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NO. 12 / VOL. 84 / DECEMBER 2022

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Great Ships of 2022 16 A Real Beauty

Departments

In terms of ships, Great or not, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

By Rik van Hemmen 4 Authors & Contributors 6 Editorial 20 Inside IFREMAR 8 By the Numbers: China

A behind-the-scenes look at France’s premier ocean science research institute 9 Digitalization:

By Tom Ewing

ABS Wavesight 10 Training Tips for Ships: 24 Ship of the Year MV George III

Testing: What’s the Point?

George Pasha IV discusses the signi? cance of the new LNG-fueled containership.

12 Autonomy & Offshore Wind

By Greg Trauthwein 14 Wind Propulsion 40 Digitalization: 28 Mark W. Barker

Catching the Miros Wave

Inside the ? rst U.S.-? agged freighter built on the Great Lakes in four decades.

42 The Path to Zero:

By Eric Haun

Floating on Bubbles 59 Buyer’s Directory 30 Deepwater Atlas 60 Classifieds

The world’s ? rst eighth-generation ultra-deepwater drillship.

64 Advertising Index

By Greg Trauthwein 33 USS Jack H. Lucas

DDG 125 is a continuation of the most successful series of surface combatants. Ever.

By Ned Lundquist 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • December 2022

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