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Editorial ith this edition, we bring to a close what is undoubtedly one of the longest and more Credit: Autonaut bizarre years in the 54 that I have ridden www.marinetechnologynews.com this third rock from the sun. I ? nd it hard

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Despite the volume and duration of noise generated this year, innovation in the subsea

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I had the opportunity to visit with Steve Hall, CEO of the Society for Underwater Tech-

Contributing Writers nology (SUT) on a Zoom call for a recent video interview. As many of you know, Steve’s

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Elaine Maslin, Aberdeen tenure at SUT is coming to an end shortly as he moves on to the top spot at Pembrokeshire

Tom Mulligan, Ireland

Coastal Forum at the end of 2020. The end product video interview (found here: bit.

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William Stoichevski, Oslo ly/3kZSnbm) is the antithesis of what you might expect from a media video clip today, as it is anything but short & sweet, running nearly an hour long. I cut this interview down

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Irina Vasilets [email protected] own foibles! When you have some time though, I highly recommend that you log on and listen, as Steve provides incredible depth and insight to the pace and trajectory of subsea

Production & Graphic Design markets and technologies. We captured the essence of the interview in our Q&A with Steve

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] starting on page 25.

As we head to 2021 and beyond, the MTR team will be there with you to discuss and

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