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Editorial

MARITIME

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ENGINEERING NEWS

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CEO John C. O’Malley jomalley@marinelink.com

President & COO

Publisher & Editor

Greg Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com

There are few U.S. shipbuilding projects GE Power Conversion. Getting schooled on

Editor - MarineNews

Eric Haun that have generated more interest and ex- the new system is a process for the instruc- haun@marinelink.com citement than the design and construction of tors, too, and started well before the ? rst

Offshore Energy Editor

Bartolomej Tomic the National Security Multi-Mission Vessels ship was launched, with McManus and his tomic@offshore-engineer.com (NSMV) now under construction at Philly team having access to GE Power Conver-

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

Shipyard. The cumulative $1.5B contract sion and Wabtec training. But installing the vasilets@marinelink.com is for a series of ? ve training ships for modern powerplants will be particularly of

Production & Graphic Design

U.S. maritime academies, and it is broadly interest to the cadets, as it will give them a

Nicole Ventimiglia nicole@marinelink.com considered a big win for U.S. government glimpse of what they can expect to see in

Corporate Staff shipbuilding, as it leveraged commercial the commercial maritime space.

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley shipbuilding standards, and unlike tradi- Speaking of modern power plants, momalley@marinelink tional government shipbuilding programs, Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) and

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger it whipped through the shipyard at a fairly Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) rothenberger@marinelink.com 212-477-6700 ext 6810 brisk 2.5 year pace, despite cutting steel on recently signed an MoU to investigate the

Manager, Information Technology Services the ? rst ship in the ? rst months of Covid. ‘future fuel’ for the U.S. Department of

Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com

Curiously though, the main players – par- Defense/U.S. Navy. MoU’s these days – as

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey k.hickey@marinelink.com ticularly MarAd and TOTE – have been re- are ‘future fuel’ projects – are literally a 212-477-6700 ext 6320 miss in touting the project and the success, ‘dime-a-dozen’, but this one caught my eye

Sales

Vice President, Sales perhaps waiting for the ? rst ship, Empire for no other reason than ORNL’s inclusion.

Terry Breese breese@marinelink.com; +1 561-732-1185

State VII, to be delivered later this year. I had the opportunity to visit ORNL several

Anchoring our coverage of the shipbuild- years back when it hosted the Maritime Risk

Lucia Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com; ing program is our interview with Captain Symposium, and the work being conducted +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240

Morgan McManus, who will serve as the within – even through the abbreviated look

John Cagni cagni@marinelink.com; +1 631-472-2715

Ship’s Master on the Empire State VII when I was afforded – is mind boggling. Keith

Frank Covella it is delivered later this year. He offers some Haasl, FMD’s VP and GM of Fairbanks covella@marinelink.com; +1 561-732-1659 excellent insights on the ship, its facilities Morse Technology; and James Szybist,

Mike Kozlowski kozlowski@marinelink.com; +1 561-733-2477 and its role in helping to shape the maritime Section Head, Propulsion Science, ORNL,

Gary Lewis careers of the U.S. seafarers of tomorrow, were kind with their time in laying out the lewis@marinelink.com; +1 516-441-7258 starting on page 24. importance of fuel ? exibility and security

International Sales

Of particular note is the modern propul- to the U.S. Navy, wherever they may roam,

Scandinavia & Germany

Roland Persson sion system, as the current Empire State particularly as diesel fuel eventually be-

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24

Ystad, Sweden is a 60-year-old ship with a steam driven comes more expensive and less available.

roland@orn.nu; +46 411-184 00 power plant. Power onboard the NSMV series consists of Wabtec Corporation’s Founder: 16V250MDC, EPA Tier 4, IMO Tier III

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000] marine diesel engines designed to provide

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019] the power generation for the ships’ electric grid, including the power and propulsion

Gregory R. Trauthwein system which is supplied and integrated by

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