Cover of Maritime Reporter, October 2024
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News

October 2024

Floating Wind

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The October edition examines Offshore Wind Energy, and the future is floating, with technology transfer from the offshore floating oil and gas market.

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Table of Contents

  1. Cyber Threats to Maritime Vessels Grow Exponentially

    By Greg Trauthwein

    Cyber threats to maritime are increasing rapidly, and later this year Marlink will unveil a report which classifies the growing threats. From common phishing schemes to targeted attacks on command and control systems, Cedric Warde, Vice President, Global Sales – Digital, said that Marlink discusses the threats and the means to help avoid them.

  2. Training for Maritime Compliance: Navigating SOLAS, MARPOL, STCW, and MLC

    By Heather Combs, CEO of Ripple Operations and AdonisHR

  3. One-on-One: Ben Palmer, President, Inmarsat Maritime

    By Greg Trauthwein

    Last month at SMM in Hamburg, we sat down with Inmarsat Maritime President Ben Palmer for an open discussion on all matters maritime communications.

  4. Subsea Spaghetti

    By Wendy Laursen

    Preparing for industrialization, the floating offshore wind industry is tackling its unique mooring and cabling challenges.

  5. It’s [Menck] Hammer Time!

    By Greg Trauthwein

    Driven by a “massive step change in offshore wind turbine technology” premised on growth of the per unit size and output, Menck – an Acteon brand – last month unveiled what it touts as a “game-changing” MHU 6000W Wind Hammer, the largest hammer in its repertoire and a continuing a legacy of innovation since 1868 from this north Germany industrial company.

  6. Svendborg Brakes' Yaw Brake Solution Transforms Wind Turbine Maintenance

    By Jürn Edzards, Business Development Manager for Svendborg Brakes, a Regal Rexnord brand

  7. Examination of the Maritime Expanded Gray Zone

    By Rear Admiral Scott Clendenin, USCG (Ret) & Dr Joe DiRenzo

  8. SMM 2024 New Tech Review

    Last month in Hamburg, Germany at SMM 2024 – the world’s largest and best exhibition centered on shipbuilding and ship machinery – companies used the platform to launch a dizzying array of new product and technology. If you missed the event, find here the ‘editor’s choice’ of the best new tech showcased in Hamburg.