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- New Maritime Firm Port Fabricators, Inc. Active In Louisiana Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1977 #50
Port Fabricators, Inc., specializing in the design, construction, maintenance and repairs of facilities and equipment for the petroleum and marine industry, has recently been established at the Port of New Iberia, La. Occupying a 12-acre waterfront site, the new industry represents a "total investment of over $1,000,000 in land, buildings and equipment, and is expected to provide new job opportunities for over 200 Acadiana citizens within the next year," it was announced by Louis J. Michot, secretary-treasurer of the new Port of New Iberia industry.
Associated with Mr. Michot are R.L. Burton, president and general manager; S.B. Kelly, vice president-engineering, and Michael Keating, director and sales.
Mr. Burton, a native of Orange, Texas, attended North Texas University and Lamar Tech, and gained his experience through 14 years of steel and aluminum fabrication with Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas. He held the position of general fabrication superintendent at Levingston when he resigned to join Gulf Overseas, Inc.
in New Iberia. He was general manager of this firm before joining the Port Fabrication team.
Mr. Kelly, of Lafayette, is a graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana in petroleum engineering, was formerly with Mobil Oil Co. as construction foreman, senior production foreman and engineer, and with Tenneco as area engineer. He has 10 years total experience in oil industry engineering and design. Mr. Keating, a Lafayette native, attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and has been active in business in the Lafayette area for several years, and has been recently engaged in heavy equipment sales for Road Equipment Company of Lafayette.
"Our company actually commenced operations in June and today we have some 50 employees, with our present contracts exceeding $1,000,000 and an additional $3.2 million under negotiation and on our drawing boards.
Because of the diversified expertise of our key people, our capabilities cover the wide range from construction of onshore and offshore oil and gas structures of various types, to ship and barge building and repairs," stated Mr.
Burton. "Although most of our current work is for oil-related firms serving the Gulf Coast area, we hope to sign agreements in our Shipbuilding Division for the construction of two 120-foot utilitycargo vessels for a large European operator, three fishing vessels for a Middle East country, and a 165-foot cargo-supply vessel for a south Louisiana boat company," he said.
Mr. Michot, who is former State Superintendent of Education and Lafayette Parish Legislator, and founder of the chain of Burger Chef Restaurants in Louisiana and Mississippi, has ventured into oil and gas activities in the last two years. He is president of Offshore Services & Transportation, Inc., a Lafayettebased firm operating a fleet of offshore crew-utility vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lafayette native's other business interests are real estate development, insurance, oil and gas exploration, and banking.
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- Op/Ed: Opportunities for US Shipyards in 2017 and Beyond Marine News, Dec 2016 #20
from the world’s first LNG-powered containerships to ATBs. There are areas of concern in the industry including the impact of reduced offshore oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico and the continued development of various oil shale plays that is causing some shipyards to slow build to prevent delivering
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- U.S. Policies: Raising Red Flags Offshore Marine News, Oct 2013 #22
gas. Thus, even though technically open, the entire Atlantic, Pacific and Eastern Gulf of Mexico are locked down tight when it comes to oil and natural gas activities. This raises red flag number 1. The same Administration that closed down 87% of the OCS is now promoting the NOP and the use of CMSP. There is
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- National Ocean Policy, Coastal & Marine Spatial Planning Raising Red Flags Marine Technology, Oct 2013 #24
gas. Thus, even though technically open, the entire Atlantic, Pacific and Eastern Gulf of Mexico are locked down tight when it comes to oil and natural gas activities. This raises red flag number one. The same Administration that closed down 87% of the OCS is now promoting the NOP and the use of CMSP. There
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- A Pivotal Year for AUVs in the Oil & Gas Sector Marine Technology, May 2014 #24
Word AUV Market Report 2014-2018 forecasts an annual growth of 36% in the commercial sector, predominantly driven by deepwater oil and gas activities, expanding the share of the total market from 3% in 2014 to 8% in 2018. AUV Overview AUVs have no umbilical connecting them to a host support
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- Reintjes: Changing Gears Maritime Reporter, Nov 2015 #74
,” offshore oil and gas drilling activities tend to dry up. While the price of oil bears a direct and readily visible connection to offshore oil and gas activities, the impact of Chinese industrial activity is perhaps a bit more obscure but equally significant. With industrial activity on the wane in China
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- CANADIAN SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR YARDS Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1985 #28
operation for over 130 years. Builders of: Trawlers, Oil Rigs, Drill Ships, Ferries, Major Conversions, Industrial Projects, Cranes, Offshore Oil and Gas Projects. Ship Repairs: The recent addition of a Panamax Dock has added to Halifax Shipyard's capabilities. Halifax Shipyard and Dartmouth Marine
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37(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 additionally used as an expendable ballast weight
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36battery packs, di- If sealed with a rubber diaphragm, the battery must be vent- vided into three buses. The sub could operate off a single ed to manage gases formed during charging. (Myers, 1968) bus in emergency mode. All power and control signals were An innovative means of pressure compensation was
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25SYSTEM just mapped. I have ‘discovered’ many mountains, hills, valleys and canyons that APPLICATIONS would rival anything seen on land.” • Shallow Gas Hazard Surveys • Oi shore Wind Turbine Phase two, mapping inside the caldera, • Geotechnical InvesO gaO on • Sand Resource InvesO gaO
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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: 17• Integrity assessment, 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
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 16TECH FEATURE IMR Image courtesy FORCE Technology OPTIMIZING CATHODIC PROTECTION SURVEY USING NON-CONTACT SENSORS By Svenn Magen Wigen, FORCE Technology he principle behind sacri? cial anodes, which are water structures, reducing the need for frequent repairs and used to safeguard underwater pipelines
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42indicator (CII) meeting the shipping industry’s goal for id advances in digital technology are and EU Emissions Trading Scheme are net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by changing the way ships are operated. only early milestones on the regulatory around 2050. He also believes maritime “The maritime education
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38Consulmar Crowley's New LNG Containerships Carbon Capture @ Sea Crowley shared ? rst renderings and the names of its four new dual fuel lique? ed natural gas (LNG)-powered containerships: Quetzal, Copan, Tiscapa and Torogoz. The 1,400 TEU ves- sels were ordered in 2022 by Singapore-based Eastern Paci? c
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35environment, which in turn can from vessel drawings. The academy program also includes reduce the time they need to spend on a simulator. This saves gas handling operations and engine room simulation courses time and money and frees up simulator time for others. offered by GTT Training and the Thet
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32wind. The subsidies won’t be a plentiful, and then a second on a luf? ng jib. This reduces the time it would there won’t be the same downturn in oil and gas that made all ordinarily take, weeks, to recon? gure the wiring of an ordi- the high-spec construction vessels available at attractive rates, nary
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25old or older and need to be that are government owned and operated ships, government replaced. We’re talking all the way from steam to diesel and some gas turbines. The commercial world doesn’t use owned and contract operated, and contract owned and con- steam any more, but we still have quite a few steam-pow-
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21with our continued support to the in a UK design ? rm working in the North Sea marine industry,” said Langford. “We continue to hire key in- oil and gas platforms, the holy grail of rigorous dividuals and partner to provide best-in-class solutions.” R conditions in offshore energy production. From
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20starts during its adolescence, common mantras are ‘learn from the established European model’ and ‘embrace technology transfer from the offshore oil and gas sector.’ In Robert Langford, the American Bureau of Shipping has all of that and more bundled in one neat package. Langford recently visited with
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 19exposed to redeployment risk and there re- mains a concern that overbuilding of a commoditized vessel may result in future oversupply as seen in the oil & gas OSV space in the 2008-2014 period. www.marinelink.com 19 MR #4 (18-33).indd 19 4/5/2024 8:13:37 A
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 18MARKETS & gas activity returns, we anticipate that supply of the vessels The Question of Emissions to offshore wind projects will reduce, driving demand for ad- Given that SOVs and CSOVs operate in a segment target- ditional CSOVs. ing reduced emissions, and many operate in the North Eu- Outside of China
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16to a wind turbine OEM or offshore wind in-built crane and gangway. farm operator to service and maintain equipment dur- ¦Tier 2: Generally, oil & gas tonnage (MPSVs, PSVs, ing the operations period of the wind farm. A typical etc.) with ? xed gangway, serving oil & gas and SOV will accommodate
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 11culture of continuous improvement and Cooper safety awareness. Captain Aaron Cooper is a Master Mariner with 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He is the programmes A Cultural Shift director at OCIMF. With standardized data collection and sharing protocols, THE LEADER SLIDING
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 9A third opportunity to develop a safety and will help to further a strong ing safety considerations an ever-pres- strong BBS culture is through obser- safety culture. The above are only a few ent factor in everything we do - from vational assessments. Here, when con- of the many practices that can
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 8Training Tips for Ships © By tuastockphoto/AdobeStock Tip #58 Enhancing Behavior-Based Safety By Murray Goldberg, CEO, Marine Learning Systems ave you ever heard the term “Behaviour-Based environment where each individual feels personally respon- Safety”? Although the term itself is relatively sible for
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6Editorial MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS his month’s coverage is M A R I N E L I N K . C O M almost an afterthought HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor following the tragedy that New York, NY 10010 USA T +1.212.477.6700 Tunfolded in Baltimore in the wee hours of Tuesday, March 26, CEO John C.
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4Ma- gic planning experience in the ter Mariner with 30 years of expe- rine Learning Systems, maker of energy and maritime sectors. rience in the oil and gas industry. MarineLMS. CONTACT INFORMATION: He is the programs director at Lundquist Email: [email protected] OCIMF. He has worked at Chev- Laursen
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 40in the U.S. ? eet. It features four Wabtec 4x16V250MDC EPA Tier 4 marine diesel gensets developing a combined 24,000 horsepower and utilizing exhaust gas recirculation technology to reduce emissions to sub-Tier 4 levels. The General Arnold is 290 feet long, 72 feet wide, has a maximum digging depth
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 36and detection technology. Through a lot of hard work and collaboration with part- ners such as the Port of San Diego as well as utility provid- er San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE), the regulatory and logistical hurdles have been overcome, and construction is progressing at a strong pace, Manzi said. “We expect
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 29engines from Caterpillar. Another in the series, Isabel McAllister, will be delivered in 2024. Construction of new vessels for the offshore wind markets has fallen short of the boom times forecast only several years ago amid calls for “30 by 30” (30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore power gen- erated by