BEATING COVID-19: GOING REMOTE Pandemic speeds maritime's uptake of remote solutions

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When the De Hoop Shipyard in Lobith, Netherlands, took its latest newbuild on sea trials off Rotterdam in May, it notched up an unintended "world's first." The ship that the yard was putting through its paces was Silverseas Cruises' ultra luxurious 100-passenger, all-suite expedition ship Silver Origin, which will operate in the Galapagos.Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the sea trials were very different from normal. One challenge in particular, says Fre Drenth, the director of De Hoop Shipyard, was a potentially project-halting issue.