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- Robins Named Managing Director-Business Operations At Rolls-Royce Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1984 #13
Sir William Duncan, chairman and chief executive of Rolls-Royce Limited, has announced changes in the top management of the company.
Ralph Robins, formerly director- civil engines, has been appointed managing director-business operations. He will be responsible for the company's marine and industrial activities, both the Civil and Military Engine Groups, repair and overhaul activities, and the Corporate Engineering Group. In this role he will direct the operation of the major business sectors to meet their financial, commercial, and technological goals.
As chairman and CE, Sir William will retain responsibility for major issues and relations with the British Government, key customers, and financial institutions. He also retains responsibility for major issues and relations with the British Government, key customers, and financial institutions. He also retains responsibility for overall business strategy, major investment decisions, and personnel.
Jim Keir, formerly operations director of the Civil Engine Group, has succeeded Mr. Robins as director- civil engines and also joins the board of directors.
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- Conoco And Gulf Oil Enter Agreement With British On North Sea Oil Production Maritime Reporter, Apr 1976 #51
A Continental Oil Company spokesman has announced the signing of a participation agreement with the British Government concerning oil production licenses in the North Sea and called the arrangement a "mutually beneficial one." Jack Reynolds, chairman of Continental Oil Company, Ltd., said the agreement
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- Zapata To Acquire Offshore Services Ltd. From Trafalgar House Maritime Reporter, Aug 15, 1980 #13
House Limited subsidiary, for approximately $50 million. Offshore Marine operates 24 oilfield supply vessels. The transaction is subject to British government approval. Zapata Corporation is a diversified natural resources company, primarily involved in the development of energy and proteins. In
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- U.S. COULD LEARN A LESSON FROM GREAT BRITAIN'S OFFSHORE OIL LEASING Maritime Reporter, Jun 1985 #65
of Great Britain's offshore program in 1964 and 1965, however, 113 million acres were offered and nearly 27 million acres were licensed (the British government grants licenses to explore and develop rather than leasing tracts). In just those two years, Great Britain licensed more acreage than the
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- Technology Survey Of Major U.S. Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Jan 1981 #34
to date have usually dealt with development of specific equipments and procedures where deficiencies have tended to be apparent. In 1975 the British Government conducted a technology survey of all U.K. shipyards in connection with the nationalization of the industry. After seeing the procedure used
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- A REPORT O N EUROPEAN SHIPBUILDING Maritime Reporter, Aug 1988 #16
for the construction of the 160,000-grt vessel, known as the Ultimate Dream. The deal rests upon a number of details, including the amount of British Government subsidies. In the meantime, the British Government is hoping to sell Harland & Wolff. One of the parties interested in possibly purchasing
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- UK Manufacturers Seek To Forge New Partnerships Maritime Reporter, Aug 2001 #54
of the British marine industry to potential overseas customers. The partnership was formed under the auspices of Trade Partners U.K. (part of the British government department for trade and industry) to encourage all sectors of the U.K. marine industry to work together to promote itself overseas. The
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- Cunard Creates The Classic Liner (Again) Maritime Reporter, Feb 2000 #24
museum of maritime history, depicting Cunard's accomplishments — such as its significant wartime efforts when QE 2 was requisitioned by the British Government for the Falkland Islands Campaign. Winds of change The proud company has gone through more corporate change in the last five years than
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- Oceanology International For Offshore Industry Set For March 3-7, 1980 Maritime Reporter, Oct 15, 1978 #56
five-day 01 World Conference at Brighton, with speakers from over 20 countries. As in previous years, the entire 01 complex is supported by the British Government. It has an International Advisory Council from 12 nations. OI's chosen theme of "advanced technology" reflects important North Sea developments
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35design 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. Rechargeable batteries may be put on
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 39Tech Files Latest Products, Systems and Ship Designs “Wall Climbing Robot” Danish Pilot calls gets ClassNK Nod LEGO Model "A tribute build to a work life at sea" Image courtesy MOL, Sumitomo Heavy Industries lassNK granted its Innovation Endorse- Image courtesy Espen Andersen/DanPilot ment for
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ob Langford has worked in the offshore industry ABS. “We are growing and evolving our services across all for more than three decades, ‘cutting his teeth’ offshore infrastructure along with our continued support to the in a UK design ? rm working in the North Sea
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 27Feature Shipbuilding Loumania Stewart / U.S. Coast Guard focus), which require very different business systems to be in place. “We’ve been able to do both,” he said, noting that having systems in place for government jobs makes East- ern Shipbuilding “move-in ready for the Navy and other DOD agencies
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 26Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 19• Investment in Infrastructure and Onshoring Man- sharing best practices. Additionally, given the global nature ufacturing: The administration is committing over $20 of maritime operations, international cooperation is essen- billion towards U.S. port infrastructure over the next tial for establishing
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 16OpEd Shipbuilding U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Ensures American Strength at Sea By Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America As Senator Roger Wicker force, the U.S. is falling behind. China, Korea and Japan of Mississippi once said, “Growth in commercial ship-
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 11Q&A Increasingly, cyber security has been gaining focus as an area of concern across maritime supply chains, and recently the Coast Guard has been tasked with creating and enforcing maritime cyber standards. What do you hope to see from these standards as they are drafted and put to use? Two key
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 6Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4 Contributors 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 1 Tom Ewing 5 Barry Parker is a freelance writer specializing in marine, energy and envi- of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- ronmental issues. He contributes regularly to this magazine. tical support, including
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29AMERICAN 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
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28COVER 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
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 26COVER FEATURE ARC KEEPING THE CARGO ROLLING With a ? eet of nine U.S.-? ag RoRo ships, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group (ARC), is the U.S.’ premier commercial RoRo carrier of U.S. government and military cargo. As the world becomes an increasingly contentious place, Eric P. Ebeling, President
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6Editorial MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M s the world increasingly HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor becomes a geopolitical New York, NY 10010 USA T +1.212.477.6700 quagmire, with Russia’s Awar in the Ukraine soon CEO John C. O’Malley entering year three and disparate
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 33Regulatory Update MARAD converted the program to a government loan pro- Title XI support. In short, the tests that measure that the gram with the Federal Financing Bank as the lender.” borrower has ‘a reasonable prospect’ of repaying the debt The repayment term and interest rates available under have
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 32Regulatoy Update Changes to MARAD’s Title XI: Good News for Offshore Wind? By Eric Haun The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Ad- U.S. shipowners to obtain new vessels from U.S. ship- ministration (MARAD) in December issued a ? nal rule yards cost effectively through long-term debt repayment
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 29Feature Offshore Wind Ørsted now has some signi? cant challenges. In? ation is de? nitely one of them,” said Jan Sloth Møller, offshore site manager at Ørsted. But he noted that the goals and ambitions held by federal and state governments could create an openness to reevaluate funding arrangements for
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 21Column Washington Watch 2 project had also been terminated. Notwithstanding the rather Equinor and BP will look to recompete for a new contract’s termination, GLDD’s Jones Act-compliant Sub- NYSERDA OREC Agreement in 2024 (of course, with a sea Rock Installation Vessel (SRIV) remains under con- substantial
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 16Column Going Green For Ferries to Go Green, Governments Will Need to Provide the Green By Kaiya Levine, Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Arup Whether it is from international organizations ? ve nautical miles or less, meaning they have relatively low or state government agencies, there is growing
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 14Insights to the organization’s team of more than 75 expert instruc- without paying that price in blood and oil.’ They get to do tors. “We bring in the specialists who know the material things they would not normally get to do, and then they can through and through.” re? ne those skills in what we know
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 6Marine News February 2024 • Volume 35 Number 2 Contributors 3 1 24 6 5 7 8 1 Tom Ewing 5 Edward Lundquist is a freelance writer specializing in marine, energy and envi- is a retired naval of? cer who writes on maritime and ronmental issues. He contributes regularly to this magazine. security
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 60SHOW PREVIEW OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 All images courtesy Oceanology International • ANB Sensors, developers of revolutionary, calibration updates on information, meeting customers, meeting poten- free pH sensors for ocean monitoring; tial suppliers, hearing what’s happening in the industry – you •
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 59All images courtesy Oceanology International participants and to deliver another packed three days of exhi- Oi24 Events and Features bition and conference activity, features, workshops and one- Oceanology International is able to capitalize on the advan- to-one meetings.” tages of ExCeL’s expansive 18