TECH FEATURE NBOSI SMALL CTD MAKER PACKS A POWERFUL PUNCH NBOSI Neil Brown Ocean Sensors Inc. (NBOSI) has a long history supplying research-quality Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors in a compact, cost-effective and easy-to- integrate package for a range of subsea vehicles, including the
COATINGS Figure 6. The M/V Mark W. Barker sports exterior topcoats in The Interlake Steamship Company’s distinctive red (hull) and brown (freeboard). coat with a DFT of 20 to 25 mils. Aluminum oxide was added for at least a decade before dry docking – nearly double the for slip resistance and texture
OPINION: The Final Word Copyright William/AdobeStock Where is the IMO? Tasked to ? ght climate change, what’s up with United Nations ocean shipping agency charged with the responsibility to regulate GHGs? By T. Nelson Thompson hy can’t global ocean shipping, an industry based in an unassuming brown
MTR 100 SOUTH BAY CABLE SUBCTECH HOHONU https://southbaycable.com/ www.subctech.com https://www.hohonu.io/ For more than 65 years, South Bay SubCtech offers underwater power so- Hohonu provides actionable real-time Cable has been a leader in custom cable lutions and ocean monitoring systems. data and
MTR 100 Neil Brown Ocean Sensors, Inc. (NBOSI) https://www.nbosi.com/ NBOSI specializes in designing and manufacturing a range of semi-custom conductivity/ temperature/ depth (CTD) sensors. Operators in the defense, offshore, and ocean research sectors, who deploy autonomous vehi- cles for reconnaissance
MTR 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
Marine Design: Remote Ops T e Challenges and Opportunities of Remote Operations By Damiain Brown igitalization in the maritime industry continues to The key to successful remote operations is the ability to grow. Technology is constantly evolving, provid- connect two or more locations securely and
Authors & Contributors MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M ISSN-0025-3448 USPS-016-750 No. 9 Vol. 85 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News DiRenzo Brown Ewing (ISSN # 0025-3448) is published monthly except for March, July, and October by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.
ROV INTERVIEW CHRIS GIBSON, CEO, VIDEORAY terri? ed about using ROVs because of job security. Today we good customer service, and we’re there to support them and are seeing new technologies coming aboard that are replay- their success. ing that same scenario with ROV pilots. This new technology makes it
OFFSHORE WIND © AdobeStock/David Maddock rope, Africa and the Middle East. ability of fuels cells and battery energy If you can get the fuel, the next chal- storage systems and crew capabilities. lenge is the cost of the fuel. Carbon pricing, in markets like Europe, will What else can we consider? help
just two miles from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters. reporting requirements for “covered entities” who operate But eyewitnesses and webcams proved both ships were tied “critical infrastructure” in 16 sectors designated under federal to a pier almost 200 miles away, demonstrating a capability law
Cyber Security © AdobeStock/Yeti Studio Maritime CyberInsecurity… and how the law is changing By Gene F. Price, Frost Brown Todd he maritime industry depends on automation to nections to other supply systems. quickly and ef? ciently perform each task required Cyber-criminals are brazenly targeting the
Authors & Contributors MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M ISSN-0025-3448 USPS-016-750 No. 6 Vol. 85 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Bonvento Bartlett Ebbersten (ISSN # 0025-3448) is published monthly except for March, July, and October by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.
Tech File Bridge Design Navy Taps Digital Tools for Frigate Bridge Design The U.S. Navy is leveraging state-of-the-art digital technologies to improve features on board its newest warship class Constellation class frigate (FFG) principals from across industry partners, and the eventual ? eet operators.
Bookshelf Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft, by Tom Crestodina Reviewed by Alan Haig-Brown, Sept. 2022 seiner, and Bristol Bay gillnetter, ? sh for salmon and Crestodina provides knowledgeable detailed drawings of the workings of each gear type. He gives similarly detailed
People & Companies HII Names Borkey CTO Callan Taps Myers Joins Propspeed Defense and technologies com- Propspeed, an innovator of under- Maldonado as VP pany HII has promoted Todd Borkey Galveston, Texas based dredging water foul-release coatings, has hired to executive vice president and chief and
People & Companies Haugan Named President at Kongsberg Maritime Cut Lisa Edvardsen Haugan Lisa Edvardsen Haugan was appointed as the new President of Kongsberg Mari- time, the largest business area of Kongs- Edvardsen Haugan McCarthy D’Aoust Hellström berg, replacing Egil Haugsdal starting in November
MN SONARAY SONARAY the largest portfolio of propulsion and control systems on dustrial, and solar applications. SONARAY is part of a di- the maritime market, covering a power range from 50 to verse set of business units under the DASCOM Americas 30,000 kilowatts. In addition to optimizing existing sys-
MN Feature Offshore Wind der construction at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Browns- ville, Texas, to be deployed by Dominion Energy as it builds out CVOW, with components to be transported out from a revamped container terminal at Portsmouth, Va. The WTIV, set for delivery in late 2023 (well in advance of
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Deputy Sector Commander for Sector Honolulu Cmdr. Aja Kirksey said the option of sending an FRC with a WLB to- gether as a surface action unit (SAG) has proven to be success- Sentinel Class Fast ful. But these long deployments have risk, and we shouldn’t assume that because
INTERVIEW RDML Tim Gallaudet, NOAA Samples Study NOAA’s Megan Cromwell retrieves as sample collecting during a dive off Puerto Rico. Photo: NOAA Samples Study Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar Alex- andra Avila recovers a crinoid sample collected using a re- motely operated vehicle during a dive in the Gulf of
Vessels Hybrid-electric CTV and design of the vessel would occur during 2022-2023, set- ting the stage for building and launching the hybrid CTV in the mid-2020s, timing that would ? t well with the start of operation of wind turbines by May? ower Wind. Incat Crowther is the designer of the vessel
M N 0 0 1 ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENTERPRISES CHRISTOPHER WIERNICKI demonstrating SubM compliance, on all three U.S. coasts ABS were ABS clients. ABS has been contracted to verify the ABS is one of the world’s largest classi? cation societ- Sub-M compliance of more than 2,200 vessels since the ies
M N 0 0 1 SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR GLADDING-HEARN SHIPBUILDING Earlier this year, Conrad commenced construction of also offers modern, enclosed shops for all crafts; eight 56- a new 6,500- cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper ton gantry cranes (on a continuous rail system); four tower dredge for