2014 Articles
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on November 2014Following its usual summer break over August 2014, Congress came back from its five-week summer recess and spent a whopping eight days or so back in session before recessing once again, approximately a week early, to hit the campaign trail for the November elections. This essentially means that inc
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- Avoiding the Edges of the Sea page: 22
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on November 2014Mariners do best when they avoid the edges of the sea – the shoals, rocks, and other hard spots. Coming into contact with the edges of the sea at other than a slow walking speed can ruin an otherwise pleasant voyage. Unfortunately, though, vessels have been making hard contact with the edges since
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on November 2014As the holiday season and the end of another year quickly approaches, the towing industry patiently waits for the Coast Guard to finalize the long-awaited towing vessel inspection rule. More than 10 years ago, Congress passed the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004, requiring more s
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- Is Glycerine the Next Marine Fuel? page: 16
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on November 2014Following a year described as “intense activity,” the Glycerine Fuel for Marine Sustainability project (GLEAMS) concluded that Glycerine is a viable, exceptionally clean alternative marine fuel. The GLEAMS project claims that it has been particularly successful in dispelling the notion that glyceri
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on November 2014Addressing the Jones Act is just one aspect of an increasingly complicated boatbuilding environment. Stovepiped, poorly conceived regulations is another. The sting of the recession is fading, but the economic vitality of the marine industry is still in jeopardy. That’s because the current regulato
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on November 2014The American Salvage Association’s Jon Waldron provides the ultimate cabotage primer. There always seems to be constant chatter about waiving the Jones Act. In reality, it is a simple task to demystify the thought that it is easy to obtain such waivers. To set the stage, in one of her first press c
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- Energy’s Promising Future Threatened page: 20
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on November 2014Unrealistic Fears and Overstated Risks obscure the benefits of new seismic data. The United States stands poised on the edge of a bright energy future. After decades of decreasing domestic energy production and increasing reliance on foreign sources of oil and natural gas, a revolution in productio
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- Insights: Morton S. Bouchard III page: 12
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on November 2014Insights: Morton S. Bouchard III - President and CEO, Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. When it comes to iconic, East Coast mainstays of the U.S. maritime industry, probably one of the first names that come to mind is ‘Bouchard.’ Likewise, Morton S. Bouchard III, who has served as President of B
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- Kelvin Hughes Product Range Expands page: 71
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on October 2014Kelvin Hughes launched a host of new products and services at SMM 2014, including a port security radar system, specialist mission radome radar and displays, Voyage Data Recorders and the latest version of ChartCo PassageManager software. The Port Security system (SMS) incorporates the new lightwei
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- Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack page: 71
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on October 2014Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The subsea capping stack, located in Singapore, is
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- NavStation Launched at SMM page: 71
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on October 2014SMM saw the launch of the NAVTOR NavStation, the world’s first ‘Digital Chart Table’ and a breakthrough in bridge-based decision making tools. NavStation combines software with an optional 46-in. ‘gigapad’ touch device, giving navigators an intuitive and user-friendly interface to plan optimal vesse
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- Improved Controller for Rexroth AHC page: 71
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on October 2014New DS2R electrohydraulic controller with proportional valve is now available for the Rexroth hydraulic axial piston units that function as secondary control devices in offshore winch applications. Bosch Rexroth has introduced an upgrade to the electrohydraulic controller used on the company’s A4VSO
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on October 2014WR Systems (WR) debuted a new variant of its laser-based-emissions monitor called the Emsys-iS. The new system is designed specifically for scrubber applications and is targeted at both scrubber manufacturers and shipowners. WR plans to start delivering the new product on January 1, 2015 to coincide
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- GEA Heat Exchangers page: 71
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on October 2014GEA Heat Exchangers presented its latest developments at SMM 2014, including reduced NOx emissions from GEA exhaust gas recirculation coolers now for two-stroke engines, and GEA Bloksma oil coolers in various versions and sizes. In addition to its exhaust gas recirculation coolers (EGR) for four-str
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- Revamped XChange page: 71
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on October 2014Airbus Defense and Space has added new features to its XChange communications management platform with the release of version 3.1 at SMM (Note: On September 16, 2014 Airbus Defence and Space announced its intention to sell its commercial satellite communication services activities. At press time a b
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- GNS Launches First VMS page: 71
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on October 2014Global Navigation Solutions (GNS) introduced its Vessel Management Service (VMS), the first integrated management system for total navigation compliance, designed to give shore-based ship managers more control of navigation compliance, save them money on charts and save time on navigation related ad
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- Raytheon Anschütz ShipGuard page: 71
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on October 2014Raytheon Anschütz, a German-based manufacturer of Integrated Bridge Systems, developed shipborne security solution ShipGuard. ShipGuard integrates the vessels existing navigation systems such as AIS and radar with a suite of commercial surveillance cameras. ShipGuard offers the crew early detection
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on October 2014At SMM Raytheon Anschütz launched the newly developed NautoScan NX network radar transceivers, the centerpiece of its next generation Synapsis Radar system. The new NautoScan NX transceivers generate raw radar video, which is distributed via Gigabit LAN. Raw video distribution without any analogue l
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- GPS-controlled Food Waste Discharge page: 70
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on October 2014Through cooperation with Marine Position AB, Uson Marine AB offers functionality from the Environmental Navigator for its new GPS Discharge Control system for food waste. Together, the systems provide control and monitoring of food waste discharge, stopping automatic discharge where not permitted an
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on October 2014CMR Group introduced a new Integrated Alarm Monitoring and Control System (IAMCS) for marine and naval engine applications which it said provides technologically-advanced capabilities for improved marine vessel supervision, safety and management and delivers a cost-effective IAMCS solution that crea