Grant Brown: Sterling PBES

23/03/2020

“It’s unfortunate... but I really think that the Norled ferry battery fire is significant in that it’s bringing additional scrutiny to safety systems,” Grant Brown of Sterling PBES told 'MJ'. READ more

Albert Ten Busschen: Windesheim College of Technology

03/03/2020

Albert Ten Busschen is passionate about making wind energy truly green. He pointed out that at the moment, “turbine blades are made from materials that can’t be returned to their original components”. But, he added “they can be reused”. READ more

James Morfee: MacKay Marine Engineering

30/01/2020

You might assume that vessel design would present the steepest challenge for a new type of electric ferry to be launched this spring, but no, for James Morfee of McKay, New Zealand, “it's the charger”. READ more

Geert Hendriks: Royal HaskoningDHV

16/12/2019

Small movements “can, together, have a very large and unexpected impact”, explained Geert Hendriks of Royal HaskoningDHV. That applies equally to grains of sand and the soft-skills of diplomacy. READ more

Tor Østervold: ECOsubsea

04/12/2019

Traditional hull cleaning methods are “a major issue for our industry”, said Tor Østervold, ECOsubsea CEO, as it impacts not just ports and vessel owners but the waters around them. READ more

Thijs Verstraete: Parkwind

29/10/2019

Most of the time Thijs Verstraete’s asset management job is making sure nothing happens to Belgian-based Parkwind’s turbines. READ more

Julien Le Feuvre: Dometic

20/09/2019

“It’s all about keeping people warm in winter, cool in summer – that’s the same, whether it’s a leisure or work boat,” said Julien Le Feuvre of Dometic. “But crossing over, we had to adapt to different priorities”. READ more

Kimmo Rauma: Danfoss Editron

05/09/2019

Kimmo Rauma of Danfoss Editron, the company that helped bring hybridisation to the Estonian Police and Border Guard, is more than happy that the results from its latest installation onboard the 4.3MW ‘Ellen’ will be openly shared. In fact, he READ more

Mervyn John ‘Jack’ Gaston: 1941-2019

20/08/2019

Following the recent passing of MJ’s former Tugs and Towing correspondent we take a more detailed look back at the life of this key contributor to both the magazine and the industry as a whole. READ more

Dirk Illegems: Dockmate

31/07/2019

“Five years ago, we had no help at all from any of the other product manufacturers,” said Dirk Illegems of Dockmate: that’s particularly troublesome if you’re producing a highly integrated system. READ more