2014 Articles
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on Q2 2014America’s waterways are the economic engine that drives national prosperity. The federal effort in facilitating the safe and efficient operations of these waters must be an accelerant rather than a brake on this economic engine. To this end, the Coast Guard and our maritime partners must leverage ex
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on Q2 2014Underwriters must do their homework and those who do that will generally have solid results. Insurers, by definition, are in the business of risk. Hence, risk assessment is a critical aspect of day-to-day operations. That said; it always helps when the risk being presented is done so in a clear m
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on Q2 2014Readiness for Panama Canal Expansion is Just One Variable Driving Global Play. Inland Waterways, Ports Must Tackle Time and Money Issues to Play in the Post-Panamax Era. It’s risky business. It always comes down to time and money, doesn’t it? And when it comes to the readiness of U.S. ports and inl
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on Q2 2014Despite its unquestionable allure, LNG as a fuel carries with it as many risks as it does answers to the problems it promises to solve. As industry and OEM’s work to remove any doubt, the collaborative effort outpaces the slow-moving regulatory machine. Even as Lloyds Register predicts that LNG wil
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on Q2 2014Drum Cussac readies local countries to address the scourge of piracy, which up until now has been a largely international endeavor, with a focused ‘capacity building effort.’ The late Nelson Mandela once said: “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” At the EU-Africa summit in Brusse
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on May 2014“UDT is a key event for us in this year’s exhibition calendar, drawing together global customers and suppliers involved in undersea defence technologies,” said Iain Kennedy, Strategy Director at QinetiQ. “The opportunity to network and arrange multiple meetings in one place is extremely valuable to
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on May 2014EIVA announces a new webshop, in which it is possible to purchase a wide range of products directly online with credit card or per invoice. Both EIVA’s own solutions and that of the companies which it represents, can be found in the webshop. “Naturally, many of our products are rather complex and r
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on May 2014The MacArtney Group announced the supply of an ice core drilling winch solution to British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The winch will be used to deploy the new BAS Rapid Access Isotope Drill (RAID) which is able to complete a complete 600 m drilling cycle in one week, before being redeployed at the next
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on May 2014Delegates from the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) visited the Kongsberg Maritime Subsea headquarters in Horten, Norway late December 2013 for the Factory Acceptance Test of its second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder. Ifremer acquired the multibeam echo so
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- iXBlue: New GAPS USBL page: 49
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on May 2014iXBlue launched the fourth-generation GAPS, which constitutes a significant enhancement to its USBL acoustic positioning product family. www.ixblue.com (As published in the May 2014 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - http://www.marinetechnologynews.com/Magazine)
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on May 2014Bowtech Products released the sixth generation of its color and monochrome tooling cameras with 720 TV lines with improved light sensitivity. As part of Bowtech’s continual product improvement strategy, the monochrome LCC-700 has been superseded by the LCC-720 and the color L3C-650 is superseded by
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on May 2014MSI is producing two new Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) components for two systems of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems’ PROSAS suite of sonar solutions. Raytheon’s PROSAS Surveyor family of synthetic aperture sonar systems provides high-definition sonar capabilities for a wide range of applicatio
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on May 2014Teledyne BlueView released its ProMapper software package, an intuitive geomosaicking program that places 2D forward looking sonar (FLS) imagery over an aerial image or a nautical chart. By combining a GPS and compass with a standard BlueView 2D sonar, ProMapper users will significantly increase the
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- Axis Launches New Security Camera page: 48
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on May 2014The AXIS Q60-S PTZ Dome Network Cameras in nitrogen-pressurized stainless steel casings are suited for surveillance and remote monitoring applications in marine, mining, oil and gas environments. The rust-free cameras can resist the corrosive effect of sea water and cleaning chemicals, and withstand
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on May 2014At OI ‘14 Sonardyne International announced it is inviting qualifying academic establishments and research institutions to apply to participate in a Field Evaluation Program for its new family of acoustic modems, uComm. Applicants with an upcoming, short-term ocean science project that would benefit
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on May 2014WFS delivered wireless communication systems to Baker Hughes. WFS supplied a seatooth S100 system for wireless datalogging during pipeline pre-commissioning on a project in the South China Sea at water depth of 1,000m. The transmitter comprised a seatooth S100 connected to a hydrotest skid and the r
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on May 2014A remote control boat equipped with a SonTek M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) was employed with HydroSurveyor software to create a 3D map of a damaged (and still submerged) flood barrier, following serious damage that took place last December. Data from the survey enabled the Environment Agency to
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on May 2014On March 29, the Ocean Class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel hull number 27 started its official life as the R/V Neil Armstrong, the first research vessel named after a space explorer. Carol Armstrong, the widow of the famed astronaut, performed the christening duties during
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on May 2014The U.K. alone has 6,400 fishing vessels, with total landings of fish catch equating to $1.3 billion (627,000 tons) in 2012 (1). Despite warnings of a slowdown in the marine catch in the 1970s and 80s, the fishing industry increased fishing efforts with more powerful boats as well as superior techno
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on May 2014Offshore Wind A/S, a MHI, Vestas JV gets Underway In early May operations got underway at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S, a new company dedicated to offshore wind turbine business jointly established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) of Denmark. The new j