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Q THE VOICE OF MARINE


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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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