at Helsinki back in 2016.

2 October 2019 07:01

Port of Helsinki once again selects Cavotec automated mooring for faster, safer and cleaner operations

Finland’s Port of Helsinki has made a repeat order for Cavotec’s MoorMaster™ automated mooring system as part of wider efforts to optimize safety and efficiency and reduce environmental impact. This is the second MoorMaster™ order at Port of Helsinki and follows similar orders from the Port of Turku and Port of Tallinn in recent months.

A similar system at Port of Helsinki has been in service since 2016.

22 July 2019 12:00

Cavotec extends leadership in automated mooring with Estonia order

Cavotec’s MoorMaster™ automated mooring system has been selected for two passenger ferry berths at the Port of Tallinn in Estonia, the second order of this type for the unmanned mooring technology in a matter of weeks.

24 June 2019 08:30

Cavotec reaffirms leadership in automated mooring with new order in Finland

Cavotec has won another order for its innovative MoorMaster™ automated mooring technology for a ferry berth at the Port of Turku in Finland. The system will be delivered in 2020.

One of our automated mooring applications at a passenger ferry berth in Finland.

27 November 2018 10:00

Cavotec automated mooring selected for Great Lakes e-ferry berths

Cavotec is to supply its innovative MoorMaster™ automated mooring technology for use with two new-build, fully electrically powered ferries at five berths in Canada’s Great Lakes – the country’s first fully electrical non-cable vessels – highlighting how MoorMaster™ is a key technology for expanding the use of e-vessels.

MoorMaster™ is the leading automated mooring technology, with some 400,000 completed moorings.

13 July 2018 08:00

Automated mooring substantially cuts vessel emissions: report

A new report demonstrates how automated mooring system (AMS) makes substantial reductions in CO2 emissions produced by ferries during mooring operations.

19 February 2018 14:34

United Nations Global Opportunity Report recognises Cavotec solutions

Our MoorMaster™ automated mooring technology has been included in the 2018 UN Global Opportunity Report that highlights how "innovative technologies are making genuine progress towards a more sustainable world."

No lines, no plugs: wireless charging based on inductive power transfer and MoorMaster™ automated mooring moors and charges the Folgefonng hybrid ferry.

21 September 2017 07:58

World’s first combined induction transfer and automated mooring system successfully tested with hybrid ferry

Cavotec, together with group of industrial partners, has made history with the world's first successful testing of a combined wireless induction charging and automated mooring system with a hybrid passenger ferry.

Power point: one of the two Cavotec shore power dispensers that charge the award-winning ferry.

16 September 2016 08:00

Cavotec powers "Ship of the Year"

We're delighted that the carbon fibre passenger ferry, Vision of the Fjords, has been named "Ship of the Year" at SMM in Hamburg, the world's leading maritime trade fair. This extraordinary battery-powered hybrid vessel relies on Cavotec shore power systems to charge its battery units.

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