Editorial:

Marine development
in continuous progress

This year’s issue of the Scandinavian Yearbook of Maritime Technology will take us on a trip from Low-Earth Orbiting satellites to lost organisms in ballast water. On our way between Space and the ballast tanks, we will take part in a very interesting voyage and be guided by most distinguished ladies and gentlemen.
We will be introduced to air-lubricated ships by Cornel Thill from MARIN in the Netherlands, and to modern ro-pax ferries by Markku Kanerva from Deltamarin in Finland. Oskar Levander from Wärtsilä writes about LNG-fuelled ro-pax vessels while Peter Albrecht from Elomatic shows a 3-D design product model for the life cycle of the vessel and Jan Schauman, Onboard-Napa, discusses damage control and decision support as a safety issue.
From Denmark we welcome Thomas S. Knudsen, Man B&W. Mr Knudsen tells us about design and service experience of the electronically controlled ME engine.
For the first time, we have the pleasure of introducing an author from Italy. Laura Cafferata from Azienda Chimica Genovese writes about Marimpress technology in a marine environment. Dag Andersen from DNV shows us the Nauticus Construction – a management tool for better control of newbuilding projects.
Karl Bohman from the Swedish company All Set Tracking gives an introduction to the ALLTrack technology in container integrity: ALLTrack vs. electronic seals. Together with Ulf Hagström and Christer Mattson, Viking Line, Lars-Ola Olsson from EVOL Engineering writes about the H.A.M. system on M/S Mariella after 12,000 hours.
Peter Trägårdh of SSPA Sweden makes a comparison between conventional and podded propulsion in his paper Manoeuvring and course-keeping of a ro-pax vessel.
ChartCo in England broadcasts marine information to ships by satellite and Haydn Jones tells us about their services.
Our own Pär-Henrik Sjöström writes about how new solutions can reduce cargo damage in steel transports.
Torbjörn Henriksson of Loadmaster International in Sweden is a frequent contributor to this magazine. This year, he is writing about SCS – Safety and Cargo System, together with Sten Björk from RIAB.
In five short articles, Steven K. Wake from Transformator in Sweden writes about hull stress control, GM monitoring in real time, uncontrolled vessel rolling, calculation of the sum of forces in real time, and optimization of ship’s movement. A. Horgby, ABB Sweden, writes about environmental aspects of shipboard HVAC.
The Low-Earth Orbiting satellites are presented by the CEO of the American Company Iridium, Mr Gino Picasso. Joanne Ellis, SSPA Sweden, together with Ehsan Mesbahi and Atilla Incecik from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brings the lost organisms in ballast water to the surface. In the same article, the authors write about the application of low-sulphur fuels.
We will not only be looking ahead, but also cast a glimpse in the rear mirror and see how Vasco da Gama is getting along. In the fourth instalment, this man is under extreme pressure and is getting closer to India – but he is not yet there. His voyage will continue, just as our voyage will. He made it with the help of the stars, good seamanship and robust vessels. Today we have far more to rely on.
Ever since the earliest days of shipping, maritime development has made constant progress, albeit at a rapidly increasing pace. We are pleased to be able to bring some of the present developments to your attention and hope that you will find many interesting topics in this year’s Scandinavian Yearbook of Maritime Technology.

// Robert Hermansson, Editor, Sweden

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