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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37the plates and mats are packed fairly tightly, they are virtually immune to vibration. The remaining volume around the plates is air-? lled, so that even if the case of the AGM battery is broken, no electrolyte will be spilled. It also makes the AGM battery lighter. Since the glass mat restrains the
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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: 34current capacity, or both. Many batteries have a self-discharge rate, which means There are two broad classes of batteries, primary and second- that even on the shelf under no load, the cell’s reactants will ary. Primary cells can be used once, as the chemical process slowly combine and reduce the amount
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33of GSR much larger Eureka III will have 16 arms. Gunasekara estimates that a ? eet of around 16 of these autonomous col- lectors would be a break-even point for commercial operations, with scale up from there possible gradually. Hundreds of collectors can be de- ployed concurrently. Once a collector
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25activity,” 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 comparison studies terial from the sea? oor, according to a tivity
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23; widespread atmospheric shockwaves and intense lighting storms were recorded; and satellites captured stunning images of the eruption. This catastrophic event not only shook the world but catalyzed an urgency for understanding sub- marine volcanoes, inspiring new research initiatives and highlighting ongoing
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19nology can provide a central portal for information on all CP tify hotspots/areas of under-protection, Anode current output at an entire development or even multiple developments. This (pipeline and structure anodes), Effective steel current density can unlock new savings across assets and locations by
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 17, and otherwise covered, e.g., by rock dump. As for depletion of • Mitigation, intervention and repair. sacri? cial anodes, this can be dif? cult or even impossible to Selecting the best method for collecting the data these work- estimate due to poor visibility, the presence of marine growth streams
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15Teledyne Webb Research from Lockheed Martin. He simultaneously for months at a time, extending deployments earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical even in remote locations like the Antarctic. Engineering and Mechatronics at Villanova And for users who tend to operate in areas with drastic University
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13glider platform in the world. These vehicles have been designed to be very ef? cient and can persistently gather oceanographic data for months or even a year at a time, communicating and sending data shoreside during surfacing events to its operators via Iridium sat- ellite connections. TWR has
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11assist in identifying mines and act as a neutralization device. About the Author Bottom mines pose even greater chal- David R. Strachan is a defense analyst and founder of lenges. Unlike contact mines, bottom Strikepod Systems, a research and strategic advisory mines utilize a range of sensors to
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been Mine Detection System (ALMDS) from Northrop
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 8and strategic plans. When the war believed that these are moored contact mines that have bro- began, a critical strategic objective for Ukraine was prevent- ken loose from their moorings during storms or heavy seas. ing a Russian amphibious landing in the northwestern Black They now pose a hazard to
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4of Oceanology Interna- Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 tional in London, perennially one Lof the world’s most important Justin Zuure CEO events serving the global subsea market. John C. O’Malley [email protected] Personally, it was my ? rst return to London for this event since 2018
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43substantially. ogy Platform, which provides policy “One response might be to build more Technology as Tool guidance to the European Commission ships, but even a shameless opportunist on maritime R&D. With industry in- “Technology should be helping to would acknowledge that this defeats the vestments in
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42OPINION: The Final Word Seeing the Ship as a System Shipping must engage with the decarbonization realities that lie ahead by changing the way it crafts maritime legislation to re? ect its place in the interconnected, interdependent world economy, said Eero Lehtovaara, ABB Marine & Ports. ABB Marine &
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40objects they see on night cameras. The result is a clear view of the vessel surround- the screen and how they correlate with where they are in the ings even during night-time operations or other low-visibility real world? It can take around 20 seconds for bridge systems situations such as fog, heavy rain
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38Tech Files Latest Products, Systems and Ship Designs Zero-Emission Mooring Service of a Tanker Consulmar achieved a milestone by executing what it calls ing boat Castalia, which operates on full electric propulsion. the world's ? rst zero-emissions mooring service for a tanker. Equipped with two 150 kW
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35SIMULATION e have a close relationship with tech- Realism is prized beyond immersive, photo-realistic visu- nology, evidenced by, for example, als, and providers are introducing increasingly accurate func- the phones we are estimated to un- tionality. FORCE Technology’s upcoming DEN-Mark2 math- lock around
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32FEATURE A closeup of a blade installation process taken via drone. A blade handling system is apparent (in yellow). Images courtesy of Mammoet requirement for the development of these cranes, particularly ling area. This would result in a major time and fuel saving. in ? oating offshore wind,” says
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31the future, and Kanstrup is already looking towards a future that could include 25MW+ turbines. Then, towers could weigh at least 2,500t. “A reason for even larger cranes would not only be the de- sire to be able to install 25MW turbine towers in one piece but also to expand the area on the deck within
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21is driven by the moving to New Orleans to work on Gulf of Mexico deepwater developers and approval regime,” said Langford. “However, projects with Shell. Eventually he settled in Houston, working we are gung ho about making this happen, and we are con? - with engineering and advisory/EPC companies for offshore
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20INTERVIEW One-on-One with ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND As the U.S. offshore wind industry endures a predictable number of stops and starts during its adolescence, common mantras are ‘learn from the established European model’ and ‘embrace technology transfer from the offshore oil and gas