2013 Articles
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on April 2013(1) Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). PO Box 413, Telde. Spain; (2) Christian Michelsen Research (CMR). PO Box 6031, Bergen, Norway; (3) Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ICCM). PO Box 56, Telde. Spain Ocean observatories play a crucial role in relevant aspects of the climate
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- Cenpes Leading Petrobras’ R&D Effort page: 32
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on April 2013Petrobras expects to raise a net $4.3 billion in global capital markets each year to fund its investment plan over the next five years, according to Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa. During a presentation to analysts on March 19th, Barbassa explained that the expected increase in crude oil pro
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on April 2013ATIVA is a Brazilian company that develops and provides innovative technologies in Subsea Engineering. ATIVA specializes in developing solutions to the constant technological challenges encountered in deep waters Oil & Gas operations. The company offers services from custom designs for their client
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on April 2013IMA has just completed an in-depth analysis of the floating production sector. The study profiles the deepwater industry, examines the dynamics driving the sector and forecasts orders for floating production systems between 2013 and 2017. Highlighted below are some key findings in the study. Grow
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on April 2013Recent trends toward closer collaboration between operators and contractors—who after all share an interest in avoiding incidents and promoting safe operations—are a good sign for the industry. But it takes the right kind of partners to benefit from the arrangement—an operator must be willing to inc
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- Thad Allen at the Helm page: 32
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on March 2013Former USCG Admiral Thad Allen is a transformational leader in the history of the service, a rock through thick and thin. Today he talks about resource allocation, risk management and homeland security. As part of Booz Allen Hamilton’s Justice and Homeland Security business group, Executive Vice
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on Q1 2013Costa Concordia: An opportunity for advancing human factor awareness? Will the casualty advance desirable critical thinking and cognitive awareness or merely trigger shortfall RRPP? A maritime casualty with everything a novelist could hope for – a huge state-of-the-art modern passenger vessel strik
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on Q1 2013Debating the merits of LNG as the preferred marine fuel; should you wait or dive right in? It’s much more complicated than you think. The case for the use of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as marine fuel has been building steadily and has now achieved a position in the commercial propulsion equatio
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on Q1 2013Maritime security, over the last four years, has been synonymous with the effort launched by a multinational armada to combat the high seas criminality and the humanitarian and economic consequences of Somali piracy. The drama which has unfolded off the Horn of Africa, spreading into the Indian Ocea
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- CMA CGM - Showing the Way Forward page: 40
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on Q1 2013Success in a down market? It is possible, as MarPro found at one of the world’s largest carriers in one of shipping’s most volatile sectors. When CMA CGM signed a deal selling 49% of its Terminal Link division to China Merchants Holdings (International) for $535 million in January 2013, it sealed a
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on Q1 2013New technology, already in use by a major terminal operator, puts the requirement for 100% scanning of all inbound containers back on track. The breakthrough, however, represents so much more than that. In July 2007, U.S. legislators passed a law requiring 100% scanning of U.S. bound containers at
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on Q1 2013Anthony Chiarello, President & CEO, TOTE, Inc., is a fourth-generation maritime professional, starting with his great grandfather who owned a ferry service from Sicily to North Africa. When the family emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1800s, Chiarello Brothers (later changed to American Stevedores)
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on Q1 2013The recently announced promotion of Craig Perciavalle to President, Austal USA was a logical one. At Austal since 2007, he moves up after serving as Senior Vice President of Operations. Significantly, he oversaw Austal’s transition from a conventional commercial shipyard to an efficient, modular man
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on Q1 2013Risk is ubiquitous on the waterfront, and the effective identification, mitigation and management of that risk is critical to long-term success. Maritime Professional delivers insights from four acknowledged industry leaders from four distinct sectors and geographic regions as to the secret of their
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on Q1 2013Risk is a mantra at Det Norske Veritas (DNV), and to be fair, at every major classification society. By their very nature, the identification, management and mitigation of risk runs through every aspect of class. Sitting atop DNV – and if the recently announced merger goes through, the combined DNV
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on Q1 2013Risk is at the heart of all financial transactions. That said; in cases of Mergers and Acquisitions, buyers and sellers of companies can and do have contrasting goals and very different notions of risk in a deal. Sellers often take their company or division to market in order to reduce risk, exchan
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on Q1 2013Managing the risks associated with a new ship acquisition, whether commercial or military, can be a daunting process. For the commercial operator, the new ship must make a reasonable profit after the cost of design and the annual operating costs are accounted for. The warfighter must fit his new acq
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- New Satlantic SUNA V2 page: 73
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on March 2013The new SUNA V2 with shortened path length and adaptive sampling is finally here! The new SUNA V2 represents the latest advance in UV nitrate technology that broadens previous operational ranges to include extremely turbid environments. This highly anticipated UV nitrate sensor raises the bar for co
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on March 2013Cyclops-6K, the newest version of the Cyclops-7 Submersible Sensors, enables fluorescence detection to ocean depths of 6,000 meters. Reinforced Titanium housing and a specialized optical head ensure sensor integrity at extreme pressures. The LED excitation source allows for low power consumption and
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- RBR Concerto Takes the Polar Plunge page: 72
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on March 2013In polar regions, researchers and their instruments are working at their extremes. The ability to deal with harsh conditions is paramount, and the RBRconcerto C.T.D is designed with this in mind. Unlike other instruments, the RBR conductivity cell is based on high strength ceramics and shock-absorbi