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EDITOR’S NOTE

L ast month I attended a dinner at the residence of

U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral

Gary Roughead to engage in a discussion regard- ing Unmanned Underwater Systems, their application and future with the U.S. Navy. While the discussion among the 15 gathered industry leaders and senior Flag Officers was not fodder for publication, per se, it was an excellent op- portunity to gather insight and analysis regarding future technology deployment in and around the U.S. Navy. More importantly, if afforded me the opportunity to sit back and analyze the rapidity with which the maritime industry as a whole identifies and adapts change.

As most of you know, the maritime industry is often broadly classified as conserva- tive and slow to change, the reason for presenting the quote to the left — which is one of my favorites because I was raised and still have many family and friends in the

Cincinnati area. While the maritime industry is not exactly “Silicon Valley-esque” in regards to speed of change, it is not accurate to paint it broad stroke with the conservative label.

This month Henrik Segercrantz graces our pages with a pair of reports — one on a com- pany/personality, another on a vessel — which highlight the profound changes that are sweeping the maritime landscape. In an interview with

Klaus Stahlmann, CEO of MAN Diesel &

Turbo, we find a world-leading power company that is working with other industry leaders to develop the systems and procedure where commercial ships can carry and use a cyrogenic gas fuel-supply system that can — in the case of a 14,000 TEU con- tainership — significantly reduce fuel consumption and emissions ... and, by the way, reduce annual operating costs by an estimated $12 million per year. On the vessel side, Segercrantz helps MR readers figuratively jump aboard the innovative MV Viking

Legend, an inland cruise vessel with a cutting edge diesel-electric propulsion system.

If you are looking to identify the emerging technologies that will shape this industry for a generation to come, my suggestion is to visit the SMM 2010 exhbition in Ham- burg, Germany in early September, which is arguably the world’s biggest and best dis- play of marine technology, with nearly 2,000 exhibitors and more than 50,000 visitors.

If SMM 2010 is not in your plan, turn to page 43 of this edition, where we present some of the new systems to be unveiled in

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