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WABTEC future fuel conversation is a pervasive one throughout Wabtec, and according

KEEPING THE “DIGITAL ENGINE” to Hart it breaks down into two groups: one would be biofuels, biodiesel and re-

CYBER SECURE newable diesel; the second one would be the lower, no carbon fuels: hydrogen,

As ship and boat owners increasingly adopt the promise that digitalization methanol and ammonia. He said that promises to deliver – from condition-based monitoring and maintenance and renewable diesel is the most immediate engine and voyage optimization – the potential peril of cyber-attacks must be “drop in.” considered, lest a vessel have its propulsion mains shut down, putting vessel, “You’ll hear from a lot of renewable crew and environment in harm’s way.To that end, the Wabtec team worked fuel suppliers that this will have the most diligently to obtain ABS CyberSafety Service Provider Certi? cation.

immediate impact, however, it’s quite ex- “Wabtec created a vulnerability report and analysis according to the require- pensive and needs to be subsidized to be ments of ABS CyberSafety Volume 7,” said Mike Taylor, Technical Leader, a cost-effective solution. But, for a luxury

Marine & Stationary System Engineering, Wabtec. “This report is a comprehen- provider or someone who’s really mak- sive examination of the control system, listing out access points, the topology or ing a dent in their carbon emissions, it’s architecture of the system, and an analysis of potential vulnerabilities within the a fantastic option,” said Hart. “So, we’re system.” looking at running on 100% renewable

Wabtec provided extensive documentation regarding internal risk manage- diesel, and the biggest interactions there ment, policies and procedure, change management and con? guration control, as are on the fuel system, the elastomers and well as details about the Wabtec Incident Response Team, said Taylor. In addi- ? ltration, making sure that everything’s tion, it designed and presented Cybersecurity Training to all relevant employ- going to operate reliably. There de? nitely ees. To get the Service Provider PDA with ABS, Wabtec conducted a Type test are maintenance impacts for some of the with the classi? cation society in attendance, as well as a Cybersecurity Audit, to biodiesels, and we’re looking at doing demonstrate that the Wabtec ECS-4 Control System meets the ABS Equipment the durability testing and the ? eld test- requirements, according to Taylor. Finally, Wabtec prepared and presented a ing with some of our vessel owners and

Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise, an exercise designed to educate and get par- channel partners to fully validate ticipants thinking about potential cybersecurity hazards and courses of action.

Flipping over to the low and no carbon “We’re trying to reduce the number of penetration points and make sure that fuel options of hydrogen methanol am- we’re not propagating any part of a cyber security concern as these vessels are monia, Hart goes back to the real estate extremely complex. The engine is just one piece of it and there are many access axiom of ‘location, location, location,’ points to the vessel to be able to get into the engine. We want to make sure that noting that choice will be driven largely we try to have a buffer between any other penetration points, which might be by where an owner is located and oper- available in another third-party system that could potentially penetrate our sys- ates and pending the fuel access in spe- tem, as well. As an example, all our software loading is through a software tool ci? c locales. “Hydrogen seems to be a that Wabtec has developed, to get rid of cyber threats through USBs.” little bit more conducive to a stationary or land-based access point. Methanol and ammonia seem to be a little bit more what the marine industry is favoring, and what we’re seeing too, is the industry

MAG DRILLS & ANNULAR CUTTERS somewhat being fragmented still on what substitution rates want to be included.

From small lightweight low profile mag drills to

So, you may not be able to run 100% hy- large multi-speed models and a wide range of annular cutters, Hougen has the power, performance drogen or 100% methanol or ammonia.” & solutions for your holemaking needs.

Ultimately, the future fuel question lies outside of the engine room and across the entire vessel, as variable en- ergy densities will demand signi? cant vessel design modi? cations for tanks and additional machinery.

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