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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: 43mega-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 capa- for any dedicated transducers or cabinet of electronics. That bilities that enhance both its operation
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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: 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: 35Figure 1 A self-righting vehicle design with buoyancy high and weight low, WHOI’s SeaBED AUV captures the attention of a pair of curious Antarctic penguins as it is deployed from the British research vessel James Clark Ross. Vehicle designers allowed for temperature reduction of battery capacity. Recharge
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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: 20Calendar 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$)ORDWLQJ)XWXUH ?2FHDQRJUDSKLF?QVWUXPHQWDWLRQ 6HQVRUV ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH7KH+XQWIRU ?0DQLSXODWRU$UPV 7RRO
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18with stab surveys or dual TSS440) as the signals from the tracker do not affect the sen- cell ? eld gradient surveys. sor readings. This feature reduces offshore time as a pre-sur- Images courtesy FORCE Technology New version of FiGS in the inspection arm. 18 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 18 4/4/2024 8:59:50 A
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 16and struc- replacements, which also aligns well with sustainable opera- tures from corrosion, is relatively straightforward. tional practices in the offshore industry. However, in order to Made of alloys like aluminum, Zinc and is some protect underwater assets effectively, the condition of CP an- T cases
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 14speed of up to 3 knots. need for environmental monitoring, especially to track the “The Sentinel is the world’s fastest glider – its buoyancy impact of offshore construction on the ocean ecosystem, the engine is large enough to deal with large density changes in Sentinel can accommodate a greater number
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4of the Contributing Writers Kevin Hardy number of team members sent to speci? c events.. Celia Konowe We have media serving the global maritime, subsea, offshore energy, ports and logistics Edward Lundquist David Strachan markets, which in this context means that we attend a lot of exhibitions and conferences
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 1Photo: Georgina Kelly BIG BUOY ® RUBHY REAL TIME UNDERWATER NOISE MONITORING > Offshore wind farms monitoring > Mammals detection by A.I. > Up to 4 wideband hydrophones > Bandwidth from 3 Hz to 625 kHz > (EXEXVERWQMWWMSR+;M?9,*-VVMHMYQ rtsys.eu Preserve oceans MTR #3 (1-17).indd 1 4/4/2024 8:47:57
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41solutions speci? cally designed for use in harsh maritime environments: • GMDSS/NAVTEX/NAVDAT coastal surveillance and transmission systems • Offshore NDB non-directional radio beacon systems for oil platform, support vessel & wind farm applications • DGPS coastal differential global positioning
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38. the world's ? rst zero-emissions mooring service for a tanker. Equipped with two 150 kW engines and a lithium battery ca- This took place at an offshore multiple buoy mooring site near pacity of 485 kWh, Castalia ensures operational autonomy of the BP re? nery, two miles from the Port of Castellón
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 37tool. A simulated vessel ? ooding can help FORCE Technology has developed Sim- teams work together to solve the challenge Flex Cloud for port and offshore renew- using different systems on the bridge, ables engineering studies. The simulator says Jussi Siltanen, Lead, Product Mar- visualizes the advantages
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35certi? 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 crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The training uses the lat- educators
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 34Wendy Laursen Image above: Kongsberg Digital has integrated NORBIT’s oil spill detection system with its K-Pos DP system for simulation-based training of offshore professionals at Equinor. 34 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • April 2024 MR #4 (34-44).indd 34 4/5/2024 8:43:52 A
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 33CRANES & OFFSHORE WIND HLP is developing a crane that will enable tower HLP is developing a crane that will enable pieces to be stacked components such as towers to be stacked in multiple layers on vertically in marshalling areas. installation vessels. HLP is developing a ring crane capable of 6
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32of 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 Adrian Green, Engineering & For ? oating projects, it could reduce project installation time Contracts Director. “Ports are a major
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31CRANES & OFFSHORE WIND Cadeler’s new NG-20000X class vessels will have 2,600t cranes, and its new NG-20000F class vessel will have a 3,200t crane. Similar new vessels for Havfram will have a crane of approximately 3,200t, as will Van Oord’s KNUD E. HAN- SEN-designed newbuilding currently being built in
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 30FEATURE Image courtesy of Cadeler NEW CRANES FOR OFFSHORE WIND EFFICIENCY NOV is upgrading the cranes on Cadeler’s existing O-class WTIVs. The end may be in sight, but the race for bigger cranes is still having an impact on offshore wind project ef? ciency. By Wendy Laursen 30 Maritime Reporter
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28, we have ten container and roll on/roll off ships, two expeditionary transfer docks (ESDs) and four expeditionary sea base ships. We also have two offshore petro- leum distribution system ships that help move fuel ashore. Another ten preposition ships support the Army and Air Force. It should be pointed