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Publisher John C. O’Malley @ShipNews [email protected]

Associate Publisher/Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein [email protected] to the propulsion and fuel conundrum. It

Chalk it up to “2020”, but producing a

Vice President, Sales

Rob Howard “Workboat Annual” – as I’ve done annually is, and will remain a step process, and this [email protected] for the past 28 years – feels both familiar month we have a pair of features discussing

Editorial Contributors yet positively bizarre, particularly without a critical component of that process: battery

Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil the regular meeting of the industry at the technology. On page 20 Bartolomej Tomic,

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia

December event in New Orleans. the managing editor of Maritime Reporter’s

Production

Irina Vasilets

While so much remains different from our sister-publication Offshore Engineer, inter- [email protected] normal working lives, one constant is our views Geir Oscar Løseth from Kongsberg

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] in-depth coverage of people and companies Maritime on an interesting hybrid battery moving this maritime business forward. In solution for a trio of Island Offshore plat-

Corporate Staff

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager that regard, I am pleased to present insights form supply vessels.

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting on Wilson Sons, the largest integrated port Then starting on page 54, I interview

Information Technology

Vladimir Bibik and maritime logistics operator in Brazil Brent Perry, CEO of Sterling PBES and

Subscriptions which also happens to operate a ? eet of chairman of the Zero Emissions Shipping

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] more than 80 workboats. As the maritime Technology Association. Perry has a long-

Sales

Lucia Annunziata industry globally absorbs an abundance history and unique insights on the creation [email protected] of new rules and regulations that materi- and evolution of battery solutions in the

Terry Breese ally transform the industry, particularly maritime sector, and his company is pushing [email protected]; +1 561 732 1185 in regards to emissions and automated hard to deliver outside-the-box innovation,

John Cagni [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715 operations, we visited recently with Mar- including the global launch of its cartridge

Frank Covella cio Castro, Executive Director Tugboat battery solution.

[email protected]; +1 561 732 1659

Division, Wilson Sons, who discusses with Finally, starting on page 70 is my in-

Mike Kozlowski

Maritime Reporter the size, shape & techni- terview with Rear Admiral John Okon, [email protected]; +1 561 733 2477 cal direction of the ? eet under his guise. Commander, Naval Meteorology and

While Wilson Sons owns and operates its Oceanography Command. Any ? eet is only

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany own shipyard for newbuild and repair, it as ef? cient and effective as the quantity and

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 has an enduring relationship with Damen, quality of information it has on the environ-

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 and Castro has some interesting insights, in ment into which it intends to sail, particu-

Germany, Austria & Switzerland particular regarding its process for technol- larly true in the case of the U.S. Navy and

Tony Stein ogy evaluation and adoption. this missions it carries out globally. RDML [email protected] +44 1892 512777

At the center of any vessel owner’s deci- Okon is forthcoming on the increased utili-

United Kingdom sion board today are perhaps more questions zation of autonomous systems – under, on

Paul Barrett

Hallmark House, 25 Downham Road, Ramsden than answers on the propulsion and fuel and above the water – in this regard.

Health, Essex CM11 1PU UK [email protected]; +44 7778 357722 selection for the future. These new assets should have a working life of 30 years or

Classi? ed Sales +1 212 477 6700 more, meaning that they will not only tra- verse through but ultimately reach the strict new emission rules planned for 2050. In dis-

Founder:

Gregory R. Trauthwein cussions with the owners, naval architects,

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Editor & Associate Publisher

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000] builders, OEMs and class, the only certainty

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019] [email protected] is that there is no single, silver-bullet answer 6 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2020

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