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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 42titanium and neo- prene to withstand deep ocean depths and open-face pressure ratings. The 2.5-turn locking sleeve has been specially crafted for seamless mating and prevention of anti-seizing. SUB BOTTOM PROFILERS Image courtesy GeoAcoustics Kongsberg Discovery introduces EM SBP software system offering
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41ROV-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 and deploy. Similar to Outland’s previous models, the ROV-1500 shares an easy to use con- trol
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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: 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: 35of outgassing and possible explosion. The metallic in a metal case, including common alkaline cells, cannot be lithium, contained inside a thin stainless-steel cylinder, is ex- pressure compensated. tremely reactive with water. Physical Modi? cations to a battery, including means to pres- ? Lithium-ion:
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33regulated industry in the world.” How- ever, commercial success depends on many factors, not least a predictable OPEX. Over the past four years, SMD has worked with Oil States Industries to calculate cost per tonne ? gures for prospective customers. Patania II uses jet water pumps to Oil States’
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11signatures, or to count ships and delay detonation, greatly complicat- ing mine sweeping operations. Further complicating matters will be the count- less natural and unnatural “mine-like objects” (MLOs) littering the Black Sea, including thousands of World War II-era unexploded mines and artillery
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 47MARKETPLACE Products & Services www.MaritimeEquipment.com Powering the fleet for 60 years! HYDRAULIC NOISE, SHOCK AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSOR Noise, Shock, VibraO on & PulsaO on in Quiet, Smooth Flow Out Oil Bladder Nitrogen (blue) Manufactured by MER
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43as a system is ? eet by almost one knot. This means of One Sea - the association of autono- a point of departure for regulating the ships in service are less ef? cient and, mous ship technology frontrunners and interface between the human in the loop globally, it’s been the same as reducing he also chairs
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s Asia and Europe. with professional development mate- largest trading house and a partner since It takes less than a day to install the sys- rial, helping them apply lessons learned our founding in 2019; Sumitomo Mitsui tem which consists of a sensor unit
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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: 35, if they think that the average attention span of adults NYK has secured certi? cation from ClassNK for Japan’s today is just eight seconds, one second less than gold? sh. The ? rst training program for crew members of offshore wind in- science behind these attention span perceptions is limited, but dustry
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 34FEATURE Image courtesy Kongsberg Digital Simulators Track our Changing Relationship with Technology Simulation-based training has its whole-of-ship/ whole-of-team scenarios, but zooming in, the industry is now working on more speci? c targets. By Wendy Laursen Image above: Kongsberg Digital has integrated
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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: 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: 21ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ob Langford has worked in the offshore industry ABS. “We are growing and evolving our services across all for more than three decades, ‘cutting his teeth’ offshore infrastructure along with our continued support to the in a UK design ? rm working in the North Sea
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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
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 19SOVs Source: Intelatus Global Partners built vessel fell from ~25% in early 2021 to ~12% today. Visit Us The biggest new building premium is found in the USA, for at OTC Houston, TX a variety of reasons, where the three tier one SOVs are being Booth 2121 built for ~€87-168 million. VARD is a leader in
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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: 17SOVs China, we do not look at demand for SOVs/CSOVs as having a linear rela- tionship to the number of wind farms or turbines installed. We look to see where a large number of wind turbines are concentrated in relatively close proximity, generally in a very large wind farm or in a project cluster
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16MARKETS SOVs – Analyzing Current, Future Demand Drivers By Philip Lewis, Director of Research, Intelatus © Björn Wylezich/AdobeStock t a high-level, there are three solutions to transferring Lower day rate CTVs are often used for daily transfer of technicians from shore bases to offshore wind farms
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13from gasoline to methanol, but compared to just buying an EV After some pondering, I think I can reduce it to this logi- today that is a pointless exercise. It would actually make more cal sequence: sense to buy a plug-in hybrid that is con? gured for methanol It is the carbon. We want zero carbon as
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 11safety and compliance, enhancing transparency and The introduction of core and rotational questions in SIRE 2.0 operational ef? ciency by integrating seamlessly with existing represents a strategic approach to maritime inspections, balanc- maritime data systems. ing the need for consistency and uniformity
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 10Maritime Safety © Roman/AdobeStock SIRE 2.0: Navigating the New Horizon of Maritime Safety By Captain Aaron Cooper, Programs Director, OCIMF he maritime industry is on the cusp of a signi? cant preparing vessel operators and vessel assurance teams for the transformation with the launch of the Ship