I was talking to some cadets attending a Nautical Institute conference the other day. They seemed exceptionally bright, had plenty of intelligent things to say and asked ..
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In 2019, it is confidently announced, the giant Japanese shipping company NYK will despatch one of its ships across the Pacific under “remote control”. This exciting ..
Last year I was fortunate to attend the excellent High Speed Boat Operations Forum in Gothenburg in Sweden. It was three days of playing around with a large selection of ..
Over the past few years I’ve written about various options for fuelling work boats and cargo vessels. I’ve discussed batteries, fuel-cells and methanol, and I’ve al ..
As the population of our planet continues to grow inexorably, the demand for high quality protein to feed it is expanding at a similar rate. One of the most effective way ..
The other day, we listened to a broadcast of several thousand Italians shouting their anger at a public meeting in Venice. The clue is in the location, because they were ..
We continue to hear tales of doom and gloom about the Asian, particularly South-East Asian, maritime industry. Mostly, those tales are based upon the undoubted disaster t ..
Having recently driven from Fremantle to Sydney, I am well aware of just how wide our brown land is. I am also well aware that less than ten per cent of Australia's popul ..
The glorious early summer weather in Europe has seen records for renewable power shattered all over the continent. On May 26 solar wind, biomass and hydro together provid ..
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