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Great Ship SSG Michael H. Ollis.

Source: Eastern Shipbuilding Group

On the Cover

UECC’s Auto Advance.

Source: UECC

Features Departments 3 Authors & Contributors 18 The Future is Floating (Wind) 4 Editorial

Floating offshore wind is ready to hit the mainstream. With GW-scale develop- 6 Training Tips for Ships ments on the horizon, what will the infrastructure look like?

8 The Path to Zero

By Elaine Maslin 10 Back to the Drawing Board 12 Insurance Insights 24 Great Ships [ of 2021 ] 14 Eye on the Navy

While the impact of COVID continues to linger globally, the maritime industry 16 One-on-One continues to move forward, particularly in regards to the creation and adop-

Yuri Sakurada, DNV Maritime tion of innovative technologies to reduce ship emissions. This year we feature 34 Great Ships of the Future?

six ships, led by UECC’s Auto Advance, the first in a series of “Dual Fuel 36 Tech Files

LNG Batter Hybrid” PCTCs. The car-carrier sector is represented well this 40 By the Numbers: Shipowners year, with inclusion of Century Highway Green, K-Line’s LNG-fueled ship built at Tadotsu Shipyard. Global Mercy is the world’s largest civilian hospital 42 The Final Word ship, and the first bespoke newbuild for owner/operator Mercy Ships. Other 44 Buyer’s Directory featured ships include: Nexans Aurora, an innovative cable-layer looking to a 45 Classifieds bright future in offshore wind; SSG Michael H. Ollis, the first in a new class 48 Advertising Index of passenger ferries for the iconic Staten Island Ferry in New York; and Elea- nor Roosevelt, a RoPax catamaran with dual-fuel engines.

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