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ROY CAMPE, CTO, CMB.TECH “I was amazed that these ships have “They said, ‘Oh, Roy, it’s so dif? cult ran into, and crossed his ? rst hurdle: such big engines, that they consume to predict.’ To which I said ‘I’ve done attracting the technical talent that he so much fuel, but that it was so very that all my life; simulating ? uid ? ows wanted, that CMB needed, to drive hard to predict how much that fuel and wind ? ows. You can perfectly change in an industry that “is not sexy consumption would be,” said Campe. calculate that.” anymore,” making it hard to recruit.

The team tried to explain the impact of This started the growth of the R&D “I want to have good engineers, wind and waves in making fuel con- team under the CMB.TECH brand as because that’s how we can make sumption so inexact, but Campe was Campe started modeling the ? eet and [the CMB ? eet and business] future- having none of it. its performance. This is also when he proof.” Today the CMT.TECH team

The size of vessel in the CMB ? eet burning dual-fuel hydrogen continues to grow. [pictured, left to right, are Hyrdotug to

Hydrocat to Hydroville].

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