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.
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...
Could a Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ship Transit the Suez Canal?
Ongoing research into small-scale nuclear energy conversion has advanced to greatly increase safety with the development of sodium...
Seaway Shipping Navigates Back-to-Back High and Low Water Extremes
The international regulatory agency that oversees water levels on Lake Ontario and downstream along the St. Lawrence River is work...
Combining Flow Battery Power with Wing-in-Ground High Speed Transport
Long haul commercial aircraft provide a basis by which to develop a concept wing-in-ground effect craft powered by flow battery te...
Modular Molten Salt Nuclear Power for Maritime Propulsion
Evolving modern modular molten salt nuclear technology incurs comparatively lower cost while using a zero-pressure reactor and low...