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- IHI To Build World's First Mobile Arctic Caisson Rig For Beaufort Sea Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1981 #55
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., jointly with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., both of Japan, recently received an order for a mobile Arctic caisson rig, the first of its kind in the world, from Gulf Canada Resources Inc., a group company of Gulf Oil of the USA. The contract was concluded recently between the parties concerned in Canada.
The steel caisson rig, to be used for oil development in the Arctic Ocean, will measure 111 by 111 meters (364 by 364 feet) in the lower section, 86.6 by 86.6 meters (284 by 284 feet) in the upper section, and 29 meters (95 feet) in height, and have a working water depth of 21 meters (69 feet). The total weight will be about 33,000 tons.
To be built at IHI's Aichi Works, the huge caisson rig will be delivered toward the end of March 1984 and then towed to the Arctic Ocean.
The drilling rig will be used for the oil development now being conducted in the Canadian Reaufort Sea by Gulf Canada Resources Inc. Conventional type oil drilling rigs cannot be used in the Arctic Ocean because of severe problems with solid and drift ice. As a result, the usual method has been to install rigs on artificial islands constructed of earth or sand. This method requires that a new artificial island be constructed in the harsh working environment every time the drilling point is changed.
The new mobile Arctic caisson rig can be seated on a simple foundation built in the sea. When drilling at any point is completed, the rig is floated and moved to the next drilling point, as in the case of conventional rigs.
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- Adventure Under Ice Marine Technology, Mar 2015 #50
the icy depths of the arctic. “of all the environments on earth,” he says, “this comes closest to science fiction.” Out in the middle of of the Arctic Ocean, a German icebreaker, Polarstern, punches its way slowly through arctic sea ice to a spot just a few hundred miles shy of the North Pole. Polarstern
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- Simulation & Ice Navigation Training Maritime Reporter, Apr 2015 #32
officers and masters experienced in operating in ice covered waters and as evidenced by the relatively rapid increase in vessel traffic in areas of the Arctic Ocean due to the receding ice coverage, the Alaska’s Institute of Technology (AVTEC) in Seward, Alaska has developed a comprehensive course of instruction
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- An Open Arctic and its Impact on Oil Drilling Marine News, Nov 2014 #58
Sea to calculate an estimated beginning and ending date for offshore drilling seasons. The Kara Sea (‘Ка́рское мо́ре’ in Russian) forms part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia and has a mean water depth of 110 meters (360 feet). Although the sea is ice-bound for about ten months of the year, a significant
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- Alaska’s (Hidden) Frontier Marine Technology, Sep 2016 #18
transportation, connected by deepwater ice-free ports. These rail lines go to Anchorage and the city of Fairbanks which has direct road access to the Arctic Ocean. Furthermore, the marine highway system, commercial fishing vessels, maritime service companies and other oceanic related entities may find economic
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- Alaska Pipeline Background Information -Tankers Required To Cost $1.6 Billion Maritime Reporter, Mar 1974 #14
one percent of Alaska's squaremile area, with a temporary construction impact of an additional 50 to 60 square miles. Prudhoe Bay—An inlet in the Arctic Ocean shoreline 165 miles east of Point Barrow and about one-fourth of the distance from the Canadian border to the west coast of Alaska. A major
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- Melting Sea Ice: A Canary in the Coal Mine Maritime Reporter, Jun 2017 #12
of greater magnitude are developing. Currently, the extent and condition of Arctic sea ice is in the midst of rapid change. Ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean seems to set new lower maximums every winter lately. In addition, the sea ice is getting thinner. Estimates are that, over the past 30 years, the
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- Methane: The Arctic's Buried Treasure Marine Technology, Nov 2016 #34
in the world. With an innovative research group and a suite of advanced technology, CAGE scientists study methane release from gas hydrates beneath the Arctic Ocean to unveil potential impacts on marine environments and global climate systems. CAGE director, Jürgen Mienert, explains, “We have several connected
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- Cutters Become First N . A . Surface Ships To Reach N o r t h Pole Maritime Reporter, Sep 1994 #18
from Seattle, Wash., and the Ste. Laurent is a 396-ft. (121-m) icebreaker from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The two ships are taking part in Arctic Ocean Section 1994, a joint U.S./Canada science project. They are conducting an extensive, multidisciplinary scientific study that began in Nome,
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- Nippon Steel Completes Floating Tanker Berth For Alaska Pipeline Maritime Reporter, May 1977 #4
the No. 1 berth in Port Valdez, which is situated on the Gulf of Alaska and will be the loading point for crude oil piped from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean. The floating berth measures approximately 403 feet long, 59 feet high and 108 feet wide, and will be able to handle tankers with capacities
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- Arctic Coast Guard Forum: Eyes and Ears Up North Maritime Reporter, Dec 2015 #10
of Reykjavik has an excellent deepwater port and significant infrastructure, as does Norway’s port of Tromsø.Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, has an excellent deepwater port, but is lacking in infrastructure. There are a number of seaports in the Russian Arctic, but only Murmansk and
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- Arctic Energy Exploration Efforts Heat Up Maritime Reporter, Apr 2014 #44
a fleet of DAS icebreaking LNG tankers for the joint Novatek/Total Yamal LNG project in Northern Russia on the Ob River where the river meets the Arctic Ocean. When all 16 ships are complete, the company says a ship will arrive to take on cargo every 38 hours and carry the product to Asian markets. Accord
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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: 44NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Metron/Cellula Teledyne Marine acquires Valeport: Matt Quartley, MD, Valeport and Ole Søe-Pedersen, VP & Image courtesy Teledyne Marine GM Teledyne Marine announce the deal in London. Pictured (L-R): Cellula Robotics, President, Eric Jackson, Metron
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43Image courtesy Kongsberg Discovery Image courtesy Teledyne Marine New Products Teledyne Marine had its traditional mega-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
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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: 41Image courtesy Outland Technology Image courtesy Exail Image courtesy Submaris and EvoLogics Vehicles The ROV-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
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 All photos courtesy MTR unless otherwise noted NEW TECH, PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCH IN LONDON With Oceanology International now one month in the rear-view mirror, MTR takes a look at some of the interesting technologies launched before, during and after the London event.
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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: 34LANDER LAB #10 BATTERY PACKS, CHARGING, AND CAPACITY TESTING Photo Credit: Hanumant Singh / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC n ocean lander has many strengths including that produces the current is irreversible. Examples include ? exibility of deployment
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32FEATURE SEABED MINING by a sea? oor plume from its pilot collection system test. pact, nodule collection system that utilizes mechanical and The Metals Company recently signed a binding MoU with hydraulic technology. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30FEATURE SEABED MINING bilical. It has passive heave compensation which nulli? es the necott. “The focus since then has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 27SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer returning from HT-HH caldera in Tonga. © SEA-KIT International data and further assess ecosystem recov- ery. What is known, noted Caplan-Auer- bach, is that the impact of submarine vol- canoes on humans is rare. “The HT-HH eruption was a tragedy, but it was very unusual. It let us
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23elatively inactive since 2014, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (HT-HH) submarine volcano began erupting on December 20, 2021, reaching peak intensity on January 15, 2022. This triggered tsunamis throughout the Pa- R ci? c, destroyed lives and infrastructure, and generated the largest explosion recorded
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 202024 Editorial Calendar 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 ?0DQLS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15Martin. He simultaneously for months at a time, extending deployments earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical even in remote locations like the Antarctic. Engineering and Mechatronics at Villanova And for users who tend to operate in areas with drastic University and a Master of Engineering changes
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 14TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS to hold over 3.5 times as many lithium primary batteries as the the water column and its thrusters give it the ability to stay standard Slocum Glider, and to physically accommodate up to on track in strong currents or other dif? cult ocean condi- 8 different sensor
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 6MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 2March/April 2024 On the Cover Volume 67 • Number 3 Image courtesy NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP / Rebekah Parsons-King 8 Subsea Defense Black Sea Mines When the shooting stops in the Ukraine, the tough work of clearing mines will commence. By David Strachan 12 Gliders Slocum Sentinel 22 Teledyne
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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: 28? eet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys for services as needed. For example, we (T-AO 188) sends fuel to MSC’s fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE have ? ve leased tankers deliver petro- 8) during an underway replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17. leum products to our storage