Opinion – Page 8
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Ferries and tankers look to the future
The March 1968 issue of ‘The Motor Ship’ continued to question whether it was feasible for the new generation of large ships – such as planned tankers of 250,000dwt-plus – to continu to rely on a single-screw propulsion system, whether diesel or turbine.
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NewsBunker industry prepares for radical change
A diverse fuel future, a potentially turbulent transition to the 2020 sulphur cap and the perennial question of business ethics are prime concerns for the ''voice of the global bunker supply chain, says Justin Murphy, CEO of the INternational Bunker Industry Association. He talks to Stevie Knight.
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NewsBattery safety: Is the industry doing enough?
Current safety requirements for battery installations on ships are ineffective, argues Grant Brown, vice president marketing at energy storage company PBES.
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News‘No insignificant task’: developing the environment for autonomy
In June the IMO agreed to a scoping exercise for autonomous vessel regulations that many thought was still some years off. James Fanshawe, chair of the Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group (MASRWG) was one of the key influencers.
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NewsA crucial choice
Care when selecting ballast water management systems would make life easier for owners, Andrew Marshall of Coldharbour Marine tells Gavin Lipsith.
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NewsFlemming Bo Larsen: Nice – or necessary?
“I was trained for the sea and I had no other idea in mind, but a few years ago I found myself between roles and landed, temporarily, in one of Maersk’s offices – where I had a view over the company’s entire charter fleet,” said Flemming Bo Larsen. “Seeing it, ...
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Geir Erik Samnøy: Energy addiction
Despite being a force for change there’s more to innovation than ‘disruptive technologies’, Geir Erik Samnøy, managing director and founder of Presentwater tells Stevie Knight.
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NewsInnovation with vision
Transas has been on the leading edge of maritime innovation for a quarter of a century, offering everything from e-navigation and training through vessel traffic management systems to coastal surveillance. Now CEO Frank Coles believes there are some difficult questions to answer about the direction of innovation within shipping.
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Computers make their debut
The main story in ‘The Motor Ship’, October 1967, concerned the launch of the ‘Queen Elizabeth II’. This was, surprisingly, regarded as something of an anti-climax – in both the “remarkably uninspired” choice of name, and the fact that she was seen as “the last of the big liners”.
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NewsFirst steps on the path to decarbonisation
The IMO made its first tentative moves towards its anticipated greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategy at MEPC 71 and an intersessional working group meeting last month. Unni Einemo, IMO representative for the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), was there.
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Contra-rotating propellers and containers
Our predecessors, writing in the September 1967 issue of The Motor Ship, were considering the dilemma facing ship designers following the demand for higher speeds, which in turn had led to a horsepower race.They felt that technology of the time was approaching its practical limits, particularly in terms of the ...
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NewsKen Munro: When ignorance is definitely not bliss
As the smoke from the latest salvo of cyber-scares clears, men like Ken Munro are promising to guide us through the minefield. Stevie Knight writes.
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NewsThe electric and autonomous disruption
One of the more adventurous speaker choices at this year’s Nor-Shipping exhibition and conference was serial entrepreneur and transportation futurist Tony Seba. Here we present an edited version of his discussion on the nature of disruption and how electric and automated vehicles will bring radical change to markets both on ...
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A future view of large tankers
The Motor Ship, July 1967, featured a lengthy article by Cmdr E. Platt, a director of BP Tankers, discussing the next generation of ‘mammoth’ tankers.
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NewsJoerg Roehl: The big (and heavy) picture
Despite the problems of the heavy lift segment – which has experienced two years of restructuring, vessel layups and consolidation – Joerg Roehl of TGP Group insists “we are beginning to see some positive signs”. But, why should we believe him?
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NewsBrent Perry: Under a spell
After founding and running two energy storage companies, you might think Brent Perry, CEO and founder of PBES, had seen it all in that field. But batteries still hold a little bit of magic for him, he tells Stevie Knight.
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British yard exports to China
‘Coals to Newcastle’ is a well-known English expression reflecting the fact that Newcastle, on the River Tyne, was once a major coal exporting port, so sending coal there was a fruitless exercise. We were reminded of this – or to turn it around a bit – by ''Ships from Sunderland'' ...
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NewsTo scrap or not to scrap?
Innovative technical and financial options are needed if owners of older ships are to avoid scrapping vessels in the light of onerous environmental regulations.
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NewsHannu Jukola: Cold realism
“There are some very pretty pictures of cruise vessels surrounded by floating ice in the brochures, but these vessels have no ice class: to an expert eye it’s actually extremely dangerous,” Hannu Jukola of Steerprop tells Stevie Knight. The cruise industry has been taking some heavy risks without, it seems, ...
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NewsEditorial: Improving automation
Ship operators must strengthen their focus on automation basics if they are to reap the rewards of technological advances, writes The Motorship editor Gavin Lipsith.
