FLIP – The Standard ‘Cool Tech’ Bearer for 60 years – RETIRED A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended Fifty-five feet remain as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly visible after the crew of known as FLIP — was of? cially retired from service. Built the Floating Instrument
future orders." SHI held its "Samsung Technical Seminar in Athens" at the SHI said the '3 Cargo Tank LNGC' is designed to have Marriott Hotel in Athens, Greece, and announcing details on increased ef? ciency, sporting three cargo tanks rather than a pair of new designs: an LNG carrier and a containership
operations) at St. John Shipyard, in Palatka, satility that will enable them to “run almost anywhere.” Fla. – now under ownership of entities linked to Greece’s Viking Cruise Lines’ 386 passenger Viking Mississippi, de- Logothetis family. The boats will deploy Tier 4 compliant livered in 2022 from Edison
storage and of? oading (FSO) vessel, MT Teli, ultimately for Houston-based Vaalco Energy. The suc- cessful project outcome, for the FSO’s operator in Greece, is thought likely to lead to other similar projects, managers said. The 150-day conversion, completed in mid-2022, has en- abled the Houston energy
units that make relatively small plastic parts. The feedback technology in shipboard research use cases, but created a self- we were getting from the ? eet is that they need larger metal contained, mobile 3D metal printshop by out? tting a common parts,” said Jim Pluta, additive manufacturing (AM)
technology companies, universities, institutions, consultan- performing seabed surveys or inspection tasks. cies, a certi? cation body and a port from Greece, the UK, Ko- The 8m-long prototype USV will be electrically powered us- rea, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Lithuania, Belgium ing a combination
number one for new order share in the U.S., but also in China, Singapore, Taiwan, in providing hydrodynamic software and consulting ser- South Korea, Greece, Denmark, Brazil, Singapore and vices for resistance and propulsion prediction, propel- ler sizing and design, and forensic performance analysis.
By the Numbers Powered by Greece As the maritime world eyes a return to Posidonia in Athens, Greece early next month, we explore here the latest sta- tistics on Greek shipowners, courtesy of input from our friends at Vessels Value. Greek Second Hand Purchase History Sale Date # of Vessels USD m Jan
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, Frode Rødølen. “We became DATE (Direct Access To Experts) hub sensors and sea chests, while simulta- DNV GL certi? ed to perform in-water in Piraeus, Greece. As with the two neously assessing the general condi- inspections in 2017, and re-audited previous surveys, it was conducted in tion of the hull
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journey, as it to better understand what’s going on with the vessel. alone cannot mitigate all accident risks. One of our subsidiaries, Furuno Hellas in Greece, have In Japan, in 2020, under the sponsorship of the Nip- come out with a product that they call HermAce, which pon Foundation, MEGURI 2040, began
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10,295,900 $2.68 Sinokor 61 6,273,400 $2.63 Bahri 57 13,895,290 $2.54 Top Tanker Owner Countries by Value Owner # of Vessels Total DWT Total Value $B Greece 1,472 168,932,400 $41.39 China 1,334 84,563,020 $27.59 Japan 1,316 48,823,499 $24.31 Singapore 1,043 42,558,100 $18.42 South Korea 525 27,140
,700 $15.17 Top Owner Countries by Value Owner # of Vessels Total DWT Total Value $B China 6,420 361,516,407 $187.04 Japan 5,845 281,781,137 $182.65 Greece 4,751 394,675,584 $142.17 United States of America 2,454 57,327,563 $95.14 Singapore 2,984 127,493,831 $76.36 Germany 2,277 78,873,534 $75.30 South
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delivered Aurora is scheduled to get to work imme- Nexans. Nexans Skagerrak was the starting point of the design diately, an interconnector project in Greece that will provide of Aurora. “A lot of the main parameters have been replicated a link between mainland Greece and the island of Crete in in order
, https://www.usnews. com/news/world/articles/2020-07-30/ancient-acropolis-of-the-sea-opens-to-divers-guarded-by-high-tech [2] M. Atmatzidou, Diving into Greece’s ? rst underwater museum, National Geographic, 2/12/2020, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/ article/diving-into-the-? rst-underwater-museum-in-g
Professor, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens After the opening on August 3, 2020, divers from Greece and age and current of the power lines, all monitored by the local around the world can now dive in Greece’s ? rst underwater computer. museum
and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens er supply and communication devices for Internet connection. cal period in ancient Greece. It is estimated that it could carry On the occasion of the successful completion of the initial about 4,000 amphorae and had a displacement of 120
real-time scienti? c observations tive of the Ministries of Culture and Environment in throughout the day and over long periods of time and monitor- Greece for a long time. One of the main problems ing of biodiversity and climate change. that delayed the implementation speci? cally of the At the beginning
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Marine Engineering, National White and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Technical University of Athens, Greece. and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Derek White, Vancouver Fraser Port Oceans and Atmosphere. Prior to NOAA Authority – ECHO Program, Project
Once delivered Aurora is scheduled to get to work imme- projects we saw coming,” said Ladegård. Nexans Skagerrak diately, an interconnector project in Greece that will provide was the starting point of the design of Aurora. “A lot of the a link between mainland Greece and the island of Crete in main parameters
when I was 20 years old. In derful engines, extremely long lives, but they’re very big and heavy. (Big and heavy) was never going to be an option for Greece, where we were staying on my mother’s ancient wood- an outboard motor, and the key was to get the size and weight en Greek boat, I was decanting petrol