Interviews – Page 8
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NewsUlf Kanne: Charged with our future
For Ulf Kanne, Green propulsion and investment expert, we may be closer to the end for internal combustion marine propulsion than many think.
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NewsSofia Fürstenberg Stott: Nor-Shipping
The maritime industry “needs to unlock opportunities a little outside its current remit” Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Nor-Shipping’s development director told ''MJ''. And she’s determined to hand it a key.
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NewsUgo Pavesi: Transfluid
When it comes to hybrids, Ugo Pavesi doesn’t want anyone to think that Transfluid does something ‘special’.
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NewsPeter Van Bruggen: Projectwise
Despite Tanzania’s many lakes and waterways, there was a time that buying a locally built, commercial vessel “was impossible”, Peter Van Bruggen of Dutch-based Projectwise told MJ. “In fact, it was the same story across the whole of East Africa,” he said. “You couldn’t award a contract to a local ...
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NewsWalter Van der Pennen: EST-Floattech
“When I tried to tell people that electric-hybrid vessels were the future, I kept on hearing ‘Why batteries – what’s wrong with diesel?’ Or ‘Yeah well, maybe climate change doesn’t really exist’,” Walter Van der Pennen of EST-Floattech told ''MJ''. “But there was a point last year when it changed ...
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NewsFabio Buzzi: FB Design (Italy)
“There’s a continuous fight - you always have to accept a compromise between a beautiful, fast line and efficiency from the engineering point of view,”said Fabio Buzzi, founder and owner of Italian FB Design. “Bring those together and you’re winning.”
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NewsHervé Lapierre: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (France)
“We’d had a lot of previous experience with dynamic positioned vessels, both cable layers and seismic research ships… But my real frustration was that the DP operations are basically a disaster in terms of fuel consumption and efficiency,” said Hervé Lapierre, head of newbuilding at Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group (LDA). ...
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NewsCybersecurity to be a featured topic at SMM
The MS&D conference, part of SMM, will take place on 6 and 7 September 2018 in the Hamburg Messe exhibition halls.
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NewsTom Eystø: Massterly
Development toward autonomous windfarm support has already started, according to Tom Eystø, MD of Massterly, a new Norwegian joint venture between Kongsberg Maritime and Wilhelm Wilhelmsen.
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NewsAdrian Scales: Brookes Bell
Innovation, even when it can’t stop a tragedy, can still answer some “very human” concerns says Adrian Scales,Special Casualty Representative for international marine consultancy Brookes Bell.
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NewsSimon Forrest: Nova Innovation
“The moon-race going on in the tidal energy sector” is more likely to be won by smaller, more dynamic firms according to Simon Forrest of Nova Innovation: “If you want transformation, don’t look toward big, blue-chip companies – they are generally too comfortable with the status quo.”
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NewsRémi Gruet: Ocean Energy Europe
“Tidal energy doesn’t have ‘issues’ – we only have challenges,” said Rémi Gruet CEO of Brussels-based Ocean Energy Europe. “We’ve managed overcome them with wind and solar energy, now we are going to do that with tidal power.”
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NewsEntrepreneurship focus for naval sector trade fair
After the success of its sixth edition, in which Navalia became the first naval trade fair in Spain and Southern Europe, it now intends to become an essential meeting place for the sector, where participating companies can exhibit their latest developments from 22nd to 24th May, 2018.
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NewsKristian Gøbel: Nautisk
According to Kristian Gøbel of Nautisk, onboard software developers should ask ‘what features do you never use?’ as much as ''what do you like?''
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NewsGerard van Raalte on dredging and environmental management
“What we know now is that nature can do a lot of the work for you, if you bring in environmental considerations at the beginning,” said Gerard van Raalte, author, lecturer and recently, winner of CEDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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NewsAndrew Tierney: Pen Test Partners
“Workboats remain one of the most risky environments, they have to deal with bad weather and a range of tricky operations,” said Andrew Tierney of Pen Test Partners. “That desensitises people to lesser risks, risks that these days are much more likely. Like cyber attack.”
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NewsPaul Gullett, Wave International
“Don’t go reinventing the wheel… there’s a lot of wheels out there already,” said Paul Gullett of Wave International. “Instead of trying to create something from scratch, first have a look at other sectors. It helps to be open minded.”
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NewsErik Lanssen’s 80 million target
“My mission, my aim now, is to reduce Norway’s diesel consumption by 80 million litres,” said Erik Lanssen of Selfa Arctic.
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NewsEuroport 2017 Programme
Europort, from 7-10th November 2017 in Rotterdam is a must attend event for ship owners, shipyard managers, ship designers, marine superintendants, fleet managers, ship brokers, technical engineers, naval architects and all other maritime professionals that are involved in shipbuilding, repair or conversion.
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NewsRobin van der Bij: KML
“There’s an upward curve to negotiate when you start a new kind of pioneering project, you only have the existing kit of the time – and your ingenuity,” Robin van der Bij of KML told ''MJ''.
