UK Government pushes on with Maritime 2050

摘要

The summer months are usually a fallow period when it comes to maritime news and it would be fair to say that this year has been no particular exception. For The Naval Architect it's usually a case of hustling for content and hoping that those we reach out to for interviews and contributions haven't disappeared on extended holidays or - in the case of academic institutions - are still checking their emails during the summer recess. Hopefully those travails won't prove too obvious in this issue's line-up and you'll find content to pique your interest. Here in the UK, late July saw the arrival of a new Prime Minister in Boris Johnson, and with it the growing probability that Britain will leave the European Union with a 'no deal' Brexit in October. Whatever the reader's own personal position on this matter, I don't propose to try your patience with yet more redundant verbiage, after all we live in a time where the distinction between facts and opinions seems to be increasingly blurred.