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’ Merlin riser systems were lift nodules into a collection drum
. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD Q-Collector range is available in a vari- processing 1.3 million tonnes of wet nodules per year, and the ety of sizes to suit vessel and client requirements. Engineered company is also exploring opportunities for the
Barron. In-? eld collection system tri- height signi? cant. The physical connection and disconnection als conducted in 2022 where TMC collected 3,000 tonnes of between collector and power umbilical is performed subsea, nodules have helped further advance the design. and the LARS is ? tted with a routing
against samples gathered by RV Tanga- NIWA statement from November 2022. that couples into the water column.” roa outside the caldera.” In all, Maxlimer Tonga’s severed domestic internet cable mapped more than 800 km2 and travelled was buried under 30 m of ash and sedi- TESMaP Makes it Mark 1331 nautical
& Ports Head of Regula- transporting goods, whether considered eters, for example: a seafarer acting in full tory & Public Affairs, Eero Lehtovaara tons per mile or emissions per ton-mile. compliance with training requirements has carved out an unusual - and possibly However, assuming that a miracle
Nautel provides innovative, industry-leading solutions 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
terminal consists of a ? oating stationary barge fuel for shipping. With ammonia’s potential to fully decar- with a capacity of 1000 cubic meters, or 650 tons, of am- bonize the maritime sector, the companies plan to roll out a monia. The permit allows for up to 416 operations annually, network of terminals
Tech 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
as towers to be stacked in multiple layers on vertically in marshalling areas. installation vessels. HLP is developing a ring crane capable of 6,000 tonne lifts. Mammoet’s PTC200 crane assembling a ? oating wind turbine blade. Images courtesy of HLP heave compensation in a fully electric and
of the certi? cations; Coast Guard licensing; and We’ve talked about people. What can you tell skill sets across the entire force. A master with an all-tonnage us about your ? eet? license can pretty much sail on any of our ships and can be The Combat Logistics Force will be familiar to our Surface
MARKETS & 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
it.” Without engine noise or vibration, eWolf delivers a sig- ni? cantly smoother ride overall. Importantly, it can also perform on the job, offering 70-ton bollard pull capabil- ity. On deck, the tug sports two Markey model DEPC-48 On board the eWolf, Crowley’s electric hawser winches. focus on environmental
driver [to produce the eWolf] was the reduc- tion in emissions,” Manzi said, noting that in 10 years’ time, Crowely expects the eWolf will have saved 178 tons of nitrogen oxides, 2.5 tons of diesel particulate matter and 3,100 metric tons of carbon. Receiving a charge While eWolf is already in San Diego
By 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
PTI/PTO "In a typical LNG carrier, permanent magnet technology improves ef? ciency by 2-4% compared to synchronous machines." – Dr. Jussi Puranen, Head of Product Line, Electric Machines, at Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch The Switch’s shaft generators start from <1MW and range up to 12MW+.
HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one
Wendy Laursen etro? 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
AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) operate a US ? ag ship just for the MSP customer through that global network. As an example of “clarity and con- stipend. It’s a cargo driven industry, and We are certainly a unique business unit sistency,” Ebeling points ? rst to “the those cargoes help to
COVER FEATURE times of con? ict or in other national said Ebeling. “If you look at Iraq and tors bring to the table, all provided by emergencies, and the program also Afghanistan, 98% of those cargoes the MSP ? eet, and it would cost the provides DoD access to MSP partici- were transported to the
said Ebeling. “Another part that’s an (MSP) was established by President ance, which he calls “extraordinary.” important component that sometimes Clinton in 1996 as part of the Maritime Endurance is a ro-ro built originally for gets lost: we talk a lot about national Security Act of 1996, and MSP main- the
aviation brigade has three U.S. base ports (Baltimore, ARC guarantees capacity to the U.S. the Chinooks, and if you can’t carry the Brunswick and Galveston), today sail- government, and in the most recent Chinooks, you can’t carry the brigade. ing primarily into three key Northern year around 55% of
unit operations and maintenance performance, in- analyses the commercial and technical potential vessel capac- cluding IoT connectivity, digital twins and autonomous opera- ity and capability gaps in detail as well as why the commercial tions. conditions don’t yet really exist for sustained new building •
methanol as a maritime leakage that is equivalent to a conventional tank, according to fuel traditionally has been its space inef? ciency, as ton-for- SRC. The injected polymer also creates oxygen-free condi- ton, it takes 2.4 times more methanol to generate the equiva- tions behind the steel
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