2015 Articles
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- CAT’s New Dual Fuel Engine M 4G DF page: 32
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015At the beginning of 2015 the exhaust limit values for sulfur oxides (SOx) grew ever tighter in emission controlled areas. And with the start of 2016, nitrogen oxides (NOx) values in certain emission control areas (ECAs) will be even more restricted. Dual fuel engines such as the newly developed MaK
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015Originally developed to guide Allied convoys safely across the Atlantic, the use of synchronized low frequency radio signals as a navigational aid revolutionized modern maritime navigation in the 1940s. Faced with operating ships and aircraft over vast areas, researchers pioneered the use of radio
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- Rising from the Ashes page: 22
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015The federal government is now taking steps to reverse its 2010 decision to terminate the nation’s LORAN program. The LORAN program was initiated during World War II, when US and Allied forces fighting in the Pacific Theater needed a good means of navigation in that vast ocean. The US Coast Guard w
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015Businesses are operating in tough economic times, with budgets being significantly cut during the current industry downturn. Unfortunately, when lowering costs is a key priority, learning and development budgets have historically been one of the first areas to take the hit, yet projects still need t
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015Since the first commercial ship basin was commissioned in 1883, towing tanks have provided naval architects with a reliable method of predicting the performance of a ship at sea. Towing tanks are used for both resistance and propulsion tests, with towed and self-propelled ship models used to determi
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- Maritime Security Threats Abound page: 14
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015“The first few months of 2015 have demonstrated, in the most visible way possible, just how complex and sometimes dangerous the maritime domain can be, as well as how important it is to maintain awareness, treat the risks and avoid complacency at all costs.” Piracy and maritime crime is a complex
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Maritime Reporter
on May 2015Last month Svitzer and Titan Salvage announced plans to merge their salvage operations. Peter Pietka, former chief executive of Svitzer Salvage, takes the helm of the new combined company – to be dubbed Ardent and headquartered in Houston – on May 1. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News spoke with P
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Norway’s Miko Marine AS has developed a powerful magnet to be used as a practical and versatile tool for ROV operators. Incorporating patented technology that increases its performance, the magnet has been designed so that it can be switched-on and off by an ROV manipulator and used for a wide range
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) unveiled its new subsea rechargeable battery pack (SeaCell) and charger system (SeaCharge) to complement their existing portfolio of specialist equipment. Ahead of the launch, the R&D team at STR’s Head Office in Great Yarmouth have invested in a substantial devel
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Linden Photonics introduces hybrid cables to its expanding product line. Building upon its STFOCcables whose pedigree comes from a long history and variety of underwater uses - from munitions tethers to ROV controls to littoral water sensing. Linden’s Hybrid cables combine copper and fiber elements
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- New Software from EIVA page: 55
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Marine Technology
on May 2015The EIVA NaviSuite software suite now includes a dedicated solution for anchor handling operations that offers advanced catenary simulation. This ensures users data they can trust and a complete picture of the entire operation. NaviSuite Beka is designed to be a versatile, scalable and user-friendly
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Sonardyne introduced its first ever Doppler Velocity Log, called Syrinx, developed to meet the needs of surface and subsea vehicles that require high integrity, high performance navigation aiding over a wide range of water depths and seabed type. The Syrinx DVL employs full linear signal processing
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- Fifth-Generation OCTANS Launched page: 53
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Marine Technology
on May 2015iXBlue unveiled its fifth-generation OCTANS for survey-grade navigation. The new OCTANS is an all-in-one gyrocompass and motion sensor (attitude and heading reference system, AHRS) and brings in new and enhanced features, including IMO/IMO-HSC certification and inertial navigation system (INS) produ
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- Dolphin Sea View 2D Sonar page: 53
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Marine Technology
on May 2015A new 2D sonar that provides high frequency real time imagery has been developed for use on the smallest AUVs and ROVs by Marine Electronics Ltd. The Dolphin Sea View offers a 720 kHz operating frequency which gives it a range setting availability from 100m down to 0.2m. It also provides AUV designe
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- Valeport’s SWIFT SVP page: 53
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Valeport is using Ocean Business as the launch platform for a new sound velocity profiler, which will be on show for the first time at the show. Valeport’s latest addition to its portfolio of sound velocity sensors and profilers is the SWIFT SVP. This new compact unit will feature high accuracy SV
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Marine Technology
on May 2015The new Powertrack subsea power cable tracker was launched by Teledyne TSS at Ocean Business to close a gap in the offshore survey industry’s inventory of marine detection technology. The company’s research department has now overcome the problem of tracking live power cables by developing a system
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI) announced a new addition to its sub-bottom systems product line – a true 24-bit CHIRP sub-bottom profiling transceiver. The FSI HMS-622 CHIRPceiver and its associated transducers and arrays can fill a wide range of survey needs. The HMS-622 is available in dual and
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Marine Technology
on May 2015This year the SeaPerch Program will celebrate a half decade of national underwater robotic championships. On the last Saturday in May, the fifth National SeaPerch Challenge will be held on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMassD) campus where 150 teams of middle and high school students fr
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- New Multibeam Z-Boat page: 59
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Teledyne Oceanscience, in partnership with Teledyne Odom Hydrographic, unveiled the first public demonstration of a multibeam echosounder-equipped Z-Boat 1800 autonomous remote survey boat at the U.S. Hydro 2015 Conference. The 1.8-meter distinctive yellow survey boat is found in action all over the
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- Kongsberg’s New Marine Motion Sensor page: 51
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Marine Technology
on May 2015Kongsberg Maritime introduced a new member in its family of Motion Monitoring Units at Ocean Business 2015. As the new flagship unit, the MRU 5+ MK-II is part of a range of MRUs that offers reliable performance in attitude determination for diverse marine applications including motion compensation o