Maritime Magazines Archive
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on March 2014Ocean Safety has received the EC Certificate of Authorization from Lloyds Register, allowing the company to carry out all in-house certifications of gas cylinders. Ocean Safety is now authorized to pressure test many cylinders including composite, welded steel, seamless steel and aluminum gas. These
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on Q1 2014If the Federal Maritime Commission remains somewhat of an enigma to domestic maritime stakeholders, perhaps that’s because its scope of oversight reaches many sectors of maritime business; some more obscure than others. In February, we caught up with FMC commissioner William P. Doyle, who provided t
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on Q1 2014Managed medical care specialist Future Care is changing the way the maritime industry looks at mariner healthcare. The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) has forever changed the way vessel operators look at healthcare for the world’s 1.3 million mariners. For some, it means simple compliance wit
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- Crowley’s “Commitment” page: 38
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on Q1 2014Crowley Maritime last year ordered two LNG-powered combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships with VT Halter Marine. The ships are designed to travel at speeds up to 22 knots and carry containers ranging in size from 20-ft. standard to 53-ft.-long, 102-in.-wide, high-capacity units, alon
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- The Crowley Way page: 32
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on Q1 2014Walk in the front door at Crowley Maritime Corporation HQ in Jacksonville, Fla., and you learn nearly everything you need to know about the company. With your visitor’s badge, you are handed a “Safety and Evacuation” brochure, and the person you are there to meet – in our case Tom Crowley, Jr. – wal
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on March 2014Mean Green Industrial Strength Cleaner & Degreaser is now available in 275-gallon containers. This larger size provides maximum value to high-volume commercial and industrial users. Ideal for industrial process cleaning, dip tanks/soaking, industrial machinery and equipment repair or rebuilding, Mea
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- Dyena Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) page: 58
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on March 2014Dyena’s Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) is a compact rugged unit that will store up to 10 years of data, providing a detailed record of structural events. Sampling at 2400 times per second, the Dyena VMS continuously monitors the shock and vibrations received by the vessel structure and stores the da
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on March 2014Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) has developed EnDura E90SR, a new EPDM elastomer material that provides outstanding high temperature steam resistance. EnDura E90SR is available as O-rings, T Seals and custom-molded geometries and is used in pumps, valves, turbines, geothermal tools and drilling
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on March 2014The new global leader in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions is McMurdo Group. Comprised of Orolia’s former Positioning, Tracking and Monitoring Division, it combines Boatracs, Kannad, McMurdo and Techno-Sciences into the industry’s first, single-vendor p
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on March 2014InSinkErator’s food waste disposers are being installed across various types of shipping vessels ranging from cargo vessels to cruise ships, including an ice breaking research vessel. The newly installed SS-300 is expected to help with recent guidelines on proper food waste disposal released by DNV.
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- Martek’s Network-Connected ECDIS page: 56
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on March 2014Martek Marine’s one-of-a-kind iECDIS integrates a GSM modem, offering automatic download and installation of charts, updates and notices to mariners, reducing administrative burdens associated with CD updates. The GSM modem uses mobile network signals to keep iECDIS up to date anywhere with mobile s
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on Q1 2014Early adopters use performance monitoring and condition-based maintenance tools to cut costs, head off breakdowns, find efficiencies and ensure compliance. The only thing harder than finding a needle in a haystack, is finding the sharpest points in a haystack full of needles, which is essentially t
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- Helicopter Refueling Systems page: 58
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on March 2014DGI is now supplying a full range of Helicopter Refueling Systems for the EMEA region. Wilmax is a leader in the Asia Pacific for Helicopter Refueling Systems. Started in 1999 with the design and manufacturing of HRS they have now supplied more than 250 systems world-wide. DGI/Wilmax has developed
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on March 2014Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions’ patented Unitor XFlow low pressure water mist fire fighting systems is being installed for two leading Norwegian shipowners. The contract includes a total flooding water mist system for the ship’s engine room and a local protection water mist system. The system covers
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- Omega Debuts New Transmitters page: 58
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on March 2014Omega introduced new potentiometer input to DC transmitters with the launch of the DMD4008 series of transmitters accepts a resistance input from potentiometer, slidewire, linear position, displacement or rotational devices and provides an optically isolated DC voltage or current output that is line
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- Engine Room Fires: Lessons Learned page: 58
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on March 2014“Lessons are still not being learned when it comes to preventing engine room fires.” This is the message from Graeme Temple, Regional Director for Braemar SA’s Far East operations, following a review of incidents taking place in 2013. At any one time in a modern engine room there can be thousands o
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on March 2014ClassNK released its second version of the Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships, an updated version reflects the requirements for the design of natural gas fuelled ships based on the outcome of discussions held at IMO regarding the International Code of Safety for ships using gases or other low flash-po
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on March 2014Marioff signed a five-year frame agreement for maintenance services with Carnival Corporation covering servicing and maintaining HI-FOG water mist fire suppression systems already installed onboard 66 cruise vessels owned by Carnival Corporation. Marioff, a supplier of water mist fire protection tec
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- Sea-Fire’s Triton 8 Alarm Panel page: 57
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on March 2014With commercial vessels, being able to efficiently pinpoint the source of fires enables quicker response. The new Triton 8 Fire Alarm Panel from Sea-Fire is an addressable system enabling up to 256 detectors or manual call points. Reporting not only smoke or fire, but potential hazards such as short
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- New Fire Detection System page: 57
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on March 2014Elite RSM Analog Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panels are designed to accommodate up to 256 devices on Commercial Marine Applications. Apollo protocol USCG / ABS Type Approved Smoke and Heat Detectors are available for a complete approved system. Two full SLC loops and leading edge microprocessor b