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NO.6 / VOL. 85 / JUNE 2023

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Image courtesy Ardmore Shipping

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Enclosed space entry drills provide an opportunity to enhance competence.

Image courtesy of OneLearn Global 26 ECDIS & Terrestrial Navigation

Departments

After years of debating whether or not celestial navigation should be taught, it is now time to debate the relevance of terrestrial navigation. 4 Authors & Contributors

By Captain John Ryan 6 Editorial 8 By the Numbers: U.S. Shipowners 26 Mitigating Enclosed Space Deaths 10 Training Tips for Ships:

It’s nearly 45 years since the tragedy on the ANCO Duke where seven crew died Empower Seafarers with AI at the bottom of the tank they were cleaning. MR looks at technology, technique 12 Back to the Drawing Board: and training that is designed to mitigate the risk of working in enclosed spaces.

Whales in the Bight

By Wendy Laursen 16 Offshore Wind: Offshore Taiwan 30 What’s the Smart Play on Energy Transition? 18 Legal Beat:

The energy transition is moving ahead amid recovery in offshore oil & gas and Maritime Cyber Insecurity growth in offshore wind, leaving vessel owners that serve these markets with big 20 Fire Safety: questions about energy carrier and energy converter selection for their newbuilds.

Mis-Declared Cargo

By Phil Lewis 22 OCIMF & The Human Factor 40 Tech Feature: Batteries on Icebreakers 34 Ardmore Builds a Better Fleet 45 Classi? eds

Garry Noonan, Director, Innovation, Ardmore Shipping, is candid in discussing 48 Buyer’s Directory emerging technologies and their impact on ship fuel and emissions reductions: 48 Advertisers Index “We don’t have to tell you whether a [new technology] works or not; you just have to look at whether we’ve bought one of them or 22 of them.”

By Greg Trauthwein 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2023

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