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CONTENTS NUMBER 8 / VOLUME 78 / AUGUST 2016 Volvo Penta 14 90

World Wide Metric

NASA 32 68 114 Telenor Satellite Broadcasting ©Hamburg Messe und Congress/SMM 14 ARTIFICIAL STUPIDITY 62 THE GERMAN FLEET While autonomy on the waterfront is all the rage, this author Analyzing the characteristics and the intrinsic value of the German warns everyone to stop and take a deep breath. owned and controlled ? eet.

VOICES

By Dennis L. Bryant By VesselsValue.com 18 SHIP BREAKING 68 THE FUTURE IS NOW 28 Imad Shanta The economics of ship breaking & scrapping. Change drivers for the shipping industry in the coming decade.

From refugee to Hapag-Lloyd

By Andreas Bargfried By Tom Mulligan Trainee.

22 HIGH NOON 74 OFFSHORE REPORT 30 Johan Carlsson The past, present and future of the ‘noon report.’ – DPS: Closing the Door on Unneeded Risk By Steve Cargill Volvo Penta’s CTO “over invests”

By Melvin Mathews – Deepwater Moorings: Assessments By Remco Hageman in customer dialogue.

32 George Contos 24 STRENGTH IN NUMBERS 90 TEST DRIVE World Wide Metric’s energetic The European Network of National Maritime Clusters. Volvo Penta’s new engine & IPS drive are put to the test.

CEO has a $50m plan.

By Francis Vallat By Greg Trauthwein 38 Nick Brown 26 UNDERSTANDING EALS 100 CANDID CONVERSATION: FRANK COLES LR’s director of marine & offshore A primer for small vessel operators to understand what can be The colorful CEO of Transas discusses future technology trends.

ops discussed the future of class.

considered a confusing rule. By Greg Trauthwein

By Lisa Clark 45 “Mr. Diesel” Ole Grøne, a ubiquitous ? gure 102 PUMP BATTLES at MAN D&T, celebrated a pair of 50 SHIPBUILDING 2016 Subsea Notebook: Comms, Telemetry & Underwater Connection. milestones recently.

The year 2016 has presented a historical shipbuilding challenge. By William Stoichevski

There are opportunities, but often they are not easy to ? nd. 46 Philip Chaabane

By MR Staff 114 SMM2016 TECH PREVIEW i-Tech’s CEO is intent on keeping The world’s largest, and arguably best, shipbuilding and machin- hulls clean, one barnacle at a 58 A $500M INVESTMENT ery exhibition is set for Hamburg in September. MR previews.

time.

Powered by the widened Panama Canal and U.S. energy exports,

Trinidad & Tobago makes a big bet on its maritime future.

By Wilfred de Gannes 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • AUGUST 2016

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