Harry Valentine
Author and Researcher
Mr. Valentine has a degree in mechanical engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada specializing in thermodynamics (energy conversion) and transportation technology. He has worked as a technical journalist for the past 10-years and has more than 2 decades of research in the transportation industry.
Engines Driven by Sound Waves for Bottom-Cycle Maritime Application
Thermoacoustic engines are based on tubes that convert heat into resonant sound waves, which in turn drive pistons inside cylinder...
New Technology Could Advance Maritime Wind Propulsion
During the 1980’s, University of Michigan professor of business Dr. C. K. Prahalad’s treatise entitled “Competin...
Theories of Giant Waves that Suddenly Appear and Vanish
Maritime folklore tells stories of giant waves that suddenly appear on the ocean and disappear just as quickly. While many people...
The Evolving Environmental Case for Ground-Effect Transportation
Researchers have raised concern over the impact over commercial airplane exhaust emissions, which cause a noticeable increase in c...
The Promise of Container Transshipment at Eastern Canadian Ports
There was once great promise to develop international container transshipment between mega-sized ocean-going ships and smaller dom...
Expanding Container Shipping Along the Great Lakes and Seaway
The rise in fuel prices has prompted renewed interest in expanding container shipping at America’s Great Lakes ports, like D...
Port of Saldanha Bay Could Boost South Africa's Container Capacity
Plans are underway in South Africa to develop an international business zone at the deep draft Port of Saldanha Bay, located 65 mi...
Funding America’s Inland Waterway System During the Green Transition
At present, taxes from diesel fuel consumed by towboats that push and navigate barge tows provides the basis of funding that susta...
New Orleans Startup Seeks to Develop Swappable-Battery Electric Ships
A duo of graduates from the US Merchant Marine Academy have started a company called Fleetzero, which plans to build battery-elect...
Containerized Aluminum-Air Batteries Could Power Coastal Vessels
During February 2022, the price of a metric ton of lithium carbonate salts briefly went over $69,000, up from $9,600 a year earlie...