Interviews – Page 10
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NewsOcean Business 2015
Ocean Business 2015 will take place from 14 – 16 April 2015 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Taking place every two years, Ocean Business is widely recognised as one of the most important events in the ocean technology calendar - and this year, the event’s organisers claim, ...
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NewsIan Ellis – MacDuff Ship Design
Some builds, admits Ian Ellis of MacDuff Ship Design, have taken him out of his comfort zone. However he seems, like the company, to thrive on a challenge.
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NewsNeil Kermode - EMEC
When travelling abroad we need to pack electrical plug adaptors but with wave and tidal energy expected to become a global industry, developers also have to consider, will my device plug in in foreign lands?
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NewsPete McIntosh: A fresh pair of eyes for CTruk
Pete McIntosh of CTruk has returned to boatbuilding, something that a few years ago he was quite certain he’d never do. So what made him change his mind?
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NewsNick Warren: Burgess Marine Group
When Nick Warren left the University of Southampton with a degree in Business Management and Finance, he had few thoughts of a career in shiprepair. But, after a short spell with yacht brokers Ancasta and encouraged by some more than gentle persuasion from his father, he decided it was time ...
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NewsFrank Kowalski: Safehaven Marine
Readers of MJ will be familiar with the stunning photographs of Safehaven boats pitching through giant waves at the mouth of Cork harbour and visitors to SeaWork might have been aboard some of those boats to witness the high level of fit out, while internet surfers have enjoyed the dramatic ...
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NewsPeter Curtis: The missing link?
It’s a bit like being a marriage broker, admits Peter Curtis, “on one side I have the marine businesses, on the other I have the banks and fund managers, the trick is to get them to see eye to eye.”
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NewsRené Berkvens: Long term relationships
“When I finished my studies in Naval Architecture, I decided never to get into shipbuilding as in 1978 the whole industry was in a shambles,” admits René Berkvens, CEO of Damen Shipyards Group.
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NewsMartin Jackson: An individual approach
"My ''eureka'' moments are always 2.00 in the morning," says Martin Jackson of Marine and Industrial Transmissions. "I get the ideas down with the help of a notepad and pen - and a very understanding wife..."
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NewsBrian Archibald: Answering Orkney’s contradictions
“I have to have my feet placed pretty firmly in two camps,” explains Brian Archibald, head of marine services, engineering and transportation for Orkney, “Even if these sometimes appear to have contradictory aims.”
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NewsJack Gaston: 20 years with Maritime Journal
Time goes quickly in the Tugs & Towing business and Maritime Journal''s illustrious correspondent Jack Gaston has now been documenting the industry''s progress for MJ for 20 years.
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NewsBob Cripps: Growing the industry's future
“There’s no point in building a boat for tomorrow based on today’s technology,” says Bob Cripps of Longitude Consulting Engineers, part of LOC Group. “A design has to have room to evolve.”
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NewsPeter Bouma: evolution not revolution
“From the numbers point of view it can look like a fantastic boat – but when a design gets out onto the waves and starts bouncing around, then you know if its workable or not,” says Peter Bouma, Naval Architect at Vripack.
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NewsThe buoyant life of Steve Barstow
“If you measure the waves washing up on a Cornish coast, you can ‘see back in time’ to the storm that created them, perhaps tens of thousands of kilometres away,” says Stephen Barstow, Fugro Oceanor’s chief ocean wave climatologist.
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NewsJose Gonzales: from screwdriver to laptop
“In all sectors, those who had vision, those who saw that the environmental issues being brought to the table wouldn’t just fade away, these manufacturers now have a clear lead,” says Jose Gonzalis of Lloyd’s Register.
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NewsPaolo Moretti: the search for solutions
“In the early years things might have been easier, but there was no importance attached to innovation,” says Paolo Moretti, RINA’s marine general manager.
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NewsGerhard Kutt: Daredevil turned innovator
Gerhard Kutt, of internationally based (Hydrofoil Assisted Water Craft) HAWC Technologies absorbed lessons in hydrodynamics from an interesting perspective, the wake of a speedboat.
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NewsRaymond Siliakus: The matchmaker of Europort
“It’s not about selling space. In fact, sometimes it can be a little like being a marriage broker, says Europort exhibition manager Raymond Siliakus.
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NewsBenny Carlsen: A realist with a passion
“This job is all about saving lives. You have to have a passion for it. It simply can’t just be about selling equipment,” explains Benny Carlsen, vice president of Denmark’s Viking Life-Saving Equipment.
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NewsDown to the small details
It’s “all about the ability to adapt,” says Bob Mainprize of Scarborough UK based Mainprize Offshore Limited. However, he believes the boat design and building industry needs to do more than simply ‘respond’ to the pull of the market and needs to think ahead.
