Vittorio Lippay spoke with Dr. Michael Ford, the associate director for engineering at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, about the potential for nuclear fusion in ship propulsion.
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Anemoi Marine Technologies for its Rotor Sail systems following a review of two bespoke configurations of the wind propulsion technology.
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Raye Montague designed the first draft of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in 1971 in less than 19 hr. She is the first person to ever design a ship using a computer.
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NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold two hiring events in the Gulf Coast region to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships: Mobile, Alabama, on January 23, and New Orleans on January 25.
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Belgium-based startup MAHI has successfully raised its seed round, led by venture firm PIRQUE and shipping company Ultranav.
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Royal IHC, a Dutch supplier of vessels, equipment and services for the maritime industry, has developed a new fleet of electrically powered Beaver cutter suction dredger ships.
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