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The pace of technological change is picking up rapidly everywhere you look. While I month by the signi? cant announcement

Web Contributor have, for more than a quarter of a century, sat in this chair and proudly proclaimed that . This Wärtsilä had acquired Transas

Michelle Howard [email protected] that the maritime industry is a tech adoption laggard, there are many signs that this, is signi? cant on a number of fronts, as

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Elaine Maslin - Scotland too, is changing rapidly. it further solidi? es the Finnish-based

Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil

This month’s cover subject is an inside/out look at France’s Bourbon Corporation, company as a global leader across the

Peter Pospiech - Germany

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia a company that has perpetually pushed the boundaries of the norm to deliver its ser- full spectrum of maritime automation,

Production vices safely and ef? ciently. My thanks to for spending power and connectivity.Gael Bodénès, CEO, Bourbon,

Irina Vasilets [email protected]

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] a chunk of his valuable time to share with us, to share with you, the vision for his Yet another huge development has

Corporate Staff company premised on plan. been the creation of the #BourbonInMotion “Massterly”

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting #BourbonInMotion is much more than a trendy #, rather it represents a funda- world’s ? rst autonomous shipping

Information Technology mental shift in the way his company – and indeed this industry – will go about the company set to debut in the summer of

Vladimir Bibik business of offshore oil and gas search and service. Talking about “the new norm” 2018. This, too, involves the collabora-

Emin Yuce in the offshore energy business is common, but Bodénès and his team are not simply tion of a pair of industry giants, in this

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Kathleen Hickey [email protected] ‘talking the talk,’ they are ‘walking the walk’ in transforming the Bourbon business case which Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg model to its core. are collectively taking the next step

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Lucia Annunziata [email protected] in autonomous shipping by offering a +1 212 477 6700 ext 6220 “We are in the worst crisis that we have ever seen on this market…. well be- complete value chain for autonomous

Terry Breese [email protected] +1 561 732 1185 yond the Lehman Brothers crisis of 2009. Even in the 1980s oil crisis was not ships, from design and development, to

John Cagni [email protected] 631-472-2715 +1 as violent as the situation we are facing today,” said Bodénès in explaining the control systems, logistics services and

Frank Covella [email protected] need for change. “We therefore cannot wait and shall be proactive and take vessel operations. See full details on +1 561 732 1659 exceptional measures to adapt to this situation.” page 13.

Mitch Engel [email protected] +1 561 732 0312

While I’m not 100% certain what the

Mike Kozlowski [email protected] +1 561 733 2477

And proactive Bourbon has been. next big move announced will be, you

Jean Vertucci [email protected] #BourbonInMotion is about developing integrated services with performance can be sure it is brewing now.

+1 212 477 6700 ext 6210 based on data. It’s about capitalizing on digital revolution to connect the ? eet, a

Smart Shipping program to reduce crew, costs and increase performance. It’s about

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Roland Persson [email protected]

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 changing culture and communication. Everyone’s roles and responsibilities, skill-

Ystad, Sweden t: +46 411-184 00 f: +46 411 105 31 sets and organizations will and are already changing.

The plan is dramatic, and it is premised to position the company for a strong run

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Stoichevski reports starting on page 28, in the Seacor Marine has taken a lead role integration of batteries and hybrid systems onboard its future generation of PSVs,

Classi? ed Sales +1 212 477 6700 a move that is lockstep with the industry’s overall mandate toward rapidly reduc- ing its carbon footprint globally. As you read this and others in our pages, print and Gregory R. Trauthwein

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