Nor-Shipping seeks innovations with impact for 2027 Ocean Solutions Award

Nor-Shipping 2027, taking place in Oslo and Lillestrøm from 7-11 June, has announced the launch of its latest Ocean Solutions Award. Conceived to showcase breakthrough ideas, products and concepts that are either currently available or near commercialisation, the award is open to all Nor-Shipping exhibitors and speakers in official conferences and seminars. 

The winner will be announced in front of an audience of international decision makers at Nor-Shipping’s Ocean Leadership Conference on 8 June 2027.

“Shipping has no shortage of challenges, but it also has the talent, expertise and ambition to address them head-on, forging new commercial opportunities,” comments Sidsel Norvik, Director, Nor-Shipping. “The task is to create awareness of that potential, of fresh ways of working, and connect it with businesses that can benefit. New solutions only fulfil their promise when they reach the people who need them.

“The Ocean Solutions Award helps make that connection. We want to give our innovative exhibitors and participants a powerful platform to demonstrate the value they can deliver, capturing the attention of an industry focused on future development.”

Seen in this context, the award, which debuted in 2021, fits perfectly with the main Nor-Shipping 2027 theme of NEXT: navigating uncertainty, evolving technologies and business models, executing on ambition, and transforming the industry.

The eventual winner will follow in the footsteps of bound4blue, which won in 2025 (pictured) for its pioneering eSAIL® suction sails, and 2023’s winner AlfaWall Oceanbird, developer of a folding wing sail system. Both companies put wind propulsion in the spotlight, demonstrating how an established energy source can support shipping’s evolving needs, while building their own market positioning.