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- MSC Awards $22.3-Million Contract To Trailer Marine Maritime Reporter, Nov 1985 #101
The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded an indefinite quantity, fixed price contract— with an adjustment for fuel costs— totaling approximately $22,300,000 to Trailer Marine Transport Corp.
of Jacksonville, Fla., for the carriage of U.S. military-sponsored cargo between the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, N.J., and the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., and Praia da Vittoria, Azores.
The award calls for the provision of breakbulk and container service on U.S.-flag ships at intervals not to exceed 25 days between deliveries.
The contract period is two years beginning October 1, 1985.
Trailer Marine Transport Corp.
was determined to be low offeror following competitive procurement.
Sixty-five companies were solicited, and nine responded.
MSC is responsible for providing the necessary sealift to rapidly deploy military forces overseas and sustain them for as long as operational requirements dictate. The Command also operates auxiliary ships that deliver supplies to Navy combatant ships while underway, oceanographic and survey ships, and tankers and dry cargo ships that deliver Defense Department cargo worldwide.
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- Paceco Delivers Railmounted Transtainer Crane To U.S. Army Maritime Reporter, Jan 15, 1983 #53
Inc. of Gulfport, Miss., a subsidiary of the Fruehauf Corporation, recently delivered a railmounted Transtainer Crane of custom design to the U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal — Sunny Point, located at Southport, N.C. The cantilevered gantry-type container stacking yard crane spans 110 feet and has a
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- Work Progressing On USS Kalamazoo Overhaul At Hoboken Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1983 #18
facilities, and some 140 non-ship jobs have been performed. Hoboken Shipyards also operates the former Navy graving dock located at the Military Ocean Terminal Base in Bayonne, N.J., just north of the Kill Van Kull in Upper New York Bay. With its associated ship berths and shops, this dock adds
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- The GMD Group - A Young, Ambitious Team Maritime Reporter, May 2002 #33
." The company's Bayonne yard, which recently completed a two-year renovation project, operates its facilities on the site of the former Military Ocean Terminal, holding a graving dock that measures 1,090 x 148 ft. (332.2 x 45.1 m), with a dock floor load capacity of 99,000 tons. "Bayonne was acquired
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- Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Dedicates Fast Supply Ship U.S.N.S. Denebola Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1985 #26
around and headed back to the U.S. for another load in only 24 hours. The Denebola will be manned by a civilian crew and will be based at the Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, N.J. While the Denebola's engine room and living quarters have not been significantly altered, her cargo holds have been
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- Rear Admiral Pluta Redefines Maritime Security Maritime Reporter, Jun 2002 #64
to Pluta, while this was an exciting time, it was also a busy one, as he was supervising all the major U.S. Ports, including Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, which is the largest military explosive handling facility. He also oversaw the outloads of the U.S. Marine Corps and their supplies to
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- DIRECTORY U.S. NAVY BUYING OFFICES Maritime Reporter, Nov 1984 #84
are solicited principally by the Commander, MSC, in Washington, D.C. Contracts for ship repair are entered into by MSC area commanders at the Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey, and the Naval Supply Center. Oakland, California. Chief of Naval Research Department of the Navy Arlington, Virginia
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 48Index page MTR MarApr2024:MTR Layouts 4/4/2024 3:19 PM Page 1 Advertiser Index PageCompany Website Phone# 17 . . . . .Airmar Technology Corporation . . . . . . . . . .www.airmar.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(603) 673-9570 9 . . . . . .Birns, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45ronments. The new agreement will address speci? c techni- cal gaps in the UUV defense and offshore energy markets especially for long duration, multi-payload mission opera- tions where communications are often denied or restricted. As part of the new alliance, Metron’s Resilient Mission Autonomy portfolio
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 44NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Metron/Cellula Teledyne Marine acquires Valeport: Matt Quartley, MD, Valeport and Ole Søe-Pedersen, VP & Image courtesy Teledyne Marine GM Teledyne Marine announce the deal in London. Pictured (L-R): Cellula Robotics, President, Eric Jackson, Metron
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43Image courtesy Kongsberg Discovery Image courtesy Teledyne Marine New Products Teledyne Marine had its traditional mega-booth at Oi, busy start to ? nish. Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein offers quality sub-bottom pro? ling capability without the need tion of offshore windfarms. GeoPulse 2 introduces new
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 42NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein Image courtesy BIRNS MacArtney launches the new ultra-compact ø12.7 mm SubConn Nano connector. Innovative connectivity built on 45 years of ? eld-proven and market-trusted design. Image courtesy MacArtney Birns celebrated its 70th
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41Image courtesy Outland Technology Image courtesy Exail Image courtesy Submaris and EvoLogics Vehicles The ROV-1500 from Outland Technology represents a leap forward in underwater robotics, a compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV) weighing in at less than 40 lbs (19kg) the ROV- 1500 is easy to transport
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 All photos courtesy MTR unless otherwise noted NEW TECH, PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCH IN LONDON With Oceanology International now one month in the rear-view mirror, MTR takes a look at some of the interesting technologies launched before, during and after the London event.
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 39Photo courtesy Global Ocean Design Figure 7 A 35Ah AGM lead-acid battery is tested using the West Mountain Radio CBA to show the effect of simply ? lling the battery voids with mineral oil as a compensating ? uid. The CBA is programmed to cut-off at a voltage of 10.50v. The top line (red) shows the
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37miscible barrier ? uid heavier than seawater (sg=1.026) and lighter than the battery electrolyte (sg=1.265). The original cell vent cap was screwed into the top of the riser pipe to vent the gases associated with charging. Wires were soldered to the lead (Pb) posts. The lead-acid battery was additionall
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36LANDER LAB #10 Of special interest for marine applications, LiPo batteries are Shipping any kind of lithium battery can be a challenge, and offered in a “pouch” design, with a soft, ? at body. The pouch IATA regs vary with the batteries inside or outside an instru- is vacuum-sealed, with all voids ?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 34LANDER LAB #10 BATTERY PACKS, CHARGING, AND CAPACITY TESTING Photo Credit: Hanumant Singh / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC n ocean lander has many strengths including that produces the current is irreversible. Examples include ? exibility of deployment
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32FEATURE SEABED MINING by a sea? oor plume from its pilot collection system test. pact, nodule collection system that utilizes mechanical and The Metals Company recently signed a binding MoU with hydraulic technology. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30FEATURE SEABED MINING bilical. It has passive heave compensation which nulli? es the necott. “The focus since then has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 27SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer returning from HT-HH caldera in Tonga. © SEA-KIT International data and further assess ecosystem recov- ery. What is known, noted Caplan-Auer- bach, is that the impact of submarine vol- canoes on humans is rare. “The HT-HH eruption was a tragedy, but it was very unusual. It let us
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23elatively inactive since 2014, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (HT-HH) submarine volcano began erupting on December 20, 2021, reaching peak intensity on January 15, 2022. This triggered tsunamis throughout the Pa- R ci? c, destroyed lives and infrastructure, and generated the largest explosion recorded
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 202024 Editorial Calendar January/Februay 2024 February 2024 March/April 2024 Ad close Jan.31 Ad close March 21 Ad close Feb. 4 Underwater Vehicle Annual Offshore Energy Digital Edition ?2?VKRUH:LQG$)ORDWLQJ)XWXUH ?2FHDQRJUDSKLF?QVWUXPHQWDWLRQ 6HQVRUV ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH7KH+XQWIRU ?0DQLS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15sensor 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
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 14TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS to hold over 3.5 times as many lithium primary batteries as the the water column and its thrusters give it the ability to stay standard Slocum Glider, and to physically accommodate up to on track in strong currents or other dif? cult ocean condi- 8 different sensor
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9mines will be particularly challenging, as this but unmanned systems are a safer and equally effective op- will require visual detection from commercial, military, or rec- tion. The SeaFox from Atlas Elektronik is a moored remotely reational surface traf? c, or electro-optical detection from the air operated
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 6MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
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