2014 Articles
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- Energy from the Ocean page: 28
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on May 2014As did many readers of this article, I grew up in a coastal community, with the relaxing sounds of waves rolling over the rocks and on the seashore helping me drift to sleep at night. While soothing, the oceans also generate enormous amounts energy, still largely untapped. Used car and truck tir
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on May 2014AUVs are on their way. With vast scope for their application, autonomous underwater vehicles are finally gaining pace in the commercial sector. The technology, which has its origins in military activities such as mine counter-measure and rapid environmental assessment (MC & REA), also has a strong p
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on May 2014When Malaysian Airlines flight 370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 souls aboard, so began an aviation disaster and mystery. While a collaborative effort continues to hunt for clues in some of the world’s most remote, hostile and uncharted ocean environments, the subsea industry – and more spec
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on May 2014Operations to install the first of the 19 sponsons to be positioned for the refloating of the Concordia wreck concluded on Monday, April 28 after 2.5 days of work, according to the Concordia wreck removal project informative website. The sponson S13, noted as the biggest in weight and size, is now p
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on May 2014An Improved Risk and Safety Assessment Process for the offshore oil & gas industry – and just in time. Alion’s Measure of Total Integrated System Survivability (MOTISS) has been around a long time. Having previously earned its stripes primarily for naval applications, Alion began to market the serv
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on May 2014In a business where time is money, Signal Ship Repair’s niche ‘high blocking’ repair methods have significantly reduced repair times and increased shipyard efficiencies. If Signal Ship Repair’s (SSR) primary business can generically be described simply as ship repair and conversion, then it can als
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on May 2014Second generation of Caterpillar’s gpLink will do more and serve a wider market. It is no secret that Remote Tracking, Monitoring, and Notification Systems for just about anything that floats, is here. In on the ground floor of all of that, more than 18 months ago, was the organization that provi
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on May 2014In the summer of 1991, a 121 ft. long Taiwanese long line fishing vessel, the Hui Feng #1, ran aground on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific. With a footprint of just 4.6 sq. mi., Palmyra Atoll forms the most northern vegetated island in the Northern Line Islands, lying some 1,000 miles south of
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on May 2014OSD-IMT, the U.K. division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), developed a range of new designs of offshore windfarm service operation vessels (SOVs). The 1,350 dwt IMT972 SOV is powered by two Steerprop SP25 or equal 1900 kWe fixed pitch azimuth propulsion units. There is also an option for fitting
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- Windwave Launches Damen FCS 2008 page: 13
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on May 2014Windwave Workboats will be the first customer of Damen’s Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s FCS 2610 which launched in 2011. Based in Penzance, Cornwall, Windwave Workboats has been providing offshore wind farm support and crew transfer serv
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on May 2014Innovation is a key driver in the development of advanced monitoring systems for environmental and safety compliance in the marine sector. Patrice Flot and Alain Meslati of diesel engine control and instrumentation specialists CMR Group, explain more about the latest technologies. The marine powe
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on May 2014Dometic’s HVAC systems fit right into the dual purpose of providing comfortable workboat environments while also protecting vital equipment. Both tasks go hand in hand and collaboration between parties is the key. An efficient and reliable HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system o
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on May 2014Three Companies Compete for USCG’s Lucrative OPC Contract In February, the U.S. Coast Guard chose three finalists to design its new Offshore Patrol Cutters, with awards to Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla. and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in
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- The ABCs of EALs for the EPA’s VGP page: 32
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on May 2014How Ester-Based Oils Handle Hydrolysis to Remain the Top EAL for VGP When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the new Vessel General Permit (VGP) in December 2013, lubricant and fluid manufacturers were prepared to give vessel owners a number of environmentally acceptable lubricants (E
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on May 2014In past columns, the focus of our discussions has been primarily on maritime incidents such as collisions, allisions and groundings in which U.S. Coast Guard-licensed deck and engineering officers were subject to marine investigations and negligence changes, potentially leading to the dreaded “lette
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on May 2014Energy exploration in the Arctic has been a hot topic in recent years and shows no signs of cooling down anytime soon. However, the United States appears stuck in neutral on the topic and those opposed to oil and natural gas exploration anywhere have used the Federal inaction to advance their argume
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on May 2014When the Offshore Supply Vessel Dynamic Positioning Authority (OSVDPA) held its first board meeting in March, it began charting the course toward a new dynamic positioning operator (DPO) certificate especially designed for the offshore service vessel industry. As the Executive Director for the newly
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- New Steering System page: 57
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on May 2014Rio Controls & Hydraulics (RCH) said it has developed a new steering system by modifying existing inductive sensors used in the oil and gas industry to reach a design that the company said will provide accurate and longer lasting sensor command and feedback signals. This technology aims to replace c
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- HAL Retrofits VDRs on Fleet page: 57
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on May 2014Holland America Line (HAL) said it will retrofit the VDR system of its entire fleet of 15 ships with the Interschalt VDR G4. “Replayer,” VDR G4’s online monitor, provides a detailed picture of the ship’s position in real time on a chart and can transfer this playback to a notebook or a smartphone so
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- New Line of Safety Switches page: 57
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on May 2014The ABB Low Voltage Products division introduced a new line of heavy duty safety switches for commercial and industrial applications, meeting the necessary UL98, CSA and NEMA KS-1 standards for the most demanding service-entrance and motor-load applications. The 600V and 200kArated switches use the