Editorial staff
Maritime Journal is the only magazine and website dedicated to the European inshore, offshore, coastal zone and short sea commercial maritime industries. It uniquely provides the vital link which places vendors and service providers from across a broad spectrum in contact with purchasing decision makers. Our highly targeted readership of marine managers, senior operations and engineering staff are busy professionals who have little time to study lengthy magazine articles.
Europe’s commercial maritime infrastructure is critical to the social and economic well-being of the Continent. It requires continuous renewal and expansion, a process which generates many billions of Euros in revenue for the product and service suppliers involved. These companies need the most up-to-date and comprehensive information about the changing requirements of and emerging opportunities in this vast marketplace.
In recognition of this, Maritime Journal’s editorial policy is to provide a concise overview of industry news, presenting the latest in products and services in the context of current operational applications. Maritime Journal’s clearly laid out and signposted sections help readers to quickly select the most useful and relevant information for their businesses. Its content and user-friendly style ensure that it is passed on between colleagues and retained for future reference.
Editorial Team
Larz Bourne, Editor
Jack Gaston, Towage Correspondent
David Foxwell, Marine Civils Correspondent
David Goodfellow, Hydrographic Survey Correspondent
Tom Todd, European Correspondent
Anne-Marie Causer, News Editor
Stephanie Knight, Feature Writer
Editor - lbourne@maritimejournal.com
Larz Bourne: Having grown up with boats in Oceanside, New York, a career in marine journalism was perhaps inevitable.
Larz worked in animation, and as managing director of a film location catering company, before begining a career in journalism. As a news reporter and feature writer, he covered civil engineering for Surveyor, a UK weekly publication.
The lateral shift to marine civil engineering came with the editorship of Dredging & Port Construction (DPC), a position he held for nearly six years, until invited to join Maritime Journal as Editor in 2001.
News Editor - acauser@mercatormedia.com
Anne-Marie Causer: As News Editor, Anne-Marie is responsible for Mercator Media's online news service, providing readers with latest news relevant to their business.
She initially joined Mercator after graduation in 2000, as a sales executive for Engineering Capacity, and later as a freelance writer on Maritime Journal for four years, becoming full time in her current role in 2011.
Anne-Marie has also worked as a reporter on local newspapers and as Assistant Editor for the John Lewis Partnership and Waitrose Ltd. In 2003 she became Managing Editor at the Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF) - a position she held for eight years. Anne-Marie continues to work as a freelance journalist. Her clients include the Mary Rose Trust, the UK Harbour Masters' Association and the International Harbour Masters' Association. She is also an experienced amateur archaeologist.
Feature Writer - sknight@mercatormedia.com
Stevie Knight writes feature items for a number of magazines across the Mercator Media titles – and is very happy to have special input to Maritime Journal, Port Strategy and Boating Business in particular.
Technology has always been an interest – even before her days in the Engineering Council: “Widgley things that make everyone’s life easier” have been a significant part of her life from the time she earned pocket money from drawing up replacement machine parts for a catalogue to freelance work for the Direct Writing Association.
She has also spent the last two decades or so writing, subbing and editing pieces for a number of publications, both B2B and social titles, and loves a good story.
