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Marine News July 2022 Volume 33 Number 7

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

Editor’s Note

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Earlier this year, Marine News was one of a handful of publications invited on a very

CEO unique boat tour, just a few hundred miles

John C. O’Malley • [email protected] away from the North Pole. While Svalbard is

Publisher & Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] quite a bit outside of the scope of this pub- lication’s typical North American coverage,

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Eric Haun • [email protected] the vessel we saw there—as well as its poten-

Tel: 212-477-6700 tially groundbreaking business model and

Contributing Writers hybrid-electric propulsion system—should

Tom Ewing, Don Gale, Jim Kearns, Barry Parker, Jeff Vogel certainly be of interest to readers everywhere.

PRODUCTION

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Kvitbjørn is a ? rst-of-its-kind excursion

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected] vessel that runs on a hybrid-electric propul- [email protected]

SALES sion system developed by Volvo Penta in

Vice President, Sales & Marketing partnership with Marell Boats and Hurti-

Terry Breese • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 gruten Svalbard. The tech on board is certainly interesting, especially in the

Advertising Sales Managers harsh Arctic conditions in which the vessel has been built to operate. But

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] perhaps even more intriguing is Volvo Penta’s new “e-mobility-as-a-service”

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 business model, which will see Hurtigruten Svalbard pay by the kilowatt-

John Cagni • [email protected] hour for the vessel’s operation. Read the full story starting on page 22.

Tel: 631-472-2715

Volvo Penta, which sees electri? cation taking off in both the commercial

Frank Covella • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 and leisure marine markets, is trialing the concept to help owners and opera-

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] tors avoid the higher upfront costs for green hybrid and full electric propul-

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 sion solutions. Will the model work? Only time will tell.

Gary Lewis • [email protected]

Tel: 516-441-7258

Managing Director, Intl. Sales

Paul Barrett • [email protected]

Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567

CORPORATE STAFF

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Accounting

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Vladimir Bibik

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