Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 2013The Wirewalker (WW) profiling vehicle developed by the Ocean Physics Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides a platform for observing oceanographic phenomena that vary rapidly in depth and time. The smooth, “free rising” mode of operation of the WW makes it a suitable platform for the
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- Eagle Eyes on Mooring page: 36
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on July 2013Welaptega Marine Ltd., Halifax From agriculture to aquaculture with a little bit of Mi’kmaq First Nations’ folklore thrown in for good measure. It is an intriguing story of a company with innovative ideas adapting technologies and tools to carve out its own niche in a marine sector industry wh
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on July 2013Douglas-Westwood (DW) released the fifth edition of the World Offshore Wind Market publication where it forecast offshore wind installations averaging 3.2 GW per year over the next 10 years. Capital expenditure is expected to hit a peak of $24b in 2016. The market will remain highly concentrated in
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- ASV Research Contract page: 28
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on July 2013Deal to Design and Build a Long Endurance Marine USV under the U.K. Government-backed SBRI Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) won the second phase of the recent SBRI competition to develop a Long Endurance Marine Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LEMUSV). Run by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE
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on July 2013General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems completed the comprehensive risk reduction program for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) program. Designed to discover any potential systems defect early on in the program’s development phase, the confi
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- Incat Crowther Designs DSV Trio page: 22
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on July 2013Incat Crowther has been contracted to design a trio of 42.5m Monohull Dive Support Vessels. The design is a new concept borne of the latest ideas from designer, builder and operator. The design has been developed to be a dedicated DP-2 capable Dive Support Vessel, featuring fully integrated ROV laun
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on July 2013121 Bernard St. Jean Drive East Falmouth, Mass. 02536 Tel: 508-495-4000 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mclanelabs.com CEO/President: Dr. Susumu Honjo Number of Employees: 15 The Company: McLane Research Laboratories was founded in 1983 and manufactures advanced time-series ocean
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- MTR100 '13 RPS Evans-Hamilton page: 20
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on July 2013Headquarters: Houston, Texas: 3662 Westchase Drive, Houston TX 77042 Tel: +1 (281) 495-0883 Fzx: +1 (281) 495-6159 Seattle, Wash.: 4608 Union Bay Place NE, Seattle WA 98105 Tel: +1 (206) 526-5622 Fax: +1 (206) 526-5633 Charleston, S.C.: 3319 Maybank Highway, Johns Island, SC 29455 T
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- MTR100 '13 Materials Systems Inc. page: 20
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on July 2013543 Great Road, Littleton, Mass., 01460 Tel: 978-486-0404 Email: [email protected] Website: www.msisonar.com CEO/President: Carol W. Bowen, Ph.D. Vice President: Gerald Schmidt Engineering Director: Dr. Brian Pazol Number of Employees: 40 MSI (Materials Systems Inc.) designs and manufactu
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- MTR100 '13 Zupt LLC page: 19
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on July 201310963 Cutten Rd, A102 Houston, Texas, U.S. 77066 Tel: 832-295-7280 Email: [email protected] Website: www.zupt.com CEO/President: Keith Vickery Number of Employees: 11 Annual Sales: $3,500,000.00 In an industry where change comes slowly, Zupt focuses on improving the way marine survey services ar
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on July 2013Gulf Copper’s Port Arthur facility earlier this year completed a unique 10-month project to build the three massive buoys for SOFEC, buoys which will be used to offload liquid product such as diesel or gasoline in places lacking deepwater ports. In total Gulf Copper received two separate contracts
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- Oil Pollution Risk Assessment page: 12
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on July 2013NOAA ID’s Lurking Enviro Threats A new NOAA report that examines national oil pollution threat from shipwrecks has been presented to the U.S. Coast Guard. With as many as 20,000 recorded shipwrecks in NOAA’s database, the May 2013 report finds that just 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. s
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on July 2013U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age (Number of vessels) The latest statistical roundup of the U.S. flag fleet (2012) shows some interesting trends. We know that the U.S. blue water, deep draft fleet continues to dwindle in size and numbers – albeit some exciting recent orders for tankers and contain
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on July 2013SATCOM’s Availability, Pricing and Utility tempts marine users left unsatisfied by limitations of cellular communication. The inland operator hoping to survive in tomorrow’s rapidly emerging business environment using cellular communications alone is likely to be, as a minimum, disappointed. In a w
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- The ABCs and 123s of the EPA’s VGP page: 27
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on July 2013If you are following along and keeping a scorecard, then pay attention. Summer School is officially in session. The first iteration of the Vessel General Permit (VGP) expires on December 19, 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a replacement VGP permit under its authority from
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- Laying the Keel; Carefully page: 24
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on July 2013Vigor Industrial Opens Maritime Training Center on Seattle’s Harbor Island Looking toward the future and with a weather eye on what could come next, Oregon-based Vigor Industrial launched a six-month training program this July in welding, fabricating and fitting with South Seattle Community College
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on July 2013The imperative for a holistic United States maritime strategy has never been greater. This is not news to many of you, but the call must be raised more persistently, more vocally and by many more of us, in order to drive action beyond rhetoric. The National Strategy for the Marine Transportation
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on July 2013Wilson Electronics, a U.S.-based manufacturer of cellular signal boosters, is targeting inland and coastal waterway users with a new marine initiative. The development of a signal booster kit that improves cellular coverage for boaters on inland waterways and for near-shore mariners means that dropp
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on July 2013When it comes to training, recruitment and retention issues – serious matters facing all maritime employers today – John Lotshaw probably knows better than most; what’s best for you. And, no matter what end of the maritime business model that you hail from, the challenge of hiring good people, train
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- Risky Business page: 8
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on June 2013Underwriting your newbuild program is only one half of the sea passage. That’s because the construction phase is fraught with danger. Congratulations! You’ve run the due-diligence/underwriting gauntlet successfully and now you have your lender’s credit approval in hand. You are satisfied with the t