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Greg Trauthwein @ShipNews trauthwein@marinelink.com

Offshore Energy Editor

Bartolomej Tomic tomic@offshore-engineer.com

Science & Technology Editor

Tom Mulligan

It feels a bit repetitive calling this the ‘ma- where all can see them. His acts, step tom.mulligan@marinelink.com rine design’ edition, as in fact every edition by step, are in hard substance. He

Production Manager of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News cannot bury his mistakes in the grave

Irina Vasilets vasilets@marinelink.com is about design in some way, shape or form. like the doctors. He cannot argue them

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As anyone reading these pages knows full into thin air or blame the judge like the

Nicole Ventimiglia well, maritime business success or failure lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, nicole@marinelink.com starts and ends in the design phase, particu- cover his failures with trees and vines.

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Manager, Marketing larly for assets that can cost hundreds of He cannot, like the politicians, screen

Mark O’Malley millions of dollars – and in the case of mili- his shortcomings by blaming his op- momalley@marinelink tary or cruise ships, well north of a billion ponents and hope that the people will

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger dollars – and built to last 30 years or more. forget. The engineer simply cannot rothenberger@marinelink.com

Throwing in the ‘normal’ pace of technolog- deny that he did it. If his works do not 212-477-6700 ext 6810 ical evolution is challenging enough. Add work, he is damned.”

Manager, Information Technology Services

Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com to that the transcendent trends of digitaliza- tion, decarbonization and autonomy that are Speaking of fuel, in our regular discus-

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey k.hickey@marinelink.com ripping through maritime today, and the bar sions with vessel owners, builders and 212-477-6700 ext 6320 and the stakes grow exponentially. designers, ‘future fuels’ is the de? ning

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Vice President, Sales

Get it right, particularly when it comes to challenge facing the industry today. While

Terry Breese fuel choice, and their company could be a diesel fueled engines will still dominate the breese@marinelink.com; +1 561-732-1185 generational leader. Get it wrong, and they maritime sector long after I’ve left this seat,

Lucia Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com; could be out of business. experimentation with new fuels is proceed- +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240

Rik van Hemmen, Martin & Ottaway, ing at pace. But alternate ‘green’ fuel avail-

John Cagni has been a regular in our pages for several ability at industrial scale lags far behind cagni@marinelink.com; +1 631-472-2715 years now, and I particularly enjoy not only the technical prowess to make them work

Frank Covella his unique view of maritime and the world, in marine engines. This month William covella@marinelink.com; +1 561-732-1659 but how he (seemingly) generates unique, Stoichevski, our Oslo-based correspondent,

Mike Kozlowski kozlowski@marinelink.com; +1 561-733-2477 innovative copy. This month’s column, takes a deep dive into the possibilities that

Gary Lewis “Pondering Truths in Design”, contains one modern, small nuclear reactors present for lewis@marinelink.com; +1 516-441-7258 of my favorite quotes on engineering, from real advances in its penetration across the

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Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the maritime world.

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Ystad, Sweden roland@orn.nu; +46 411-184 00 “The great liability of the engineer

Germany, Austria & Switzerland compared to men of other professions

Tony Stein is that his works are out in the open tony.r.stein@btinternet.com +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

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