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on February 2014Alcoa Fastening Systems debuted the premium BOM (blind oversized mechanically locked) fastener. The BOM is the highest strength blind oversize fastener in the world, providing typical tensile strength up to 29,100 lbs. and shear strength up to 45,100 lbs. The unique push-and-pull design of the BOM a
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on February 2014Southco added a lightweight, aluminum version of its E3 VISE ACTION Compression Latch, which is designed to deliver robust, vibration-resistant fastening. The aluminum E3 is suitable for use in a variety of transportation applications and across numerous other industries. The E3 Compression Latch f
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- New Hatch Sealing Tape page: 57
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on February 2014World Wide Metric added DrySeal Hatch Sealing Tape to its products list after partnering with Soprema, a manufacturer in the waterproofing industry. DrySeal is an adhesive “winter grade” hatch sealing tape manufactured in Canada from SBS Modified Bitumen, making the product water resistant, elastome
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on February 2014CS Unitec’s Trelawny Floor Planer tackles the most demanding surface preparation and material removal applications. The TFP 200 is ideal for the removal of coatings and corrosion from concrete and steel surfaces to prepare for recoating. In addition, this walk-behind planer roughens concrete and pro
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on February 2014GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has launched HullWiper, its new offering diver-free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning. Despite its compact size of 3 x 1.5 x 0.80 m, the high-speed, remotely-operated vessel cleaning v
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- Envelop Protective Covers page: 55
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on February 2014Since 2004 Shield Technologies Corporation of Eagan, Minnesota has been the leader in corrosion prevention cover technology by providing over 60,000 Envelop Protective Covers to all branches of the U.S. military. Envelop Protective Covers are used to protect a variety of high value U.S. military e
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on February 2014Subsea Industries announced a new product for filling and building up a corroded and pitted steel surface to its original form prior to recoating with Ecoshield. According to the manufacturer, Ecofix is as tough as the steel itself, machinable and can be used to repair most pitting or corrosion dama
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- Hempel Debuts Hempaguard page: 54
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on February 2014Hempel launched Hempaguard which it said offers outstanding resistance to fouling during idle periods and significant fuel savings. The technology, dubbed ActiGuard, has been five years in development and is based on silicone-hydrogel and biocide science. HEMPAGUARD available as two separate product
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- Five Minutes with WSS's Simon Hutt page: 50
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on February 2014The business of ship service has changed mightily in recent years, with many new regulations and technical mandates on modern ships, the continued and rapid consolidation of major players and a historic shift in vessel trading patterns driven by the shale energy revolution in the U.S. To help put it
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- Unmanned Ships Now a Reality page: 49
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on February 2014Drones do it and spacecraft have too, for many years. Recently, also, automobile makers and small boat makers have introduced their first autonomous vehicles on the streets, and waterways. Unmanned vessels on the ocean is no longer a dream – it is a reality. And according to those in the know, the
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on February 2014One of the new tools that engine builders are using these days to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is Valve Control Management (VCM), ABB’s variable valve train system, more so since duel-fuel engines become an increasingly popular choice by shipowners. Initially introduced in
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- New BWM Regs Cometh - Are you ready? page: 46
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on February 2014The global market for BWT systems is predicted to grow to over $34 billion through 2020 in response to IMO and USCG-based ballast water discharge regulations (Frost and Sullivan, 2012). BWT systems are now manufactured by dozens of companies around the world, including traditional suppliers of marin
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on February 2014The U.S. Patent Office awarded Siemens Water Technologies a patent for a system and method to control biofouling of filters used as a first stage of treating ballast water in its SeaCURETM Ballast Water Management System. The patent, entitled “Method and System for Biofouling Control of Shipboard Co
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on February 2014Terragon Environmental Technologies has been developing the Wastewater Electrochemical Treatment Technology for oily water, or simply WETT-O, for the past six years. WETT-O uses an electrochemical process to transform oily wastewater into reusable or dischargeable water depending on the application.
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on February 2014When Gustaf de Laval read in 1877 an article in the German periodical ”Milchzeitung” (Milk News Paper) about centrifugal separators, he certainly did not expect that it would lead to his founding of a global acting company with around 16,400 employees nearly 140 years later. His first continuous sep
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on February 2014Once queen of the express liners, and the fastest, safest and biggest passenger liner in history, the SS United States today quietly awaits rescue from a pending cruise to the scrapyard. The Big Ship the Big U, the one that didn’t sink. The S.S. United States, still the fastest passenger liner eve
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- Five Minutes With Tomas Tillberg page: 30
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on February 2014Modern cruise ships can cost upwards of a billion and built to last more than 25 years, so the platforms must be built for change, as evolving style & taste, material innovation & maritime regulation dictate. “Built to stand the test of time” is the mantra, so in seeking insight on modern cruise des
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on February 2014Safe water management onboard any ship is a challenge, a challenge magnified exponentially onboard the world’s largest cruise ships with thousands of passengers and crew in close quarters. Just last month it again made global headlines as Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of Seas was forced to cut its 10-d
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on February 2014The global cruise industry and its fleet of increasingly large, ultra-modern ships is projected to continue its steady growth in 2014, powered by growth overseas, particularly in the German market, as well as the adoption of faster, stronger and generally better satellite communication technology th
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- You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide page: 24
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on February 2014Windward Ltd. has taken advances in satellite communications at sea plus the massive amounts of new data available from ships, and created a satellite based maritime analytics system that provides information and insight on unusual vessel movements globally. Co-founder and CEO Ami Daniel explains.