Ulf Kanne: Charged with our future

07/02/2019

For Ulf Kanne, Green propulsion and investment expert, we may be closer to the end for internal combustion marine propulsion than many think.   READ more

Sofia Fürstenberg Stott: Nor-Shipping

08/01/2019

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. READ more

Ugo Pavesi: Transfluid

29/11/2018

When it comes to hybrids, Ugo Pavesi doesn’t want anyone to think that Transfluid does something ‘special’. READ more

Peter Van Bruggen: Projectwise

02/11/2018

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 READ more

Walter Van der Pennen: EST-Floattech

24/09/2018

“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 READ more

Fabio Buzzi: FB Design (Italy)

29/08/2018

“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 READ more

Hervé Lapierre: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (France)

02/08/2018

“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,” READ more

Cybersecurity to be a featured topic at SMM

18/07/2018

The MS&D conference, part of SMM, will take place on 6 and 7 September 2018 in the Hamburg Messe exhibition halls. READ more

Tom Eystø: Massterly

25/06/2018

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. READ more

Adrian Scales: Brookes Bell

14/05/2018

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. READ more