CONSULTING
Marine Sustainable Technology Consulting Services
Delivering Practical Decarbonization Strategy to the Maritime Industry led by Trevor Small, a pioneering executive in marine electrification and battery systems.
Specialized Consulting Services
STRATEGY AND COMMERCIALIZATION
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Market entry strategies for battery and hybrid solutions
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Technical commercialization of marine ESS products
COMPLIANCE & FUNDING ALIGNMENT
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Advisory on FTA Buy America and Clean Ports program compliance
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Assistance with grant submissions and ESG reporting alignment
VESSEL & INFRASTRUCTURE ELECTRIFICATION
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Battery selection and system integration support
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Lifecycle modeling for vessel and shore power infrastructure
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Vendor and class society alignment
OEM & LICENSING DEVELOPMENT
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North American manufacturing enablement
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Technical due diligence and licensing negotiation
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Support for joint venture setup and operational launch

Trusted Expertise Backed by Proven Results
With over 15 years of hands-on leadership across the marine battery, electrification, and sustainable technology landscape, Trevor Small brings a unique blend of business acumen, technical insight, and global project delivery.
As the former VP of Marine at Corvus Energy and Chief Solutions Officer at PBES, Trevor established the market presence of multiple lithium-ion technologies across North America and Europe. He later led global decarbonization projects at Foreship and held senior roles at EnerDel and XALT Energy.
Since 2023, Trevor has helping European Marine Sustainable Technology Companies establish subsidiary and operational facilities in the United States.
Trevor offers direct advisory and consulting services via 3D Maritime, supporting clients with product strategy, compliance, and decarbonization roadmaps in a highly regulated and technically demanding sector.
3DM Founder Trevor Small specializes in management consulting for zero-emission and hybrid solutions utilizing battery energy storage, shore charging, fuel cells, future fuels, E-Houses, and the certification & commercialization of emerging decarbonization technologies for maritime applications. Through his experience as a pioneer of energy storage in the maritime industry, he has learned that the path to decarbonization is digitization and the aggregation of incremental improvements.
Over the past 12 years, Trevor has had the pleasure of working with ABB, Siemens, Wartsila, NES, Rolls Royce, GE, Ulstein, Vard, Visado, Elkon, Westport, Danfoss, Man, R&H Marine, Bakker, Babcock, Daman, Eekles, McKay, Kawasaki, Remontowa, BC Ferries, Teekay, SMIT, Seacor, Shell, BP, Maersk, Scandlines, HH Ferries, Aero Ferry, Benetti, DeVries, Stena Line, Royal Caribbean, Carnival Corp, Virgin, Disney, Transport Canada, DNV GL, Lloyds, NMA, Corvus, PlanB, Xalt, Tesla, Bloom & Ballard Foreship and many more.
Trevor has the know-how and the network to help your management team expedite and refine entrance into and success within the maritime industry.

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3DM provides specialized consulting services including market entry strategies for battery and hybrid solutions, technical commercialization of marine ESS products, battery selection and system integration support, lifecycle modelling for vessel and shore power infrastructure, vendor and class society alignment, advisory on FTA Buy America and Clean Ports program compliance, assistance with grant submissions and ESG reporting alignment, OEM and licensing development, North American manufacturing enablement, technical due diligence and licensing negotiation and support for joint venture setup and operational launches.