MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages
MARKETS Scan the QR Code to Download the Intelatus Floating Production White Paper. Floating Production – A growing segment in transition © AdobeStock_Dolores Harvey The specialized deepwater oil & gas and ? oating offshore wind segments will share many of the same stakeholders and supply chains
SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE Knife? sh is a medium-class mine countermeasure UUV designed for deployment off the Littoral Combat Ship. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Brooks/RELEASED be applied to Orca XLUUV 1 through 5, which will be built (encapsulated torpedo) mine.
INSIGHTS AERIAL DRONES & MINE HUNTING UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM HAS EARNED ITS SEA-LEGS By Edward Lundquist he Swiss-Swedish joint-venture UMS Skeldar V-200 mum take-off weight of 235kg, a maximum speed of 75 knots vertical take-off unmanned arial system (VTUAV) and a payload of up to 40kg. It can take
reason. When it became apparent they were needed, they were personnel and equipment needs to be loaded up and sent to the ready to roll and during the salvage operation and clean up casualty. What I am suggesting is that dropping a nickel on your operation everybody, the ship owner, the salvor, the spill
anchor and tears out the bot- tom. Fuel oil spills and the vessel is ? ooding and settles down. The Owner now has to call the QI and the designated Salvage and Marine Fire? ghting contractor (salvor). They cannot im- mediately be on site and now the USCG becomes uncomfort- able. The spill continues
Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation CAPE HATTERAS & CAPE CANAVERAL Damen’s Multi Cat multipurpose workboat design, well of deck space for the works on deck, and also enhance the proven in European markets, has made its entry into the stability that these vessels need for
Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GALVESTON ISLAND Delivered this year amid an ongoing dredge building ed by a USCG requirement for crawl spaces around the boom in the United States, Galveston Island is the ? rst tanks in the event of a leak, Webb noted. “[Urea tanks
the construction of the vessel.” switchboards and dual propulsion motors. This Congressional direction led to a MARAD Vessel Power onboard consists of Wabtec Corporation’s Construction Manager (VCM) contract award to TOTE 16V250MDC, EPA Tier 4, IMO Tier III marine diesel Services in 2019, leveraging
For ports where you don’t that runs a ? eet of seven tugboats and a number of barges need 95 tons, that makes a lot of sense. We’re pretty bullish for salvage and other work on the river. on [the RAscal] model.” Not only do these segments help DMI ride out dips in After the Brusco builds, DMI will construct
By the Numbers Dredge Construction Booming in Competitive US Market A dredge building boom that has been underway in the 408% in value since 1993. In these 30 years the subset United States for several years is still going strong as the of hopper dredging contract awards has increased 620%, market
TECH FEATURE: AUTONOMY Photos courtesy Dave Meron International Efforts Accelerate the Development of Unmanned Maritime Systems By George Galdorisi ew would argue that unmanned systems represent that many nations and navies have been experimenting with one of the breakthrough technologies that could
TECH FEATURE: GEARS Image courtesy Reintjes Karl Senner Chris Senner Reintjes Hybrid System hybrids, fully electric vessels, energy storage systems, fuel cells, alternative fuels, and everything in between. Key areas of increased penetration in the market include de- livering Reintjes solutions to the
COMPANY IN FOCUS: W&O Company in Focus: In June 2023, Michael Hume rejoined W&O as President. W&O Image courtesy W&O or more than 48 years, W&O has focused exclusively Primary Product/Service on serving the maritime industry with products and W&O focuses solely on the maritime industry with prod- servi
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; “Over- sight does not mean making a reasonable response more complicated or burdensome” is often violated in smaller di- sasters such as non-spill minor salvage responses where gov- ernment oversight is required. This results in an undesirable effect. A reputable salvage company prepares a salvage plan
forces commercial For rapidly developing, technically uncertain problems interests to deal with the problem under government over- such as oil spills, salvage situations, or major technology fail- sight, and with the threat of possible federalization if the com- ures there is a set of Ground Rules that applies
the Capabilities Development Docu- (AFDM) for the Navy. To replace the Navy’s oceangoing ment (CDD). The Concept Studies and Preliminary De- towing and salvage platforms operated by Military Sealift sign occurred from 2021 through 2022 and are being used Command, Austal USA is also building four Navajo-class
People & Companies New IMO W&O Supply W&O Supply has appointment Mi- Secretary-General Elected chael Hume as president. The International Maritime Organiza- tion’s Council (IMO) elected Arsenio An- tonio Dominguez Velasco from Panama as Lefton Joins RWE Velasco McDonald its secretary-general. He will
Vessels HaiSea Wamis venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, to provide ship-assist and escort towing ser- vices at LNG Canada’s new export facility. The three fully electric tugboats will be ABS classed and equipped with Corvus’ Orca Energy ESS, each vessel having a total
Vessels & Vehicles Ørsted has designed and developed Ørsted Invents, and patented an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) dubbed Hugin USV for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns. The USV has a built-in Patents New USV navigation system, which enables it to transit from shore at various degrees of
them to adapt to various data-collec- nance, renewable energy sector operations, maritime security tion scenarios and applications with ease. and salvage, and environmental data collection for monitoring In the completely autonomous mode, the Bayonet crawlers toxic algal blooms, beach erosion, and
Eye on the Navy As the U.S. Navy has pivoted to the Indo-Paci? c and in- anywhere in the theater,” said Emory S. Land Commanding creased the number of submarines based here and deployed Of? cer Capt. Brent Spillner. “We can ? x just about everything in theater, the workload warranted having another