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Greg Trauthwein [email protected]

Offshore Energy Editor o matter where you sit on the America West Coast voyage, compared to

Bartolomej Tomic [email protected] ‘decarbonization’ fence, you a conventional vessel of the same type and must admit that, at the very size, and as of this writing the real-world

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

N least, it is fascinating to sit back data continues to come in for analysis by [email protected] and watch the continued evolution, inven- MOL.

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia tion and re-invention of technologies that Radical new designs and technolo- [email protected] are designed to help ships run clean. From gies are the future for sure, but as Wendy

Corporate Staff

Manager, Marketing air lubrication (aka. ‘bubbles’) to sails; from Laursen reports in her deep dive into voyage

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink bio-diesel to ammonia; to advanced coatings optimization (p. 30), the use and applica-

Accounting and hull scrapers; the amount of money be- tion of data and analytics are increasingly

Esther Rothenberger ing invested in alternative fuel and propul- the low hanging fruit to help vessel owner/ [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810 sion technologies is large and growing. operators squeeze fuel and emission savings

Manager, Information Technology Services

On the cover this month, and featured from existing ships. While ‘big data’ has be-

Vladimir Bibik [email protected] starting on page 34, is Mitsui O.S.K. Line’s come somewhat trite, when you get beyond

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] (MOL) investment in wind power as a the jargon there are plentiful solutions today 212-477-6700 ext 6320 means to help it reduce its own carbon foot- that deliver real value and ROI, particularly

Sales

Vice President, Sales print. While the ship featured on the cover, as the democratization of data helps the

Terry Breese [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 the wind- and hydrogen-powered Wind capabilities emerge from the dreaded data

Lucia Annunziata

Hunter, is many years from reality, MOLs siloes.

[email protected]; +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240

Wind Challenger is literally making waves Utilizing new tricks and tools to squeeze

John Cagni today. additional life, revenue and savings from [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715

Late last year Oshima Shipbuilding existing vessels, is essential, as the reality

Frank Covella [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 delivered Shofu Maru, a 100,000-ton coal is the vast majority of ships and boats in

Mike Kozlowski carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger the global ? eet run today on fossil fuels, [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 hard sail wind power propulsion system, and will for many more years to come. The

Gary Lewis transporting coal, mainly from Australia, In- ‘path to zero’ is neither short nor cheap, and [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 donesia, and North America, as a dedicated likely fraught with equal doses of failure

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany vessel for Tohoku Electric Power Co. and success. As Paul Barlett opines in the

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24

The introduction of the Wind Challenger opening of his energy transition piece (p.

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 is expected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) 26), “Protesters cause disruption but, for

Germany, Austria & Switzerland emissions about 5% on a Japan-Australia the moment, hydrocarbon energy underpins

Tony Stein [email protected] voyage and about 8% on a Japan-North life as we know it.” +44 1892 512777 Founder:

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019]

Gregory R. Trauthwein

Publisher & Editor [email protected] 6 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • May 2023

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