Maritime Reporter 2014 Articles
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- SAMI On Top Line Security Concerns page: 20
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on September 2014With progress being made against piracy off Somalia, it seems that other maritime security issues are becoming top line issues for shipowners. The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI), is a global focal point for maritime security matters, and is well placed to highlight the current
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on September 2014The surge in the shale gas industry in the U.S., as well as stepped up oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, is creating enormous demand for marine assets to transport fuels and supplies. To seize this growth opportunity, mid-size marine operating companies with annual revenues from $10 million to
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on September 2014Ever since man has taken vessels onto the seas, mariners have reported encounters with monstrous waves that seem to arise out of nowhere from an otherwise average sea state. On his third voyage to the New World in 1498, Christopher Columbus recorded in his logbook that a giant wave lifted up his ve
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on September 2014With its staggering ability to show displacements of submillimeter scale to stern waves of several meters high, the Digital Image Correlation technique has been applied on a wide range of projects at MARIN. Examples from research programs in controlled conditions and full-scale trials are highlight
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- New DeepFlight Dragon Personal Sub page: 13
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on September 2014The latest from Graham Hawkes is a Self-Pilot Personal Submarine DeepFlight introduced a new type of personal submarine at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show: DeepFlight Dragon, an all-electric, compact, lightweight personal submarine to explore down to 400 ft. (120m). At 3,968 pounds (1,800 kg) and under
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- GEA’s CatFineMaster page: 71
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on September 2014To combat the problem of cat fines in fuels, GEA Westfalia Separator Group is now offering a new system solution – the CatFineMaster – which was presented for the first time at the SMM 2014. Cat fines can damage the engine and, under extreme circumstances, may also result in the total failure of th
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- Calnetix Waste Energy Converter page: 71
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on September 2014Calnetix Technologies showcased at SMM 2014 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
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- New Electronics from Moxa page: 71
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on September 2014The MPC-2240 is a 24-in. flat marine panel computer for marine e-navigation systems. Powered by an Intel Ivy Bridge CPU, the MPC-2240 panel computers are built to handle the heavy graphic computing demands that marine applications such as ECDIS and radar systems require. The MPC-2240 is intended to
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on September 2014Victaulic introduces the VE206 portable roll-grooving tool, a versatile, durable pipe-grooving solution to make pipe preparation more efficient in the field. The VE206 portable roll groover improves the efficiency of on-site roll-grooving operations. Tool components are lightweight for easy transpor
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- DMC Builds the Smallest Ever Nozzle page: 70
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on September 2014Damen Marine Components (DMC), part of Damen Shipyards Group, said it smashed its propeller nozzle world record by 33 percent downwards. This downsizing to an inside diameter of 665 mm— from the previous 1,000 mm ‘entry level model’ – marks a new milestone for DMC’s Optima Nozzle series. Already on
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- New VDR Tech from Danelec page: 70
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on September 2014Danelec Marine planned to show its DM100 VDR at SMM2014. The company reports it is the first VDR to be type approved and wheelmarked by BSH for compliance with the new IMO standard, which came into force July 1. The DM100 VDR features Danelec Marine’s SoftWare Advanced Protection (SWAP) technology,
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- Trojan Marinex BWTS is USCG Approved page: 70
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on September 2014Trojan Technologies’ Trojan Marinex ballast water treatment (BWT) product suite received United States Coast Guard (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance, in accordance with the USCG’s final rule for Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. waters, for a
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- New LED Light Range page: 70
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on September 2014IMTRA announced its latest high-output LED light range, the IMTRA Sigma PowerLED. A straight-forward dimmable LED upgrade for existing marine halogen down light systems, the new Sigma PowerLEDs use existing fixture locations, hole cutouts and two-wire cabling to make full-featured retrofits easy. Th
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- New Power for Alaskan Tug page: 67
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on September 2014It has been said that, “There is no reason to design or build an ugly boat.” This is clearly a dictum that those who designed and built the Noman O adhered to. Built in 1970 as the Duncan Foss by the Albina Shipyard under hull number 419, at Portland, Oregon, the tug has a fine shear that sweeps dow
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- GreenSteam Optimizer page: 66
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on September 2014GreenSteam Optimizer is an onboard decision support system that is an adaptive, data-driven solution, helping the master to make the right decisions. Achieving maximum fuel efficiency means operating at the most efficient speed using as little fuel as possible. The optimal settings and parameters su
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- Low Loss Hybrid Energy System page: 65
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on September 2014Wärtsilä launched its new Low Loss Hybrid (LLH) innovation at ONS 2014. The Wärtsilä LLH uses different power sources in combination with energy storage devices to operate the prime movers closest to their optimum performance. In addition to annual fuel savings of up to 15%, depending on the type an
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on September 2014While the marine industry is rife with rough working conditions, dredging operations arguably pose the toughest challenge to any class of marine equipment. Water lubricated Thordon Composite cutterhead shaft bearings have reportedly performed well for nine years on one of the largest cutter suction
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on September 2014Langh Ship received final class approval from Germanischer Lloyd for its exhaust gas cleaning system on m/s Laura (pictured), a 1996-built a 6,500 DWT general cargo vessel equipped with a 6 MW main engine. Langh Ship is a shipping company that has developed its own closed loop scrubber. The system
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on September 2014Volvo Penta is offering factory-built keel-cooled engines for the entire line of marine commercial inboard and sterndrive D4 3.7-liter and D6 5.5-liter engines. The D4/D6 keel-cooled version uses a twin circuit design, with keel coolers for both the high-temperature engine block circuit and low-temp
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- The New Pipeline page: 58
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on September 2014Competition in the maritime communications sector is fierce, and ship owners are the winners as service from land-to-sea is becoming faster and cheaper. MR spoke with KVH’s Jim Dodez in Athens at Posidonia for his insights on the present and future of connectivity at sea. More than ever ships at