repair his- "Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sys- tory includes putting a propeller shaft tem" from ClassNK. The primary ob- straight that was 1-meter out-of-center jective of this system is to advance line with full class approval. Heavy the use of zero-emission ships in the Emission Monitors equipment with
problematic area of adding carbon like you have with other alternative fu- “Safety has been at the els. When you start to add components center of the design, and into that, carbon is one of the most dif- it will continue to be so ? cult ones to add to a molecule or to when we are looking
TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with
Report] encompasses 125 vessels transporting 3.65 million units; eight terminals handling more than 3.1 mil- lion units; and 66 services and process- ing centers, processing more than 5.1 million vehicles. In 2022 it had 8,875 employees in 29 countries. “We have a lot of synergies within the Wallenius Wilhelmsen
up a company that em- and its program with the Maersk McKinney Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink bodies so many key tenets to U.S. maritime Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to Accounting interest and activities, from its hauling of develop a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fu- Esther Rothenberger rothenberg
Directory By Wendy Laursen 48 Advertisers Index 38 Ammonia & the 15K TEU Containership A project initiated by Seaspan Corp. and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping sets sights on a 15K TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. By Greg Trauthwein 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • February
installa- tions in training academies and elsewhere. In addition to building the simulators, Virtual Marine owns and operate a series of training centers, including three in the Americas: Newfoundland, Broussard, La. and Robert, La. Harnessing the power of technology Over the years, Virtual Marine
Southwest Research Institute management of batteries, EVs and 4. “Electric Vehicle Battery Thermal Issues and Thermal Management Techniques”, John data centers via Immersion Cooling. P. Rugh, Ahmad Pesaran, Kandler Smith; presented at SAE 2011 Alternative Refriger- ant and System Ef? ciency Symposium
biles and heavy vehicles, electric personal watercraft, station- higher voltage systems, thermal management of the entire ary battery arrays, and data centers. electrical system becomes a more important design consider- Immersion Cooling can pack a lot of cooling into a small ation. The batteries themselves
, the Navy built Large Scale Vehicles (LSVs), as the next generation of attack boats for the 21st century, and operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Di- designed for the Soviet Navy threat. vision’s Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) on Lake Pend Originally 29 were to be built, but
Navy team recently demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), with staff from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). Photo By David Stoehr Specialist 2nd Class Gregory A. Pickett II 30 January/February
tonomy and vehicle software.” The preliminary design was diesel-electric submarine with a modular payload section to ex- done by Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Newport, and the ecute a variety of missions critical to enhancing the Navy’s un- plan was to hand off construction to a competitively-awarded
large ocean interfaces, with a government-owned architecture, mission autonomy and vehicle software. Photo by Richard Allen, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport www.marinetechnologynews.com 27 MTR #1 (18-33).indd 27 1/31/2024 2:24:34 P
satellite docking station that needs power]. There’s emerging things like network, Starlink and others. Within that we can offer a cost subsea data centers, direct water CO2 capture from the oceans, savings CO2 savings and it’s really low hanging fruit in this rather than pulling it out of the air,
About the Author As Head of Marine Facilities Programmes at the National Oceanography Centre, Eleanor Darlington is responsible for the delivery of scienti? c research expeditions on the global class Trials of new autonomous research ships RRS James Cook technology, Autosub Long Range and RRS
INSIGHTS SCIENCE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT © Who is Danny/AdobeStock PAVING THE WAY IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT Dr. Eleanor Darlington, Head of Marine Facilities Programs at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), discusses how NOC is paving the way in international science research
, where ? otillas of displacement AUV developed by AMMO Ukraine. Although Ukrainian weaponized unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) the Black Sea has taken center stage as a kind of maritime have wreaked havoc on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, damaging drone proving ground, Ukraine is not the only small actor re- several
the Journal of Diving History and the MTR. Authors & Contributors Darling Moniz Darling As Head of Marine Facilities Programs at the National Oceanography Center, Eleanor Darlington is responsible for the delivery of scienti? c research expeditions on the global class research ships RRS James Cook and RRS
such analyses to include timeframes uses its available resources to carry out its missions. and milestones. One example of a workforce challenge centered on the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces—multiple units with a range of capabilities needed to handle drug and migrant interdiction
biggest challenges. of technicians to service the equipment “People see some- too, which only solidifed Campe’s ra- thing and they think tionale to center on combustion engines we can do every- with dual fuel capability. thing overnight,” Even the guys who are doing mainte- said Campe. But nance on
and develop- ment, including a stint working for famed Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels plus vast experience in solving all sorts of engineering problems centered on air and ? uid ? ows. His stint with CMB started as many such positions do: making a career/life decision mixed with a chance meeting. After
TECH FEATURE Figure 4. The vessel’s cargo holds feature Figure 5. The walls of the cargo holds All images courtesy of The Interlake Steamship Company ? at bottoms that accommodate the use bene? t from a zinc-based coating that of heavy machinery, which necessitated provides durability in an area
COATINGS Figure 1. The M/V Mark W. Barker is speci? cally designed to navigate the occasionally narrow rivers and con? ned ports scattered across the Great Lakes region. All images courtesy of The Interlake Steamship Company Figure 2. Distinguished by its Figure 3. The Interlake Steamship square-shaped
underwater inspection operation. DVL500 Compact from Nortek, which facilitates inspection work thanks to reliable positioning. Swiss Drone and Robotics Center. “Their innovative approach allows inspection and exploration works to be carried out at lower cost and, most importantly, without putting divers