received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University.This article first appeared in the July/August print edition of Maritime Logistics Professional magazine
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Wharton School and has also studied economics and mathematics at Colby College, London School of Economics, and Political Science at the Norwegian School of Management (BI). Joining Rokke is Scott Clapham, SVP Projects and Business Improvements and Jeffrey Theisen, the firm’s Chief Financial Officer. Together
ronments. 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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sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging
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RADM 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
mariners, but we need to attract the junior people ners (CIVMARs). now, those third-class mariners with the certi? cations they get from school, and start building our workforce from within. We’re hearing a lot about “contested logistics.” We need to both recruit and retain today, in order
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Training Tips for Ships © By tuastockphoto/AdobeStock Tip #58 Enhancing Behavior-Based Safety By Murray Goldberg, CEO, Marine Learning Systems ave you ever heard the term “Behaviour-Based environment where each individual feels personally respon- Safety”? Although the term itself is relatively sible for
There are ? ve major paint catego- lenges in shipyards is managing small building is a multifaceted endeavor ries in new construction shipbuilding: parts, which are prone to surface rust that demands integrative systems before installation. Optimizing the planning, as well as adoption of new 1.
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ries of virtual mariner workforce forums. We have engaged are inspected. The Towing Safety Advisory Committee had with our members and maritime schools and academies to done some good work with the Coast Guard several years talk about how their offerings could be tailored to better back on trying
Q&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
15,000 TEU AMMONIA CONTAINERSHIP 000 TEU Containership the 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
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
HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one
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powering and FDL Locomotive Modernization programs. From there, I customers in the work boat sectors, including dredging, river decided to go back to school and get my MBA from Gannon tugs, harbor tugs, ATBs, ferries, and medium-size cruise ships. University here in Erie. Leveraging that growth opportunity
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courses. FRB training can take place. “These changes now mean that marine • Now, those following the PSCRB Model Courses have the choice of training schools have a choice of either using using approved simulators to replace elements of lifeboat and FRB training real-life boats and rescue boats or using