2014 Articles
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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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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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on Q3 2014The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) impacts the world’s 1.3 million mariners in one way or another. In a nutshell, MLC embraces fundamental principles found in other international labor conventions and applies to all ships entering member port states, as well as to all flag state signatories.
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- The No-Emissions Workboat (Really!) page: 28
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on September 2014There’s no debate about LNG in New York. ELCO, New York State Canals team up to retrofit 86-year old tugboat with an electric motor. In June, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of an all-electric dredge tender work boat on the Erie Canal in the Utica area of New York. The project, a par
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- Skip, Skip, Skip to the Loot page: 26
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on September 2014Options abound for operators to make timely payments and maintain access to funding. There are many different operating models in the commercial marine universe. Some businesses operate 24/7/365, while others operate seasonally. Driven by the low temperatures and inclement weather of late autumn, w
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on September 2014Everyone knows that doing business with payment terms providing for payment in the future poses a risk. Our clients often contact us asking us to write letters and file suits against customers who have either refused to pay or are unable to make payments on past due invoices. Unfortunately, on many
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- Fuel Management & Safety page: 20
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on Q3 2014The 2015 Baltic ECA requirements make the increase in marine casualties inevitable. You can do something about it. The march towards cleaner air in coastal areas is well underway. For example, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended the International Convention for the Prevention of P
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- Nobody Rides for Free … page: 18
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on Q3 2014Emissions-compliant fuel and strategies: the decision may ultimately be out of your hands. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission regulations requiring a reduction in sulfur within the Emission Control Areas may bring more to your operation
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- The Economics of Slowing Down Ships page: 10
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on Q3 2014MarPro crunches the numbers on vessel steaming economics. What should you do? It all depends, says Barry Parker … The topics of fuel efficiency, slow steaming and monetary savings have received tremendous attention from all sectors of the maritime business over the past few years. For operators of
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- In Support of Affordable Energy page: 20
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on September 2014As its key mission, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) advocates for a modern and well-maintained system of inland waterways and ports. WCI’s top issues areas include the implementation of waterways’ improvement legislation in the recently enacted WRRDA; remembering Rivers (the Fourth “R”) among Rail, Ro
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- Safety: It's All About Culture page: 18
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on September 2014We in the passenger vessel industry strongly believe in safety. We want our operations to be safe to ensure the well-being of our crew and passengers and the protection of our assets. We work hard to establish appropriate safety policies and programs and we train and drill crew to ensure that we are
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on September 2014Brian U. Stratton was appointed Director of the New York State Canal Corporation in April 2011, to oversee the operation and development of New York’s 524-mile Canal System, including the historic Erie Canal. The canal system, a historic system of waterways that dates back almost 200 years, was begu
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on September 2014Since the first deployment of in-situ monitoring instrumentation, biofouling has been a problem. Without an effective solution, people have historically had to accept the limits biofouling imposes on ocean sensing work, with significant repercussions. When instrumentation is deployed in-situ, the va
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on September 2014When looking for an emergency preparedness system for the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, Chevron enlisted the aid of Wachs Subsea to create an automated pipeline repair system using Wachs Combination Prep Tool (CPT) as the key operational component. The design parameters included a machine that was l
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on September 2014In a rural community in Nova Scotia, a small ocean technology company is making some noise in the design and manufacture of digital hydrophones. Ocean Sonics Ltd. of Great Village, was formed by President Mark Wood in 2012 after Wood developed the concept of the smart hydrophone in 2005 at his compa
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on September 2014The Wave Glider is a remote control ocean robot, which uses wave motion as propulsion. As an autonomous marine vehicle, the Wave Glider is capable of conducting detailed meteorological and oceanographic surveys across large distances and under the most extreme wind and sea conditions. Since its ince
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on September 2014Data channels can be added to fiber optic systems by adding fibers, adding wavelengths, or adding both. Dense wavelength divisional multiplexing (DWDM) allows a single fiber to carry multiple data channels. Passive components, such as optical circulators, double a fiber’s capacity by allowing inform
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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