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David Millar: Fugro Americas
07/01/2021A 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. READ more
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East coast ports ready for Brexit
14/12/2020Charles Hammond OBE, Group Chief Executive, Forth Ports, which operates eight ports on the UK East coast says his team is ‘Brexit ready’. READ more
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Bård Haug: SpillTech
07/12/2020It 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?” READ more
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Customer survey winner
19/11/2020Mercator Media recently ran a customer survey, powered by Survey Monkey, as part of work to improve our offerings to commercial marine industry readers, event delegates, clients and stakeholders. READ more
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Asbjørn Halsebakke: Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch
04/11/2020“Ask who wants a change? Everybody. But ask who wants to change – the answer is usually, ‘nobody’...” Asbjørn Halsebakke told MJ. READ more
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The new art and science of successful bid writing
06/10/2020According to Jason Cooney of Tsaks Consulting, winning maritime and shipping industry tenders should now always involve ‘best practice bid writing techniques’. READ more
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Alfonso Jurado: Técnicas y Servicios de Ingeniería (TSI)
01/10/2020Groundbreaking 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 effort is worth it, said Fibreship project lead Alfonso Jurado READ more
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Herman Jorgensen: GAC UK
03/09/2020Herman 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 from the coastlines of Norway or Russia”. READ more
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Norman Finlay MBE: 1936-2020
13/08/2020The UK-headquartered Workboat Association has reported the recent sad news of the passing of its Life President: Norman Finlay MBE. READ more
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Geir Axel Oftedahl: Jotun
24/07/2020Though 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, rather than intermittently, clean hulls. READ more
