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on April 2017In 2009, the U.S. offshore marine sector received a long over-due indication that the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) was preparing to close loopholes and enforce U.S. law in accordance with the Jones Act. This happened when the agency unhesitatingly issued its first revocation of more than 20
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on April 2017Approximately 130 million Chinese citizens travel internationally, making China the world’s largest outbound travel market in the world. With one-sixth of the world’s population, many recognize this country as a market with huge potential. Until a few years ago, travel by ship was a common mode
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- The Future (of Maritime) Care page: 48
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on April 2017For more than 15 years Christina Desimone has driven Future Care to be a transcendent maritime medical care enterprise. While the company fully embraces technology and the advent of telemedicine, it ventures far beyond traditional maritime medical solution providers, managing the logistics of effect
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- IMO 2020: The Future of Fuel page: 22
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on April 2017IMO 2020 sulfur cap: lube producers take a pragmatic approach There has been little reaction by way of statements or position papers from marine fuel lubricant manufacturers to the IMO MEPC70 proposals for a global fuel sulfur content cap of 0.5 percent by 2020 but they are fully aware of the im
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- A Rising Sun of Change page: 32
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on April 2017“No new fishing vessel has been (added) during the period,” says the email we get from Japan’s largest seafood company, Maruha Nichiro Corp. A year earlier, they had bought shares in New Zealand outfit, Sanford, which had just chartered a Nordic-looking vessel. Seafood rival, Nissui, had just done t
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- Lines in the Water page: 12
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on April 2017There are a variety of jurisdictional lines in the water. The first line to be considered is the national boundary between two adjacent or nearby countries. Adjacent countries tend to draw agreed boundaries extending their shoreside boundaries, with accommodations for headlands, capes, etc. Most nat
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- The (Battery) Power Play page: 26
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on April 2017Brent Perry [Founder & MD, PBES] & "The Wealth Factory" This is historic, we tell ourselves, as PBES founder Brent Perry walks us around his still labor-intensive “battery factory” in the heart of Norway, from where ship owner capital controls half of the world’s offshore tonnage. Perry, a shipb
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- Firefighting on Workboats page: 16
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on April 2017Marine fires have been some of the toughest fires for anyone to fight. Whether it’s a fire on your own boat, or a vessel you are escorting or working with you will need to know what you are doing if you wish to operate safely. Marine Firefighting Inc. has been training mariners as well as land-based
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on April 2017CFD simulations of offshore oil and gas platforms are used to predict the maximum wind loads acting on the structure of the platform topsides (the upper half of the platform, above sea level and outside the splash zone, including the oil production plant, the accommodation block and any drilling equ
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- Op/Ed: Shiphandlers Beware page: 84
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on March 2017Was the closing of the Houston Ship Channel for over three days in March 2015 due to the use of Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (ULSFO)? After reviewing the testimony, and evidentiary material presented by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the 2015 Conti Peridot’s collision with t
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- Simulation: CSMART page: 60
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on March 2017CSMART, Center of Simulator Maritime Training The Arison Maritime Center Zeeduinweg 9 1361 BG Almere, The Netherlands Web: www.csmartalmere.com While much of the maritime world slumps, the cruise sector is enjoying its most vibrant growth in a generation. Carnival Corporation, in particular,
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- Fast Small Ship Simulator page: 52
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on March 2017Bouncing over the waves at a speed of 43 knots, the director of the Defense Materiel Organization (DMO) Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, and MARIN’s director Bas Buchner, made the first test voyage on the moving ‘Fast Small Ship Simulator.’ This FSSS is built by MARIN and SME partners, Cruden and Tre
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on March 2017Edie Rodriguez is Chairman, CEO and president of Crystal Luxury Corporation, Ltd., a broad travel brand that includes Crystal Cruises, Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises, Crystal River Cruises, Crystal Luxury Air, Crystal AirCruises and Crystal Exclusive Class ships with Crystal Residences. She met wi
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on March 2017Maritime Professional Training 1915 S Andrews Ave., Ft Lauderdale FL 33316 USA Tel: (954) 525-1014 Web: www.mptusa.com COO: Captain Ted Morley In South Florida sits MPT, one of the most prolific and progressive maritime training facilities. Already fully stocked, MPT added significant we
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- Naval Design: The Human Role page: 18
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on March 2017Naval design: assessing the human role in the early design phase Many navy new building projects face a double challenge; the variety and complexity of operations are increasing, while at the same time, a reduction in manning is a prerequisite in order to lower building and operational costs. The
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- The (Really) Big Lift page: 70
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on March 2017Cranes: much more than just critical equipment. At ZPMC, it means the supply chain itself. In post-Panamax world – that is to say one which includes an expanded, deepened and improved Panama Canal – there are many layers to the logistics onion. These include reinforced and improved berths and b
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on March 2017The Centre for Marine Simulation, The Marine Institute of Memorial University 155 Ridge Road St. John’s , Newfoundland Labrador, Canada Tel: (709) 778-0305 Email: [email protected] Director: Captain Chris Hearn Overview CMS operates a range of marine simulation equipment that c
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on March 2017Delgado Maritime & Industrial Training Center 13200 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, LA 70129 Tel: (504) 671-6620 Email: [email protected] Web: www.dcc.edu/academics/workforce/maritime-fire Overview Delgado’s Simulator Suite is comprised of three interactive Full Mission Bridge simula
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on March 2017The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association and its members are preparing to meet higher demand for gas scrubbing systems to bring SOx emissions in line with the targets set by the IMO’s 2020 fuel sulfur content proposals. As previously reported by this correspondent in Maritime Reporter and Engine
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- Cabotage Rules Changes Proposed page: 14
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on March 2017On January 18, 2017, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proposed in its Customs Bulletin & Decisions newsletter a significant change to the U.S. cabotage rules. For many years, use of non-coastwise-qualified vessels in the transportation of pipeline repair material; anodes; pipeline connec