Maritime Magazines Archive
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- MTR March Editorial page: 6
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on March 2015Late last year at The Maritime Alliance’s Sixth Annual Blue Tech & Blue Economy Summit in San Diego I had the good fortune to draw a seat next to Dr. Holly Bamford, NOAA’s acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management. Earlier that day she delivered a presentation to a packed audience o
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- The World’s Cold Ocean Lab page: 58
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on March 2015“Our collective expertise and infrastructure related to harsh environments and the Arctic sets us apart as the premier location and jurisdiction for carrying out R&D that will define how to safely and efficiently develop Arctic opportunities.” Those were the words of Newfoundland and Labrador Premi
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- Adventure Under Ice page: 50
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on March 2015Louis Whitcomb makes it possible for remote controlled underwater robotic vehicles to explore the most extreme environments on earth—including the icy depths of the arctic. “of all the environments on earth,” he says, “this comes closest to science fiction.” Out in the middle of of the Arctic
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on March 2015Insights from NOAA’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management Last month Marine Technology Reporter had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Holly A. Bamford, acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management for the US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmosphe
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on March 2015Despite being one of the largest habitats on Earth occupying around 60% of the surface, the deep-sea environment remains largely enigmatic. It was only in the late 1960’s that the abyssal plains were recognized to contain rich, complex habitats and play an important role in global carbon cycling. Th
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on March 2015Helping to make subsea opts more safe & efficient The world’s oceans are getting busier. They are being inundated with oil and gas exploration projects, installation of underwater energy and communications cables, pipelines, windmill installations, increased fishing fleets and power generating t
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on March 2015At Ocean Business 2015, DOF Subsea will launch its Skandi Explorer service to the European Market. Previously used in academic studies, this technology is new to the oil and gas market. The recent and sudden contraction of the Offshore Oil and Gas market has compelled operators to cut costs, whi
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- Wind Farm Vessel Named page: 20
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on March 2015James Fisher Marine Services’s (JFMS) multipurpose wind farm support vessel, Dart Fisher, has been formally named by the vessel’s Godmother Maria McCaffery MBE, CEO of RenewableUK at a dedication service held at Griffon Hoverwork, Southampton. The service marks the completion of significant invest
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on March 2015Eidesvik Offshore has taken delivery of Viking Neptun, an offshore construction vessel from Kleven Verft AS. According to Eidesvik Offshore, TBN Viking Neptun represents its largest ever investment in the subsea segment. A long-term loan facility of $124 million has been drawn with Nordea and Ekspo
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- New Survey Vessel for Port of London page: 20
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on March 2015The Port of London Authority (PLA) ordered a new purpose-built survey catamaran, a CTruk MPC19, due to enter service on the river Thames later this year. The vessel is will replace the PLA’s Yantlet vessel as she reaches the end of her service life, continuing the PLA Hydrography team’s survey work
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- New Dive Support Vessel for N-sea page: 18
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on March 2015N-Sea has launched its third diving support vessel, the Edradour, representing a $2.2 million investment for the company to be immediately utilized in its inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) operations in the North Sea, as well as in Holland and Germany. Similar to its sister vessel, the Aberl
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- New Research Vessel for Greenland page: 16
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on March 2015Greenland has an intense interest in maritime research and survey for the near coastal waters, thanks in part to a growing seafood sector, an extensive coastline and some 250 different species of fish. To meet the nation’s emerging need, Greenland had a 32.3-m research vessel built at the Karstensen
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on March 2015Vesper Marine will provide its Virtual Aid to Navigation technology to the French company CGG, a geoscience company that provides geological and geophysical survey and analysis primarily to the oil and gas industry. In its ongoing quest to map the ocean’s floors, CGG survey vessels tow an array of
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on March 2015Terragon Environmental Technologies Inc., a developer of waste-to-resource technology solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Green Marine Capital (GMC). Terragon CEO and Co-founder Dr. Panayotis Tsantrizos said the partnership will allow the company to commercialize its products in
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on March 2015Be the Hammer, not the Nail when it comes to Maritime Cyber Security Maritime security professionals understand the value of a layered approach to risk management. Cyber security posture continues to develop as a critical component of a maritime security strategy, and cyber security insurance ha
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on March 2015General Dynamics National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) christened the USNS Lewis B. Puller (MLP 3 AFSB) in early February in San Diego. USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third vessel of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class, is the first of which to be configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AF
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on March 2015Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. introduced its new 120-ft., 4,200-hp Inland Towboat design, Thunderbolt, combining twin electric V-Pod propulsion and diesel-electric technology for what the builder calls its “vision of the future for the U.S. inland waterways.” Eastern said the idea for the Thunde
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- Imabari Invests in Shipbuilding page: 64
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on March 2015Japanese Yard to Build World’s Largest (20,000 TEU) Containerships Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. secured newbuild orders with the cooperation of Marubeni Corporation for eleven 20,000TEU Ultra-Large Container Carriers, when delivered the largest containerships in the world. The new ships, the f
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- Light-Off for Pasha’s New ConRo page: 63
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on March 2015ConRo vessel M/V Marjorie has attained main engine light off while under final construction at VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., signaling that the ship’s complex network of systems is complete and functional prior to delivery to Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii. Sea trials are now anticipated before
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on March 2015WesPac Midstream LLC (WesPac) and its affiliate Clean Marine Energy LLC (CME), announced a construction contract with Conrad Orange Shipyard, Inc., a division of Conrad Shipyard, LLC, to build the first dedicated LNG bunker barge for the marine market in North America. The first 2,200 cu. m. (cbm) b