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.
A "Floating Truck Stop" Could Alleviate Ontario's Highway Congestion
The increasing volume of east – west road traffic through North America’s busiest corridor at Toronto, Canad...
The Art of the Transit Deal: Canada Holds Trump Card on Great Lakes Trade
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian Goods entering the USA. Canada holds a trump card in that...
Sulfur Energy Storage Could Provide Low-Cost Green Propulsion
Advances in the chemistry of thermal reactions involving sulphur, oxygen and hydrogen can generate temperatures of 900 t...
Future Development of Flettner Rotor Propulsion
Wind energy historically provided the basis for vessel propulsion, using sails and sometimes kites. During the 1920s, en...
Kite Stacks for Vessel Propulsion
Kite builders have for decades installed multiple kites on a single control line, forming an airborne train of kites tha...
A Convergence of Technologies Under the Hulls of Boats
In his classic treatise entitled "Competing for the Future," University of Michigan professor of business...
Above-Water Applications of Voith-Schneider Propulsion
The Voith Schneider propulsion system rotates on a vertical-axis and is well-proven in tug boat and ferry boat propulsion. A n...
Port of Montreal's New Container Terminal May Need a New Rail Line
Prior to the recent port workers’ strike, the Port of Montreal maritime container transshipment terminal located o...
The Great Lakes as a Testing Area for Articulated Vessels
Technical innovations that evolved along North American inland waterways between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s have the po...