A chance conversation, a career course change
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Charlotte Dodge
Charlotte Dodge opens the September/October issue of TNA, sharing how a chance conversation shaped her naval architecture career and commitment to supporting maritime professionals at every stage.
History in the making
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Image: NYC, Draken Harald Hårfagre/Peder Jacobsson
The Big Picture: Draken Harald Hårfagre is the world’s largest Viking ship sailing in modern times.
USV supports mapping of global seabed
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The Deep Blue Project USV gathers real-time maritime data in coastal and offshore environments.
An uncrewed surface vessel fitted with metocean sensors, feeding into a cloud-based analytics platform, is set to support one of the maritime sector’s largest data gaps, the mapping of the world’s ocean floor.
AYK Energy showcases containerised battery
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According to AYK, the containerised design removes the need for a dedicated battery room.
Marine battery manufacturer AYK Energy unveiled what it describes as the world’s first swappable containerised marine battery system at SMM in Hamburg.
Wave energy converter secures world-first DNV certification
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The CorPower C4
DNV has issued the world’s first Prototype Certificate for a wave energy converter, awarded to Sweden-based CorPower Ocean for its C4 device, in a move the classification society says establishes a new benchmark for the wave energy sector.
EcoPro tackles diesel combustion at source
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EcoPro on show at Seawork
EcoPro retrofit device from Ecomotus aims to improve diesel combustion and reduce emissions without the need for major vessel modifications.