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On my ‘bucket list,’ which alarmingly is getting longerg as time grows shorter, is tak- heretofore would have been deemed

Web Contributor a cruise along the scenic west coast of Norway, traversing its magni? cent fjords. impossible.

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Michelle Howard [email protected]

Personally I’ve been to Norway more than 30 times in my life, and while I have I had a conversation recently with

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Elaine Maslin - Scotland visited nearly every corner of the country, I’ve not yet made the time to take this Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, Nippon

Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil journey. Foundation, that ? t picture perfect into

Peter Pospiech - Germany

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia

So when the opportunity arose to do so, no less aboard the magni? cent new Future this discussion. Nippon Foundation

Production of the Fjords, you can imagine my disappointment when the inevitable business trip is a philanthropic organization active

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Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] schedule threw up a road block, and I had to decline. globally with a simple mission, social

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My disappointment was tempered with the elation of our Ireland-based science innovation. When founded in 1962 its

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting and technology writer, Tom Mulligan, who immediately jumped at the chance. Tom efforts focused largely on the mari- has been a regular in our pages for several years, and he has a long and distin- time and shipping ? elds, but today it

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Vladimir Bibik guished career delivering compelling text on technical topics. is more diverse. Regardless, all mat-

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Future of the Fjords is perhaps the most aptly named vessel in the world, as this ters maritime remain at the heart of the

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Kathleen Hickey [email protected] all-electric, zero-emission vessel is but the tip of the iceberg as the collective com- organization, and Sasakawa and the mercial maritime market wrestles with ever stricter emission standards, with the aim organization he leads take a long view,

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The carbon-? ber sandwich and vinylester passenger catamaran was launched of years in the future, when discussing

Terry Breese [email protected] +1 561 732 1185 in April this year by Norwegian tours operator The Fjords, and is now operating the sustainability of the world’s oceans

John Cagni [email protected] 631-472-2715 +1 as a cruise vessel on the spectacular Gudvangen to Flåm route along the Nærøyf- and their role in the preservation of

Frank Covella [email protected] jord, Sognefjord and Aurlandsfjord of western Norway. Constructed by specialist human existence. I believe you will ? nd +1 561 732 1659 shipbuilder Brødrene Aa, the new vessel powers up courtesy of an innovative power his observations on the health of the

Mitch Engel [email protected] +1 561 732 0312 dock, which in addition to powering the vessel takes on gray and black water to world’s waters and the topic of ocean

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Jean Vertucci [email protected] story starts on page 18.

+1 212 477 6700 ext 6210 “Under the skin, this new craft is a different beast”

That is exactly how The Fjords CEO Rolf Sandvik described the amazing new

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Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 “We now hope Future of the Fjords can become a benchmark for environmentally

Ystad, Sweden t: +46 411-184 00 f: +46 411 105 31 responsible vessel operators worldwide, ushering in a new breed of clean, green and spectacular passenger transportation.”

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While Future of the Fjords is a notable step, the likelihood of complete decar-

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