Q THE VOICE OF MARINE
CONTENTSFEBRUARY2018 12
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16 DIGITALIZATION Is it time shipping began to define international data exchange protocols?
18 FUTURE FUELS Alternative fuels are giving ship owners more compliance options
3 LEADER
Editor Dennis O’Neill wonders how collisions at sea can still happen in this day and age
4 CURRENTS Global news across the sectors
11 MARINE MURMURS Readers respond to the question: ‘What action must be taken to reduce the impact of plastic pollution on the world’s marine ecosystems?’
12 SHIP TECHNOLOGY Dutch researchers develop haptics for ship control
14 GREY MATTER There is still a great deal of room for innovation where maritime
safety is concerned
20 CRANKSHAFT TECH Continuous crankshaft monitoring can provide useful insight into a vessel’s condition
21 WAVELENGTH Why clean technologies must be recognized for their potential in innovation and efficiency
22 OFFSHORE WIND IMarEST fellow develops a turbine with a base that rotates about both horizontal axes
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27 MARINE BIOLOGY Researchers have made some surprising discoveries about sea turtles’ ‘lost years’
25 WAVE POWER Robotic principles are helping wave energy converters absorb even more power
26 MARINE BIOLOGY Scientists have finally found out how fish identify the direction of water flow
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28 TROUBLESPOT A US Navy destroyer collided with a cargo ship last year near Japan, resulting in the deaths of seven sailors
30 HISTORY
Charting the life and death of the Royal Navy’s fleet submarines
33 EVENT PREVIEW IMarEST will work with the Oceanology International exhibition to offer careers advice to aspiring marine professionals
34 INSTITUTE NEWS The latest updates from IMarEST
36 SCUTTLEBUTT Gossip dredged from the watercooler of the industry
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