A New Chapter for Resilient Global Trade: Sea Tech & MEYER Floating Solutions Launch the Sea Tech Floating Terminal

Sea Technology International AB and MEYER Floating Solutions Ltd. are proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership that marks a new era for global port infrastructure. Together, the two companies are delivering the Sea Tech Floating Terminal (STFT), a scalable, class-approved floating port solution designed to meet the evolving demands of container shipping, logistics, and climate-conscious port development.

Turning Vision into Reality

The STFT is not just a concept, it has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, confirming its technical feasibility and readiness for deployment.

With this milestone, the floating terminal becomes the world’s first large-scale, modular port system engineered to handle Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCVs), enabling full capacity on/offloading via feeder vessels.

• With DNV’s AiP in place and a delivery model that aligns with shipyard realities, we are now in a strong position to offer this solution globally,” said Therese Lundquist, CEO of Sea Technology International AB. “This terminal helps unlock capacity, decentralize cargo handling, and provide essential infrastructure where traditional solutions can’t reach, with both business opportunities and the environment in mind
• This is about turning vision into reality,” said Kaj Casén, CEO of MEYER Floating Solutions. “Our role is to translate this concept into something that can be manufactured efficiently and delivered globally, with a modular execution strategy that meets marine standards and project realities.”

Ports worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges:

• Congestion and depth constraints that prevent expansion for the largest container ships.
• Rising infrastructure costs and lengthy permitting processes.
• Climate and environmental restrictions make land-based expansion less viable.

The STFT provides a strategic alternative to traditional port infrastructure:

• Time savings for carriers: A ULCV can spend 2 to 4 extra days waiting for a berth in congested ports. At daily operating costs often exceeding USD 100,000 per vessel, every day saved translates into millions of dollars in annual fleet efficiency gains.
• Cost-effective expansion: Instead of investing billions into dredging and land reclamation, ports can add offshore capacity with modular floating infrastructure. This avoids sunk costs and reduces financial risk.
• Decentralized distribution: Electrically operated feeder vessels can transship directly to regional ports, bypassing road congestion and last-mile bottlenecks. This leads to faster cargo turnover and reduced logistics costs.
• Environmental advantages: Floating infrastructure minimizes seabed disruption, shortens construction timelines, and can integrate renewable energy solutions, lowering both carbon emissions and regulatory hurdles.

The Operator’s Advantage: Gains for Global Carriers

For leading operators such as MSC, Maersk, or CMA CGM, the benefits are especially compelling:

• Reduced idle time: With global schedules involving hundreds of vessels, eliminating waiting times at congested ports can mean hundreds of millions of dollars saved annually in operating costs and opportunity costs.
• Improved asset utilization: A vessel that spends fewer days at anchor can perform more voyages per year, directly boosting revenue. For MSC, the world’s largest container line, this could mean billions in additional throughput capacity without adding new ships.
• Flexibility in deployment: Floating terminals can be placed in growth markets (e.g., West Africa, Southeast Asia, or South America) where port capacity lags behind cargo growth. This gives operators first-mover advantage in fast-developing trade lanes.
• Risk hedging: Instead of locking capital into fixed port infrastructure, carriers can leverage scalable floating capacity that can be relocated or expanded as trade flows shift.

Beyond Logistics: New Horizons for Cruise & Energy

In addition to container transshipment, the STFT concept (and similar floating-port platforms) can be extended into new domains, particularly cruise terminals and floating energy hubs.

Floating Cruise Terminals

MEYER Floating Solutions has already pioneered floating cruise terminal designs, positioning itself at the frontier of sustainable cruise-port infrastructure
Some highlights of their approach include:

• Modular, expandable design: Floating cruise terminals can be tailored in size and configuration to local demand and conditions.
• Characteristics & components: Their designs integrate piers (205-320 m length), terminal buildings, hotel or retail modules, energy supply systems, and infrastructure for embarkation/disembarkation.
• Minimal shore works: Because the floating structure itself contains most of the terminal functions, only one connection point to land infrastructure is needed, reducing civil works, disruption and environmental impact
• Adaptability to constrained harbors: Many cruise ports are in dense urban areas or protected coasts where land availability is limited. The floating terminal lets ports expand or upgrade without land reclamation.
• Sustainability features: Some designs include water desalination, waste treatment, and renewable energy integration (wind, solar) to meet cruise industry expectations for zero-impact cruising.
• By integrating the STFT’s container-handling infrastructure with cruise modules, the same floating base could serve dual roles, cargo transshipment and cruise docking/terminal operations. This synergy can maximize utilization and investment returns.

Floating Energy & Port as Power Hub

On top of cargo and cruise operations, such floating terminals can evolve into energy hubs:

• Fuel supply & bunkering: Serve as offshore refueling or alternative fuel stations (e.g. hydrogen, ammonia, battery charging) for ships.
• Energy storage & microgrid: Host energy storage systems (batteries, capacitors) and solar/wind generation to supply both the terminal and visiting vessels.
• Power-to-ship infrastructure: Provide shoreside electric plug-in for cruise ships or container vessels to reduce emissions during port stay.
• Integrated utilities: Waste treatment, water supply, and utility services, all built into the floating structure, reducing dependence on shore capacity.

Together, these capabilities turn the floating terminal into a multifunctional node, cargo port, cruise terminal, and energy hub, all in one flexible, relocatable infrastructure.

Sea Technology brings decades of maritime design expertise; MEYER Floating Solutions contributes to its world-class modular fabrication capabilities. Together, they are delivering a solution that is faster, greener, and smarter than traditional port expansion.

The floating terminal is no longer a dream, it is engineered, certified, and ready.

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✅ Approval in Principle by DNV (Aug 2025)
✅ 5 to 6M TEU capacity | 400 x 600 m

✅ 60+ year design life