Alternative Marine Technologies

  • 62 Southfield Road, Suite 214
    Stamford CT. 06902
    Website: www.alternativemarinetech.com
    E-Mail: [email protected]
    President / CEO: Robert Kunkel
    Number of employees: 12

    The Company:
    Alternative Marine Technologies (AMTECH) was developed to provide technical support to Owners in Shipping; Private Equity, Banks and Financial Institutions – firms requiring a better understanding of construction issues, vessel condition and daily commercial operations. Founded in 2007, AMTECH provides construction supervision, third party ship inspection, ship repair supervision, integration and design.    
     
    The Case:
    Completing over 30 successful new building projects and design reviews in the past 7 years, AMTECH combines years of commercial and technical experience to assist private equity, hedge fund, financial institution and historical shipowners in designing, building, maintaining and repairing their portfolios of marine assets. All require a single point of contact to monitor vessel condition, analyze market cycles, provide project management and steer them through the complicated business ship management.



    (As published in the August 2014 edition of Marine News - http://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeNews)

  • The Company: Amtech specializes in ship design integration and construction supervision dealing with new propulsion technologies, niche trades and operational efficiencies. Its South Korea office and staff have delivered over 250 ships and the U.S. offices are well versed in U.S. construction, Jones Act

  • The Company: Established in 2007, Alternative Marine Technologies (Amtech) has been a leader in design and construction of alternative energy propulsion solutions aboard several series of vessels, built both domestically and abroad. With 23 employees, the firm continues to grow.   The Case: Alternative

  • Bob Kunkel needs no introduction to Marine News readers. Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, previously served as the Federal Chairman of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the Maritime Administration and Department of Transportation from 2003 until 2008. A past Vice President

  • of the Sound is being built in Mamaroneck, New York, at the Robert E. Derecktor Inc. shipyard, with construction managed and integrated by Alternative Marine Technologies (Amtech). Her hybrid-electric propulsion system was made by BAE Systems Inc., Corvus Energy and Northern Lights Hybrid Marine. Fundraising

  • Insights: Alternative Marine Technologies' Robert Kunkel and Chris Mandalakis weigh in on emissions control and compliance   Bob Kunkel needs no introduction to Marine News readers. Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, previously served as the Federal Chairman of the Short Sea Shipping

  • ‘LNG Ready’ and the list of questions grows longer each day.   Real World Experience We provide construction and repair supervision at Alternative Marine Technologies (AMT). In recent projects ranging from 50,000 and 25,000 deadweight product carriers at our Hyundai South Korea office, all the way down

  • upon proven Hybrid propulsion and aimed at providing environmental sustainability to an agriculturally based cargo.   The Hybrid Vessel Alternative Marine Technologies recently delivered a Lithium powered Hybrid research vessel to the Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk Connecticut. The Spirit of the Sound has

  • of the Bluefort, has recently completed continued conversion upgrades to their 141 meter, 450 man vessel in Naples, Italy with the help of Alternative Marine Technologies (Amtech). Kongsberg Maritime attended to make recommendations to improve the vessel’s DP Plot. U.S. Outfitters of Jacksonville, Florida

  • we will be able to support the shift, should it occur, from South to North when the wind blows?     The Author Robert Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, previously served as the Federal Chairman of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program under the Maritime Administration and the USDOT

  • feet, and the Zoom meetings held between European offshore wind operators and domestic builders and operators burned up the Internet. We at Alternative Marine Technologies (Amtech) Zoomed with many of them amid a rush to contract new construction. Many of vessel designs had never been built in U.S yards,

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