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.
New Options to Stop LA's Intermodal Rail Theft Problem
During mid-January, news reports from Los Angeles exposed the ongoing problem of theft from shipping containers carried aboard slo...
How Tilt-Rotors Could Boost the Utility of Wing-in-Ground Craft
Several national defense departments operate military airplanes that combine fast efficient flight with the ability to touch down...
Storm Clouds Over Ukraine Threaten the Prospects of the Eurasian Canal
As Russia weighs the possibility of invading Ukraine, it may be jeopardizing a maritime project which would benefit all of the reg...
Renewed Potential for Container Shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway
The long-term forecast for increased international trade - combined with logistical issues related to railway and truck transporta...
Breakwater Innovation to Manage River Flooding
Engineers of the Mayan Empire built rock dams far upstream along the tributaries of rivers to reduce downstream flooding, as a sud...
Kra Canal Revisited: Transshipment Potential of the Thai Land Bridge
The government of Thailand has committed to develop a land bridge at the Isthmus of Kra, located between the Gulf of Thailand and...
Cape Town's Container Terminal: Improve or Relocate?
Earlier this year, a mayoral committee at Cape Town, South Africa recommended that the city’s container port be relocated fr...
Could Battery-Powered Container Ships Serve Transatlantic Trade?
Prospects for Battery-Electric Container Ships across the North Atlantic Many years ago, University of Michigan Professor of Bu...
Options for Ship Propulsion Using Grid Scale Batteries
The search for carbon free ship propulsion includes adapting grid-scale batteries for maritime applications. Tech billionaires Bil...
Lead-Acid Battery Technology Modernizes for Maritime Operations
Lead-acid batteries have existed for over a century with little change. Advances have occurred in lead-acid battery technology to...