“ Ok, guys! I gave up and descended from my ivory tower. Back to the basics.” Inspired by the talks that I have had during the summer, I now realize that I have been focusing on the wrong theme. I went too far, completely too far inside the ship design. For ‘John Smith’ this is …
New fuels are tested. The engine types and manufacturers are regrouping. Futuristic vessel concepts are introduced daily. More new solutions arrives to the industry of green maritime market. If you have followed the market, you know exactly what I mean. Everybody is suddenly buying the message of the need to transform and this leads to the urge of …
Are you planning to build a hybrid or an electrical ship? Imagine the situation, that we all should build our own cars. Just ordinary, everyday car for your family or for your one person company to perform for simple transportation tasks. Luckily, there is a car industry, which is kind enough to build us complete …
Coming from the background of professional shipbuilding and system design, it has been an interesting lesson for me to work with smaller segment. You may wonder what is this ”small”? For me, the small stands for the ships and boats where there is no direct technical or operational reason to consider electrical solution. Needs are …
Seafaring profession is full of all kinds of stories and beliefs. It is fascinating for a landlubber like myself to hear these things and sometimes even see them in real life actions. One could consider that those days are over when sailors were superstitious. I can guarantee that they are not. I once visited a …