Interviews

“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…

“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…

“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.

Gerhard Kutt, of internationally based (Hydrofoil Assisted Water Craft) HAWC Technologies absorbed lessons in hydrodynamics from an interesting perspective, the wake of a speedboat.

“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.

“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…

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…

Mal Stein of UK based marine electrical engineering specialists SeaKing knows the importance of communications.

Andreas Tsavliris, head of Greek firm Tsavliris Salvage and president of the International Salvage Union says being close to shipping issues isn’t just useful, “It’s vital for the survival of business”.

After studying naval architecture and shipping management, Michiel Wijsmuller didn’t simply settle into the family business even though it was the great Dutch towing and salvage firm developed by his grandfather, Jan…

“I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman…

“Regulation is a difficult issue,” says Len Roueche, CEO of Interferry, adding that it’s not made any easier by the fact that the regulators and businesses sometimes “seem to live in two…

“The job of being a Harbour Master could, if you wanted it to, be really easy, said Captain Bob Baker, the new president of the UK Harbour Masters Association.

Experts from Scotland’s wave and tidal testing hub the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) are to collaborate with their marine energy counterparts from the Ocean University of China (OUC) in Shandong Province.

Marine consultancy and survey specialists EMU Limited is to collaborate with engineering consultancy Arup and the Russell Group, University of Southampton.

Alastair Cameron, the man behind Shoreham UK based small craft design firm Camarc told MJ, “It’s still very important to go and see what the local conditions are, and by this I…

The UK Chamber of Shipping has rebuffed the idea that the shipping industry is trying employ “delaying tactics” with regard to emission regulation, a subject that impacts European short sea disproportionately.