Interviews

Moving towards a low carbon future for the heavy industries is a hugely challenging endeavour, especially offshore says Mammoet’s Head of Sustainability, Erica Gray.

According to Dr Henry Robinson, CEO of Dynautics Limited, the design and build of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) is complex and challenging.

Offshore wind decarbonisation is here to stay, says Ian Baylis, Managing Director of Offshore Energy Support Vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services.

“Assuring complex marine operations may seem like trying to hit a constantly moving target, but with the right partnerships and approach, greater confidence levels are achievable,” says Rob Baker, Group General Manager…

We are sad to report the loss of ”Maritime Journal” contributor and maritime expert and prolific author Dag Pike, who ‘crossed the bar’ over the Bank Holiday weekend.

“The maritime industry currently has a goal, but not yet a way to get there,” said Dr Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions.

“Waste heat is the world’s largest unused energy source,” Marcel Flipse of Orcan Energy told MJ. “We have solar, hydro, wind… but this is so simple - and it has vast potential…

We don’t cover much charter/ pleasure cruising, and we normally prefer our boats to stay afloat in Maritime Journal, but when this fascinating story from the archives of Windermere Lake Cruises in…

“I don’t know if many people really grasp the sheer scale of these coming turbines, and what it will take to carry and install them,”

According to Andrew Calderbank-Link, Operations Director, Seacat Services, balancing offshore energy support vessel market dynamics is crucial to maintaining offshore wind growth.

A big step forward in understanding the oceans and oceans’ floors was taken by “a simple, cost-effective” flick of a switch, David Millar told MJ.

Charles Hammond OBE, Group Chief Executive, Forth Ports, which operates eight ports on the UK East coast says his team is ‘Brexit ready’.

It all started when Norway’s SpillTech were posed a question: “OK, we know you can clean up oil, so can you apply the same thing to marine litter?”

“Ask who wants a change? Everybody. But ask who wants to change – the answer is usually, ‘nobody’…” Asbjørn Halsebakke told MJ.

According to Jason Cooney of Tsaks Consulting, winning maritime and shipping industry tenders should now always involve ‘best practice bid writing techniques’.

Groundbreaking innovation has a hard time getting a foothold. Especially when all the rules and experience seem set against it. But it is possible – and when the stakes are high, the…

Herman Jorgensen, MD of GAC UK has learned a lot from running remote supply chains: after all, “there’s no ordering missing small spares” when you’re in the Kara Sea, “four days sailing…

Though Jotun’s recent robotic developments seem surprising, the seeds were sown back in 2011, “when we started to look outside the paint can”, said Geir Axel Oftedahl. The goal was simple: consistently,…

It may have helped “realise a revolution” Ferhat Acuner of Navtek told MJ, but the groundbreaking Zeetug project nearly didn’t happen.