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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 38by a USB-B cable, and to a battery by Powerpole® Connectors. Exploded view of an AGM lead-acid battery. ? Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad) batteries have a lower nom- ment System) the batteries are individually balance charged inal cell voltage of 1.2v/cell. They can be recharged up to and balance discharged
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37in basically a wet-cell lead acid battery. This permits it to be used in any position. They Photo Science, Vol 162, #3849, Oct 4, 1968 are operated at a lower potential to prevent gas generation, meaning they are never fully charged, resulting in the low- est energy density of all secondary batteries. They
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36the spent exterior can provide substantially higher capacities when discharged battery packs and plugging in the replacement charged ones. at a rate lower than 1C. (See Lander Lab #5, MTR, November/December 2022) Lead-acid wet-cells must remain upright or the electrolyte, a On March 26, 2012, James Cameron’s
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35during high current discharge cycles vent this, as on a cabled-to-shore node, but untethered vehicle than alkaline batteries, better storage life due to lower self- designers have to allow for this by adding additional capacity discharge, and more capacity at lower temperatures. The tem- initially. perature
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 34The rates are largely driven by temperature. The colder tempera- galvanic difference between the cell anode and cathode is the tures of the deep sea will lower the capacity of most battery potential and measured in volts. A battery is made from some chemistries, some more than others. number of cells in
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18using non- increased speed saves costly vessel time, while the larger mea- contact sensors. The collected data is then merged with CP surement distance lowers the risks associated with the ? ight modeling to provide a comprehensive analysis. This analysis of the ROV. includes accurate predictions of
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/released U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Carter Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command, visits USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) for a tour of the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., November 20, 2023.
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16Demand 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 12-24 and increasingly 30+ technicians on
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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 - Marine News page: 30(at a cost of $109 million potentially approve Title XI funding, meaning lengthier per MARAD) to be deployed at the Equinor/ BP Empire terms and lower interest rates, for vessels serving offshore Wind projects. Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, in Sturgeon wind) indicate a total cost of $246.7 million
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 15Q&A time, sometimes we win in game seven, but it really takes now to make sure that folks understand that tug and barge a united industry, and so I just really appreciate the great transportation is the most sustainable mode of freight work of AWO members, of coalition partners, shippers, transportation?
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 10Insights Jennifer QQQQQQQQQAAA & Carpenter President & CEO, American Waterways Operators The towboat, tug and barge industry is in a pe- CARB’s harbor craft rules have been center riod of rapid evolution. How is AWO—now in its stage of late. AWO’s stance on the situation has 80th year of existence—adapt
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 8By the Numbers US Inland Waterways: Economic Impact by State In 2021, nearly 500 million tons of goods valued at more than $158 billion moved on the U.S. inland waterways system, which includes a vast network of 12,000 miles of connecting waterways and 219 locks. The U.S. Department of Transportation
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 2Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4 Contents Features 20 Navigation and Wind Farms 20 Competing ocean uses are raising existential questions. As the U.S. offshore industry continues to ramp up, many topics still need to be resolved By Tom Ewing 26 2024 U.S. Shipbuilding Report If
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April 2024 - Marine News page: CoverThe Information Authority for the Workboat • Offshore • Inland • Coastal Marine Markets Volume 35 • Number 4 arine APRIL 2024 www.marinelink.com News M eWolf First Fully Electric Tug in the U.S. 2024 Shipbuilding Report A Challenging & Complicated Business Offshore Wind Solving Marine Navigation Problems
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 44enables real-time in-situ for tail shaft, intermediate shaft, rudder measurement capabilities, traceability, stock, or a new hydraulic coupling is and lowered ownership costs, tackling needed. MarineShaft offers a wide range signi? cant hurdles of existing emission of on-site repairs services. Recently
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38, when burning, we need to nitrogen and water as its primary byproducts, worry about laughing gas [Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions], which means lower emissions of greenhouse gases which does have a greenhouse effect,” an impact that should and particulate matter. be addressed either through engine
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35? tting a shaft generator is not an insigni? - the ef? ciency of modern permanent magnet technology that cant undertaking. Around 50 tons of equip- lowers their energy consumption and to the variable speed ment needs to be installed into the engineroom drives that enable them to provide constant power
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32. Additionally, 14 billion longline hooks litter the sea each year, but this too could be a de- clining problem. Huge as they are, the research- ers found lower levels of ? shing gear losses in this study than in a previous study published in 2019 – potentially the result of better weather forecasts and
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES “Our recommendations “A good bearing are simple. Please design is have good control over important.” your oil quality in the primary barrier, the aft – Øystein Åsheim Alnes sealing system,” Head of section for Propulsion and Steering, – Arun Sethumadhavan DNV
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 22Platform Wabtec’s ? rst marine engine product was introduced back in Leader, responsible for the product development and install the late 1960’s for Lower Lakes Towing and was primarily the base support across our full Engine Technology organization, rail V228 engine, or FDL as it is known in the rail
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16re? ts across over nonetheless available, relatively easy to handle and predict- 5,000 projects worldwide, including extensive experience of able. Lower carbon today, and potentially zero carbon tomor- the patent protected SPS technology process. row, methanol offers an alternative to HFO, and a pathway
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 15than offsets the increased main- tenance cost. The ef? ciencies previously described allow an EverClean evolution to be conducted at a signi? cantly lower cost than a traditional reactive cleaning. Data collected over EverClean robot during the past year has shown an average of 6% fuel savings and
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12annual busi- ing methods and contingency planning remain essential for all ness risk ranking incorporating the views of 3,069 risk manage- businesses to lower the risk of loss from an incident. ment experts in 92 countries and territories including CEOs, risk managers, brokers and insurance experts. The