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Great Ships [ of all time ]

Declaring the “Great Ships of All Time” is a thankless task, endlessly debatable. But Rik van Hemmen gives it a try in his feature “The Ship Designer’s Curse” which discusses the ships he deems worthy of Federal preservation.

By Rik van Hemmen 30

Great Ships [ of 2020 ]

To say that the year 2020 has been ‘odd’ is a dramatic understatement. In step, we’ve culled our of “Great Ships” to five: Sakura Leader, the worlds’s first Digital Smart Ship; CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the world’s largest [23,000 TEU] LNG-fueled containerships; MOL Gas Agility, the world’s largest LNG bunkering vessels; Island

Victory, the most powerful [& green] multi-purpose OSV; and Seri Everest, the world’s largest ethane carrier.

By Greg Trauthwein

The Trends that Defined 2020 [ & will define the next generation, too ] 11 16 20

The Seafarer Containership Fires Autonomy

The shameful treatment of sea- As the ships get larger, the risk for While work towards crew-less ships farers, the inability to effect crew fire grows exponentially, particularly continues, there will be countless changes is a situation that demands troubling is the issue of misdeclared automation advances along the way.

cohesive international action. Now. cargoes. It’s about logistics proce- 40 dure, it’s about technology.

14 Logistics Puzzle

Offshore Wind 18

The seamless, efficient interconnec- Decarbonization

The emergence of the offshore tivity of sea, road, rail & air will con- wind industry in the U.S. could trans- Reducing emissions from ships at tinue to drive hardware and software form the offshore, maritime, ports & sea will take a concerted investment innovation.

logistics markets for a generation. in new procedure and technology.

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