sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging
Nautel provides innovative, industry-leading solutions speci? cally designed for use in harsh maritime environments: • GMDSS/NAVTEX/NAVDAT coastal surveillance and transmission systems • Offshore NDB non-directional radio beacon systems for oil platform, support vessel & wind farm applications
COVER FEATURE ARC KEEPING THE CARGO ROLLING With a ? eet of nine U.S.-? ag RoRo ships, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group (ARC), is the U.S.’ premier commercial RoRo carrier of U.S. government and military cargo. As the world becomes an increasingly contentious place, Eric P. Ebeling, President
TECH FEATURE A New Era for Great Lakes Freighters with Modern Marine Epoxies By Justin Peare, Marine Coatings Representative, Great Lakes Region & Matt Heffernan, Commercial Marine Business Manager, North America, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine he Motor Vessel Mark W. Barker – the ? rst U.S.
FOCUS: DIGITALIZATION "There's a lot of focus on ‘Big Data’. We don't talk much about Big Data. We talk about impor- tant data." One-on-One with “Mr. ECDIS” – Tor Svanes, CEO, NAVTOR NAVTOR. With that, we are talking to banks, ? nancial insti- Your reputation in e-Navigation as ‘Mr. EC- tutions, as
EAGLE VELLORE EAGLE VELLORE AET delivered its newest vessel, the ? rst of three Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) powered by dual-fuel lique? ed natural gas Photo courtesy AET (LNG) engines, on long-term charter to Shell Tankers (Singapore) Private Limited. The Malaysian-? agged Eagle Vellore was
Image courtesy GLDD DGE ALVESTON SLAND G I Senior Director Sales - Global Marine and Stationary, Wabtec, off we are. Minimizing weight is an important consideration for makes the system smaller and simpler for the customer the that type of vessel and it links right into the reduced weight of the cost
G REAT of HIPS S SHIP OWNER/OPERATOR Ship Owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. 2023 Shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding LOA 235m Breadth 43m Deadweight About 100,422 tons Flag/Port of registry Japan/Port of Noshiro WIND CHALLENGER SPECIFICATIONS Height Up to about 53 m (4-tier) Width About 15 m Sail
24 Underwater Radiated Noise 40 Digitalization: Underwater Radiated Noise is the lesser-discussed emission problem, but that’s 1-on-1 with “Mr. ECDIS” starting to change. 42 Opinion: By Wendy Laursen Where is the IMO? 48 Buyer’s Directory 45 Classi? eds 28 Great Ships of 2023 48 Advertisers Index A
Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GALVESTON ISLAND Delivered this year amid an ongoing dredge building ed by a USCG requirement for crawl spaces around the boom in the United States, Galveston Island is the ? rst tanks in the event of a leak, Webb noted. “[Urea tanks
Feature Shipyards SCA SCA Matthew Paxton, President, Paula Zorensky, VP, Shipbuilders Council of America Shipbuilders Council of America and investments. nent residents. However, there is an exemption for foreign “We don’t need everything to be in the weeds,” Zoren- owned vessels in order to be fair
TECH FEATURE: GEARS While the Karl Senner LLC reference list is long, a strong recent win was last- month’s delivery of a pair of Damen 3013 Multi Cats, built by Conrad Shipyard for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Credit: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Gearing Up for a Hybrid Future Karl Senner LLC is a ? xture
FINLAND Photo: Eric Haun Aker Arctic’s Helsinki headquarters houses the world’s only privately owned ice model testing facility, used for trialing new concepts and designs in real ice conditions. Arctia-operated Fennica is designed to be used as an icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter and
FINLAND inland is home to a strong and vibrant maritime clus- ter, with a mix of large, medium and small shipyards, as well as a deep pool of marine engineering expertise F and a broad network of vessel equipment suppliers. Finnish As one of the world’s northernmost countries, Finland is also home to a
SeaTrac Systems, Inc. www.seatrac.com Picture a 15-foot kayak with solar pan- els on top. Instead of people, the craft is out? tted with sensors, cameras and all manner of ocean observing instruments. Now picture sending this uncrewed platform off to sea for months at a time to collect its data far
MTR 100 Kraken Robo ics Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador President/CEO: Greg Reid # of employees: 245 www.krakenrobotics.com Kraken Robotics is a marine technology company provid- simultaneous 3D bathymetry. *1.9 cm x 2.1 cm constant reso- ing complex subsea sensors, batteries, and robotic systems.
MTR 100 data to inform how we work and understand the ocean,” said for EverClean. “We have operators in Plymouth that supervise Kinnaman. “Greensea IQ will use our technology and the in- these robots as they clean and maintain ships and collect data telligence that enables to extend our presence into the
EvoLogics GmbH Berlin, Germany President/CEO: Dr. Rudolf Bannasch, Fabian Bannasch # of employees: 50 https://evologics.de/ EvoLogics is a high-tech enterprise with headquarters in complex processes by seamlessly combining communica- Berlin, Germany, and a US sales of? ce in Yorktown, Virginia. tion
up with some unique insights leading up to our novel solution. Using state of the art Computer Vi- sion techniques, we have developed the world’s best chain-recognition model. By pointing a camera placed at the bow of the ship directly on the anchor chain, we’re able to extract the tension and di- rectio
In the Shipyard DliiCdDi Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs MAERSK'S NEW METHANOL?FUELED CONTAINER FEEDER Maersk Maersk has taken delivery of what it says is the world’s ? rst biomass waste being available now,” said Morten Bo Chris- container feeder to be fueled by methanol. tiansen, Head of
Hydromea, Unplugged Team Hydromea partnered up with Unplugged, a Norwegian provider of inductive charging and data transfer technology, to develop a resident underwater drone system for continuous in- spection and monitoring of underwater assets. The partnership received $2.2m in grant funding, and
their time as cadets is spent working primarily with ECDIS. Fixing your position on a moving vessel ingrains a sense Whether you are on a ship or in a training environment Terres- of urgency that you can’t ever get from a paper plot exam. trial ? xes are looked at as a secondary position source. They
ECDIS vs. Terrestrial Navigation © AdobeStock/Ignacio ECDIS is Not a Replacement for Terrestrial Navigation By Captain John Ryan guess it was only a matter of time. After years of debat- every opportunity, not simply written off as some outdated ing whether or not Celestial Navigation should be taught
just two miles from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters. reporting requirements for “covered entities” who operate But eyewitnesses and webcams proved both ships were tied “critical infrastructure” in 16 sectors designated under federal to a pier almost 200 miles away, demonstrating a capability law