Maritime Magazines Archive
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Marine News
on November 2014Addressing the Jones Act is just one aspect of an increasingly complicated boatbuilding environment. Stovepiped, poorly conceived regulations is another. The sting of the recession is fading, but the economic vitality of the marine industry is still in jeopardy. That’s because the current regulato
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on November 2014The American Salvage Association’s Jon Waldron provides the ultimate cabotage primer. There always seems to be constant chatter about waiving the Jones Act. In reality, it is a simple task to demystify the thought that it is easy to obtain such waivers. To set the stage, in one of her first press c
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- Energy’s Promising Future Threatened page: 20
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on November 2014Unrealistic Fears and Overstated Risks obscure the benefits of new seismic data. The United States stands poised on the edge of a bright energy future. After decades of decreasing domestic energy production and increasing reliance on foreign sources of oil and natural gas, a revolution in productio
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- Insights: Morton S. Bouchard III page: 12
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on November 2014Insights: Morton S. Bouchard III - President and CEO, Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. When it comes to iconic, East Coast mainstays of the U.S. maritime industry, probably one of the first names that come to mind is ‘Bouchard.’ Likewise, Morton S. Bouchard III, who has served as President of B
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- Kelvin Hughes Product Range Expands page: 71
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014Kelvin Hughes launched a host of new products and services at SMM 2014, including a port security radar system, specialist mission radome radar and displays, Voyage Data Recorders and the latest version of ChartCo PassageManager software. The Port Security system (SMS) incorporates the new lightwei
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- Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack page: 71
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on October 2014Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The subsea capping stack, located in Singapore, is
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- NavStation Launched at SMM page: 71
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on October 2014SMM saw the launch of the NAVTOR NavStation, the world’s first ‘Digital Chart Table’ and a breakthrough in bridge-based decision making tools. NavStation combines software with an optional 46-in. ‘gigapad’ touch device, giving navigators an intuitive and user-friendly interface to plan optimal vesse
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- Improved Controller for Rexroth AHC page: 71
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014New DS2R electrohydraulic controller with proportional valve is now available for the Rexroth hydraulic axial piston units that function as secondary control devices in offshore winch applications. Bosch Rexroth has introduced an upgrade to the electrohydraulic controller used on the company’s A4VSO
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on October 2014WR Systems (WR) debuted a new variant of its laser-based-emissions monitor called the Emsys-iS. The new system is designed specifically for scrubber applications and is targeted at both scrubber manufacturers and shipowners. WR plans to start delivering the new product on January 1, 2015 to coincide
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- GEA Heat Exchangers page: 71
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014GEA Heat Exchangers presented its latest developments at SMM 2014, including reduced NOx emissions from GEA exhaust gas recirculation coolers now for two-stroke engines, and GEA Bloksma oil coolers in various versions and sizes. In addition to its exhaust gas recirculation coolers (EGR) for four-str
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- Revamped XChange page: 71
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014Airbus Defense and Space has added new features to its XChange communications management platform with the release of version 3.1 at SMM (Note: On September 16, 2014 Airbus Defence and Space announced its intention to sell its commercial satellite communication services activities. At press time a b
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- GNS Launches First VMS page: 71
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014Global Navigation Solutions (GNS) introduced its Vessel Management Service (VMS), the first integrated management system for total navigation compliance, designed to give shore-based ship managers more control of navigation compliance, save them money on charts and save time on navigation related ad
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- Raytheon Anschütz ShipGuard page: 71
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on October 2014Raytheon Anschütz, a German-based manufacturer of Integrated Bridge Systems, developed shipborne security solution ShipGuard. ShipGuard integrates the vessels existing navigation systems such as AIS and radar with a suite of commercial surveillance cameras. ShipGuard offers the crew early detection
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on October 2014At SMM Raytheon Anschütz launched the newly developed NautoScan NX network radar transceivers, the centerpiece of its next generation Synapsis Radar system. The new NautoScan NX transceivers generate raw radar video, which is distributed via Gigabit LAN. Raw video distribution without any analogue l
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- GPS-controlled Food Waste Discharge page: 70
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014Through cooperation with Marine Position AB, Uson Marine AB offers functionality from the Environmental Navigator for its new GPS Discharge Control system for food waste. Together, the systems provide control and monitoring of food waste discharge, stopping automatic discharge where not permitted an
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014CMR Group introduced a new Integrated Alarm Monitoring and Control System (IAMCS) for marine and naval engine applications which it said provides technologically-advanced capabilities for improved marine vessel supervision, safety and management and delivers a cost-effective IAMCS solution that crea
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- GEA’s CatFineMaster Debuts at SMM page: 70
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on October 2014A solution for separating dangerous catalyst fines (cat fines) from fuel with one touch of the button, the new product CatFineMaster from GEA Westfalia Separator Group was presented for the first time at the SMM 2014. The new CatFineMaster system consists of a separator as the core element and a fee
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- BMT Showcases Monitoring Portfolio page: 68
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on October 2014BMT SMART Ltd. showcased its performance monitoring portfolio at this year’s SMM. The SMART suite of solutions works by continually collecting vessel performance data and presenting key information to the crew via the ship’s computer displays, and BMT SMART’s new web interface offers easy to use das
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on October 2014GAC EnvironHull’s eco-friendly brushless hull cleaning solution, HullWiper, took center stage at the GAC stand at SMM in Hamburg. According to the company the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) system removes marine fouling from ship hulls up to five times faster than traditional methods employing dive
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Maritime Reporter
on October 2014Calnetix Technologies highlighted a new system developed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery and Engine company (MHI-MME) that captures heat from marine engine jacket water and converts it to electricity for shipboard consumption. The Hydrocurrent system produces up to 125 kW of power