Norwegian shipping company Torghatten AS is due to launch what's billed as the world's first commercial autonomous and electric passenger ferry, which will start making regular trips between islands in central Stockholm, Sweden, later this year.
Professor Dr. Geraldine Rauch was elected chair of the ENHANCE board of directors on 27 March 2023. This is the highest decision-making committee within the ENHANCE European alliance. The board of directors is made up of the rectors and presidents of the 10 ENHANCE partner universities as well as the chair of the ENHANCE steering committee and two representatives of the ENHANCE student forum. Geraldine Rauch succeeds her colleague Professor Anne Borg of Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.