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MARITIME

Editorial

REPORTER

AND

ENGINEERING NEWS

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Publisher John C. O’Malley [email protected]

Associate Publisher/Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein @ShipNews [email protected]

Offshore Energy Editor

Bartolomej Tomic

Last month I had the chance to spend [email protected]

As we set sail on yet another year to- some time with Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, gether – Maritime Reporter & Engineer-

Science & Technology Editor

Tom Mulligan rd

CEO, DNV Maritime, as most of us ‘spend ing News’ 83 year serving the global [email protected] maritime industry and personally, unbeliev- time’ today: on a Zoom call from the

Production Manager th

Irina Vasilets ably, my 30 year in this seat I’m mindful con? ne of our home of? ces. I’ve had the – [email protected] of the advice Charles O’Malley gave to me opportunity to interview Knut many times

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia during the interview process in 1992 when I over the years, and I’ve always found him [email protected] admitted that I didn’t have a maritime edu- to be an even-keeled voice of reason on all

Corporate Staff cation and my knowledge of the industry, to matters maritime. Our discussion this time

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley that date, centered on personal boating. He around was broad, but for this edition I’ve momalley@marinelink said: “Don’t worry; this is a business … it’s chosen to really focus in on the decarbon-

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger about money, people and technology.” ization efforts in maritime today as he sees [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810

As we take the next step into the 2020’s, them, as it is the multitude of research and

Manager, Information Technology Services there are an overabundance of technical investment today across the industry that

Vladimir Bibik [email protected] changes ? nding their way into the maritime will yield tangible technological advances

Circulation sector: technological challenges that will and results for the generation to come. His

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6320 take a lot of people and a lot of money to insights from our discussion start on page

Sales solve. Here is where I really lean on my 34.

Vice President, Sales

Terry Breese industry experts to help guide me – and Closer to home, and closer to the here- [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 you – on what promises to be an exciting, and-now for all of us is the spectacular lo-

Advertising Sales Managers expensive and ever-changing trail. gistics mess which has supply chains glob-

National Sales Manager

Lucia Annunziata

We, like others in the maritime and ally in a knot, impacting everything from [email protected]; +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240 mainstream media, talk incessantly and the cars we drive to the food we eat to the

John Cagni enthusiastically about the technical trends of energy we burn. While this is very far from [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715 the day, perhaps none more incessant or en- a maritime-only problem, containership-

Frank Covella [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 thusiastic as DECARBONIZATION. While ping and the astronomical rise in shipping

Mike Kozlowski emission reduction and hybrid propulsion rates per box have been the poster-child for [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 solutions garner more than their fair share the debacle. Patrick Berglund, CEO of

Gary Lewis of coverage, you know as well as I that the Xeneta, writes starting on page 20 regarding [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 overwhelming majority of commercial boats the short-, mid- and long-term impacts you

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany and ships today – and for many, many more can expect to see from the current situation

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 years – will continue to operate using diesel and fall-out.

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 fuel. But while change has been understand-

Germany, Austria & Switzerland ably slow given the amount of money, time

Tony Stein and R&D it will take to truly sail emission [email protected] +44 1892 512777 free, the change is undeniable and the pace

United Kingdom, France, Italy & Spain is picking up speed.

Paul Barrett

Hallmark House, 25 Downham Road, Ramsden

Gregory R. Trauthwein

Health, Essex CM11 1PU UK [email protected]; +44 7778 357722

Editor & Associate Publisher [email protected] Founder:

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Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019]

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