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- American Appoints Monaco New Cordage Engineer Maritime Reporter, Feb 1986 #61
American Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Lafayette, La., one of the country's largest producers of rope and cordage products, recently announced the appointment of Albert T. Monaco as cordage engineer.
Mr. Monaco has spent the last 35 years in a variety of engineering, research and sales positions in the rope and fiber industry. Most recently, he was in cordage and sales engineering with Wall Industries where he was instrumental in the development of a wide range of new products. Previously, he held management positions with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Beacon Management Counselors and the Industrial Rayon Corp.
During his career, Mr. Monaco has been deeply involved in design and development of new rope and fiber technologies. He has helped create federal, industrial and customer rope specifications as well as aiding customers in the technical aspects of rope use. Mr. Monaco provides technical advice to lawyers and insurance companies and has been called as a technical expert in rope liability cases.
He has been an active member of the Cordage Institute Technical Committee for more than 15 years and has chaired the A.S.T.M. subcommittee D13.16 on Ropes and Cordage for over 10 years.
For more information on American Manufacturing rope and cordage products, Circle 26 on Reader Service Card
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- Overlay Finish For Fiber Ropes Improves Marine Performance Maritime Reporter, May 1992 #8
the physical properties of their ropes with these finishes, along with recommendations on working loads. Manufacturers names are listed in the Cordage Institute Directory. To obtain a copy of the directory plus information from Allied Signal and Du Pont, Circle 111 on Reader Service Car
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- Advanced Fiber Technology From Allied-Signal Division Improves Marine Rope Performance Maritime Reporter, Nov 1988 #99
economy in marine ropes," concluded Mr. Clark of Allied Fibers. "To that end, Allied-Signal Inc. is working closely with key members of the Cordage Institute to jointly develop products for the rope marketplace that truly reflect the cutting edge of fiber and finishing technology. Caprolan 2000
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 10Insights Catherine QQQQQQQQQAAA & Gianelloni Director, MITAGS East Coast Campus Catherine Gianelloni sailed with the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (IOMM&P) for about 10 years after graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 2009. But in between times at sea, she would
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 16INSIGHTS SCIENCE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT Map of NOC vessel operations from April 2022 – March 2023. Green = RRS James Cook, Blue = RRS Discovery Credit: NOC bon output, with an ambition of reaching net zero by 2040. MFP to be able to undertake the same project management and international collaboration.
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 28innovation and excitement. A derwater Ground demonstration and ribbon-cutting Vehicles (AUGVs), event hosted by Greensea IQ in offering a range of Cordage Park showcased some re- sizes to meet diverse markable technology by Bayonet, mission require- a Greensea IQ company. Other ments. The Bayonet
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 23JUHA KYTÖLÄ, WÄRTSILÄ Inside Wärtsilä’s Sustainable Technology Hub The 150-meter-long vessel, touted by its operator as one of the world’s greenest, features an integrated package of Wärtsilä solutions, includ- ing four Wärtsilä 31 engines; exhaust treatment; LNGPac technology for LNG storage, supply
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 57recent years, Kytölä said. In 2022, the company dedicated €241 million (about $255 million) to R&D expenditure, or 4.1% of its net sales, up from €165 million (about $175 million) and 3.2% in 2018. In particular, the company has been working to maxi- mize the ef? ciency of its portfolio of gas, diesel
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 24CTO IN FOCUS: DON HAIRSTON, AUSTAL USA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES Image courtesy U.S. Navy Additive Manufacturing to Support ‘One plus Two’ Austal USA Advanced Technologies is working with the US Navy on technical solutions that will power the next-gen of navy assets. Don Hairston recently took the helm of the
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 70MTR 100 RS AQUA RTSYS https://rsaqua.co.uk/ https://rtsys.eu/ RS Aqua provides sensors and systems RTsys is a French company special- for monitoring ocean environments. izing in underwater acoustics (passive Based in Portsmouth, England, it re- and active) and autonomous underwa- OSIL th cently celebrated
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 64MTR Cool New Tech 100 U Un niver rs s sity of Hou us ston (UH) S Sm martTouch technology Courtesy University of Houston perform key inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) tasks can swim along a subsea pipeline to inspect ? ange bolts – precisely and safely under remote control with the potential to
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35James M. Sullivan, Ph.D. WITH NEW GAP FILL SONAR S2 6205 Executive Director, SWATH FAU Harbor Branch BATHYMETRY & SIDE SCAN James M. Sullivan, Ph.D., was pects of his former research position SONAR named the Executive Director, FAU – physically engineering new prod- Harbor Branch, three years after
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 27SOI six expeditions with remarkable discoveries on each one. UN Decade of Ocean Sciences, National Geographic Society, This includes the discovery of a new way species populate and the Ocean Rising Alliance, which aims to deepen peo- hydrothermal vents, ? nding a new octopus nursery in Costa ple’s
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26MTR 100 Dr. Jyotika Virmani President & CEO Schmidt Ocean Institute Schmidt Ocean Institute was established in 2009 by Eric ed by Schmidt Ocean Institute founders Eric and Wendy and Wendy Schmidt to catalyze the discoveries needed to Schmidt, the research ship, Falkor (too), is available to sci- understa
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 2MTR 100 September/October 2023 Volume 66 • Number 7 THE 2023MTR100 Company Page Company Page Advanced Navigation 8 Metron 30 A.G.O. Environmental Electronics 42 Nauticus Robotics 36 All American Marine 14 Neil Brown Ocean Sensors, Inc. (NBOSI) 36 Alseamar 10 NORBIT 69 Arctic Rays 56, 76 NOVACAVI
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September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 51structure faces signi? cant and increasing cybersecurity risks Winter, director of the Belgian Navy’s Maritime Operations in the form of threat actors, vulnerabilities and potential Centre, said, “One of these threats is espionage and sabotage impacts.” The threat actors highlighted in the report:
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September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36MARINE DESIGN "I don’t believe there has ever been a ship that was designed to be safe from the point of view of enclosed space entry." Martin L. Shaw President of IMarEST International Christian Missions Association, International to ? t equipment in enclosed spaces, enabling its removal for Transport