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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37are con- structed differently than the wet-cell battery. AGMs are con- sidered a “Recombinant Gas Absorbed Electrolyte” battery. In AGM batteries, also called starved electrolyte batteries, there is a thin, ultra-? ne ? berglass mat sandwiched between the plates of each cell that is saturated with battery
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35lyte polymer separator sheet laminated between the anode damage the cell. Batteries can be purchased with spot welded and cathode plates in a construction called a “jellyroll”. This nickel solder tabs that provide a ready way to join the cells method produces a thin cross section and wide range of ? at into
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29n January, Norway said “yes” to sea- bed mining, adding its weight to the momentum that is likely to override the calls for a moratorium by over 20 countries and companies such as I Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung. Those against mining aim to protect the unique and largely unknown ecology of the sea?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23to better understand the behavior of submarine ERUPTION volcanoes and their seabed surroundings. “Seismology and acoustics are both the study of what we call elastic waves, in which materials vibrate when force is applied to them,” explained Caplan-Auerbach. Seismology studies waves as they move through
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18limitation compels operators to schedule CP inspec- of the signal peaks are interpreted as noise instead of being tions at predetermined intervals, typically every three to ? ve picked up as coating damage. years, or to conduct CP assessments opportunistically when In contrast, a new generation high
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4Editorial NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP/ Rebekah Parsons-King www.marinetechnologynews.com ast month marked the resounding NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 return of Oceanology Interna- Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 tional in London, perennially one Lof the world’s most important
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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: 38Tech Files Latest Products, Systems and Ship Designs Zero-Emission Mooring Service of a Tanker Consulmar achieved a milestone by executing what it calls ing boat Castalia, which operates on full electric propulsion. the world's ? rst zero-emissions mooring service for a tanker. Equipped with two
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28FEATURE INTERVIEW track missiles and warheads for the Mis- sile Defense Agency, and it travels with its support ship, the MV Hercules. For our Service Support ships, we have the two hospital ships, USNS Mer- cy and Comfort; two rescue and salvage ships; two submarine tenders; and the Sixth Fleet ?
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27program to grow young Sailors into future leaders. workforce. We thought we would have rebounded by now, but Likewise, we have a similar program we call “Hawsepipe.” many of our mariners have not come back. We have people who started on the deckplates who worked We are in that tough period with both
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 25vital 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 call to the world’s supply When we look at the history of chain. Manpower was disrupted; contested logistics in World War ships were delayed; docks were
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13. Nothing is less ef? cient than a huge truck (EV or not) sustainability, but not if it achieved by introducing driving one person around. It is technically stupid, and quite long term carbon fuel use. frankly also economically unattractive from the driver’s point of If a liquid or other chemical fuel
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6Editorial MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS his month’s coverage is M A R I N E L I N K . C O M almost an afterthought HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor following the tragedy that New York, NY 10010 USA T +1.212.477.6700 Tunfolded in Baltimore in the wee hours of Tuesday, March 26, CEO John C.
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 43a twin- capacity of up to 4.5 MW and ice class Group’s stack technology, the 250kW bladed or dual-arm/blade design. www.inmarsystems.com PC3. ABB called the approval “a signif- EH TRACE-M250 module is de- icant milestone”, as the Azipod DI pro- signed to improve ef? ciency and safe- pulsion system
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 33pro- pulsion package provided by ABB, a 6.2 MWh Orca battery energy storage system from Corvus Energy, two 2,100 kW RAMME motors, and two electrically driven Schottel Rud- derPropellers type SRP 430 LE azimuthing thrusters, fea- turing propeller diameters of 2.5 meters. The vessel also has From left:
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 30Feature Shipbuilding Crowley Crowley’s electric tug eWolf, built by Master Boat Builders. Administration (MARAD) put a cost of $97 million on the ulatory ? lings, the vessel “is expected to be delivered and vessel. The same yard has also been contracted to build an operational in 2025.” Filings with
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 29engines from Caterpillar. Another in the series, Isabel McAllister, will be delivered in 2024. Construction of new vessels for the offshore wind markets has fallen short of the boom times forecast only several years ago amid calls for “30 by 30” (30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore power gen- erated by
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 28editions of Marine News’ U.S. Shipbuilding re- port have noted the increasing concern about what ABS’s Bleiberg (moderating the Marine Money panel) called “the big push for sustainable” shipping”, adding that: “What we see is a substantial increase in retro? ts and upgrades.” New technologies can
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 16is a critical in direct subsidies for commercial shipbuilding and has in- cornerstone of this capacity. vested billions more since then. China has historically used For the shipyard industrial base to remain strong and this manipulation to saturate the shipbuilding market and competitive, American innovators
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 15also environ- The other thing I’ll say is I think it’s really important to mental ef? ciency? What do we need to be doing now to always have what I would call a bifocal vision. Obviously, make sure that we’re not handicapping or stymieing? we’ve got to deal with the issues that are right in front of We need
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 4technology is impressive, though still too expensive and limited for Advertising Sales Managers widespread adoption. eWolf is tailored speci? cally for operations in San Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] Diego, and it was made possible by a signi? cant grant support
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42recommendations to address vice had not followed its own guidance and industry trends that could affect these issues, but as of today, 16 remain that calls for it to assess and determine the supply and demand for marine open and need to be addressed. Imple- necessary staf? ng levels and skills to inspectors
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31Principal Engineer Arun Sethu- though: upon interviewing the Chief Engineer of a vessel madhavan. “The solutions are not intrusive.” they were recently called out to, it was discovered that the Current sentiment seems to bear that out. Manufacturer Pa- stern bearings had overheated due to loss of lubricating
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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