Swedish shipping company Wallenius Marine is developing a ship called Oceanbird, which could transport 7,000 cars and trucks across the Atlantic propelled only by the wind. More
Engine noise, fumes and carbon emissions are all nonexistent with X Shore, one of the first electric boat-makers to target the consumer market. More
Carlo Ratti and his team at MIT's Senseable City Lab have come up with a "bridge" made of continuously circling autonomous boats for a tricky patch of Amsterdam's waterway. More
Danish studio Norm Architects has applied its minimalist aesthetic to a 20-metre-long luxury yacht, decking out its interiors with an array of warm and tactile materials. More
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has used his first year as the art director of Sanlorenzo to rebrand the luxury superyacht company, create its lounges for boat shows, and design a pared-back booth at Art Basel Miami Beach. More
Californian company Oru Kayak has designed a foldable kayak that can be carried on one's back for easy transportation and use. More
Royal College of Art graduate Cas Dahmen has envisioned the future of high-end waterborne public transport with an autonomous and electric hydrofoil catamaran. More
A 1910s barge, fitted out by Le Corbusier to be a homeless shelter for the Salvation Army, has sank during flooding of the Seine river in Paris. More
London architecture studio Denizen Works has revealed plans to build a canalboat that doubles as a church, featuring a roof that expands and contracts like the bellows of an organ. More
Aston Martin has collaborated with submersibles manufacturer Triton to create a concept for a limited-edition submarine, which it hopes will "redefine luxury for a select few". More
The world's first autonomous, zero-emissions container ship is set to embark on its maiden voyage in 2018, delivering goods between Norwegian towns. More
A stainless steel barge that American architect Louis Kahn designed to host orchestral concerts will be scrapped at a Louisiana shipyard, unless it finds a new owner by the end of the month. More
A research team from ETH Zurich used 3D-printed moulds to make the skeletal framework for this all-concrete boat, which won first prize for design innovation at the Concrete Canoe Regatta. More
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has made its first foray into nautical design with a powerboat (+ slideshow). More
The UK's Royal Navy has tested an autonomous speedboat it believes could completely "change how they operate" (+ slideshow). More
New Dutch company Edorado Marine is aiming to become the Tesla of boating, with a design that it claims will make high-speed electric boats more affordable and reliable (+ slideshow). More
Engineering company Rolls-Royce has revealed concept designs for an autonomous ship that could be managed remotely from a control centre (+ slideshow). More
A collective of designers and artists in New York has proposed transforming a shipping barge into a verdant floating farm, with berry bushes, lime trees and swaths of lavender, among many other plants. More
Marking International Women's Day, design studio Muf has embarked on a project to transform a narrowboat into a touring cultural centre promoting contemporary female artists. More
Designer Jonathan Schwinge has created a conceptual superyacht with a pyramid-shaped body that would lift itself above the water at high speeds. More
