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Departments 20 AI at Sea: From Connecting Vessels to Achieving Measurable Value 4 Authors & Contributors AI in maritime is not about de-crewing but, rather, applying vessel and shore 6 Editorial data to make operations safer, more fuel-ef? cient, and easier to maintain. 8 Back to the Drawing Board

By Alisa Reiner Learning from Maritime History: The Hanseatic League 24 Tug AMERICA: 129 Years & Still Working 12 Port Readiness Built in 1897, tug America has survived the transition from steam to diesel, Resilience Lessons Europe and America Should Share generations of Great Lakes shipping and the introduction of modern tugboat 16 Maritime Training technology. Today, she continues to earn her keep on the Great Lakes. What Happens Between

By Greg Trauthwein Seeing a Risk and Speaking Up 50 Ship Repair 33 SMR’s: A Nuclear Propulsion Pathway Bayonne Dry Dock Nuclear power has already crossed oceans. The harder question is whether 54 Gears & Thrusters modern small modular reactors can be integrated, licensed and ? nanced for Schottel: Geared Up to Meet merchant ships, and where they make sense ? rst. Maritime’s Propulsion Needs

By Lakshya, Krish Uniyal and Raj Singh 58 Maritime Propulsion Are Standard Heat Release 38 Cable Layer Fleet Gains Scale, Scope Combustion Models a Match Accelerating demand for subsea power and telecoms cable network for Future Fuels? 62 Navy construction is fuelling major expansion of the world ? eet of purpose- Ford-Class Carrier Catapults designed cable laying, maintenance and repair vessels. 66 In the Shipyard

By David Tinsley From Concept to Delivery 72 The Final Word 44 Eastern Shipbuilding Turns 50 Inside the Maritime Show Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s CEO Joey D’Isernia discusses ESG’s dynamic history and promising future, with three shipbuilding facilities, 1,300 77 Buyer’s Directory employees and a diversi? ed orderbook extending into the next decade.

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