HeyJaredRik van Hemmen
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- Sep 17, 2026
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SERF’s UP: Could More Expensive Sustainable Fuels = a Cheaper, Faster Transition? (opens the original)
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Rik van Hemmen is the President of Martin & Ottaway... Image Credit: Rik van Hemmen using Gemini AI SNAME’s M-50 Sustainable Fuels Technology and Research panel has given itself the task to try to figure out if there actually is a preferred sustainable fuel out there. This is a massive rabbit hole effort that does not fixate on the state of the art, but instead is making an attempt to engage all engineering tools, experience, and insight to predict the optimal future. SNAME’s assumption focuses
This is the Last Article on the Jones Act you Ever Need to Read (Really) (opens the original)
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Rik van Hemmen is the President of Martin & Ottaway... I first heard about the Jones Act from my father in 1976. He had just become part of the US maritime community and one day came home and started to tell me about the differences between the US maritime community and the Dutch maritime community. Two things stood out; the heavy US union influence and the Jones Act. My father despised unions, as a lifelong non unionized shipping company employee (but a very benevolent one, sponsoring employee
Chick Sexing, Wire Rope and AI (opens the original)
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Rik van Hemmen is the President of Martin & Ottaway... Copyright Vera Kuttelvaserova/AdobeStock Chick sexing is a core concept for an experienced engineer. Fortunately, maritime engineers do not have to perform chick sexing, but the concept is extremely important and ties into engineering intuition and experience. We all know engineers and mechanics who have an amazing ability to diagnose certain problems that completely elude solution by the rest of the community. It is often called intuition,
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