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Martin Rice Farra Marine

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ vessels are not the future, says Ireland-based Farra Marine CEO Martin Rice, who says he will embrace future technology ‘when it works’.

“All the risks are on me and if they decide they don’t want it I’m left with a white elephant,” he says. “Our green solution is a 300-euro rope.”

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