on human factors. “Maritime is learning from aviation, space, healthcare and search and rescue, all industries that recognize that if you sup- port the frontline, everyone gains,” he said. Objective not Subjective The term ‘human factors’ may suggest that the focus is solely on the person who is carrying
OCIMF – The Human Factor © TawanSaklay/AdobeStock Supporting the Frontline – a Focus on Human Factors OCIMF explains how the new vessel inspection program, SIRE 2.0, will benef t those onboard ’s Ship Inspection Re- by inspectors during an OCIMF tanker inspection will be re- port Program (SIRE) placed by
MN Feature Tug & Barge divisions: Great Lakes Shipyard, Sarter Marine and Plotz tions. Sarter Towing, along with six tugs, was purchased Machine. Joe Stark is President, Gregg Thauvette is Vice in March. Sarter is based in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. and serves President, Operations and Tom Rigolo is Vice
136 5,152 ICBC Financial Leasing 95 4,979 AET 57 4,704 Bank of Communications Financial Leasing 110 4,689 Euronav 65 4,243 Maran Tankers 57 4,138 Frontline Ltd 58 3,799 China VLCC 50 3,474 Sinokor 61 3,174 Bahri 56 2,974 Grand Total 745 41,325 Second Hand Market Sale # of Vessels Total Spent
BATTERIES TR certi? cation IEC 62619:2017 from its days as SPBES. “Our that is about 15 percent lighter than our current offering.” product offers signi? cantly longer life, a battery system that cannot produce a ? re (due to built-in detection and prevention).” Britishvolt’s EASy claim Shift adds to
coastal climate action but this will require work- systems such as mangroves, salt marshes ing in concert on a few fronts. and seagrass meadows at the frontline of First, we must invest in and support climate change, absorbing carbon at rates science and technology to produce key of up to 50 times those
FUTURE FUELS ing greener bio-methanol from waste. Waterfront Shipping ammonia-as-an-additive combustion tests in a drive for engine also declared CH3OH “safe and reliable” before ordering six concepts. As with hydrogen — the production of which is key clean product tankers of 84,000 dwt. to extracting
FUTURE FUELS Methanol’s combustion performance “might not be best- it, and of course at what price,” the DNV expert says, a nod in-class”, he says, but it does allow priority to be given the to the stated aim of getting methanol from renewables. Those electrical supply in a MAN-made engine. MAN execs
FUTURE FUELS we expect it to increase very signi? cantly.” mary or dual companion fuel. The sum of ships able to use LNG, LPG or methanol is Shell LNG alone, with 50 LNG carriers chartered, has 700 anyone’s guess, as their fuel type when built is unknown and ship-to-shp bunkering operations available
McGuire said. structure. And I don’t see a pause in the beach renourish- help with fatigue, while also buying them the latest gear ments because that’s frontline protection for everyone.” and providing the creature comforts on the dredges: full It’s this steady pipeline of work that gives Callan Marine internet
TECH FEATURE UNDERSTANDING ARC FLASH contrast, the numbers become an active sections called out by 46 CFR (Code of and ongoing part of safety procedures Federal Regulations) for many decades. by being labeled on the electrical equip- So, this set of standards may have the ment. These labels warn the
Feature Dredging Rather than an end point de? ned by budget limits, say, to pay for one component, e.g., dredging, new resources can mean that a project is declared ? nished because it in- cluded dredging and material reuse and barrier construc- tion and beach restoration, or whatever the particulars
Dredging McGuire said that “indications are that the funding clamshells, scows, cutters – are coming into service, the stream will continue at a record pace for several years. This result of capital reinvestment programs that started ? ve to additional funding commitment gives us the con? dence to
People & Companies Hempel announces new Exec Group Dollerup now oversees Finance & Digital; and Chief People & Culture Of? cer and Executive Vice President, Pernille Fritz Vilhelmsen is at the helm of People & Culture. Strategy & Trans- formation is also joining the EGM, headed up by Vice President
,481,800 $3.94 Euronav 67 16,682,100 $3.45 Maran Tankers 58 15,542,800 $3.39 China VLCC 53 16,373,200 $3.06 ICBC Financial Leasing 72 6,143,100 $3.00 Frontline Ltd 56 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
point average; 10 are military since the academy was created in 2007. Shipyard Operations Program; 21 com- veterans or are currently serving in pleted Frontline FAST, an accelerated the armed services as reservists and Hjelland to Lead Servogear skills training program for potential guardsmen, representing
People & Companies (NTSB) Of? ce of Marine Safety ef- LR Appoints Three Execs Austal USA fective March 1. Lloyd’s Register named Mark Dar- Promotes Ryder ley as business director, marine and Shipbuilder Austal USA named offshore; Andy McKeran as business long-time business development ex- Sea Machines
People & Companies Wilkinson Named Ingalls President America’s largest military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries named Kari Wilkinson to serve as executive vice presi- dent of HII and president of HII’s Ingalls Cuccias Wilkinson Wille Turrell Shipbuilding division, effective April 1. She
join Kongsberg Digital as Senior Vice ? cer and Executive Director. Balzano President for Maritime Simulation. recently served for three years as Previously CEO of Scantech Indus- the presidentially appointed Deputy tries, Hasås has held top management Administrator for the U.S. Maritime positions at
, the action the companies and business activities that were considered es- Twas simple; hang the “closed” sign, furlough or layoff sential and “frontline”. As a country we saluted the tireless ef- staff and wait for the approval to re-open. Or not, depending forts of ? rst responders and health
and maintaining business continuity in face along here, but collectively, from our perspective, it’s not of COVID. As an industry, we are on the frontline in this going to be a v-shaped recovery. It’s going to be a slow pandemic battle, we are keeping fuel supplied, keeping our tick back up. customers
ogy, a hull crawling robot with precise H2H Wins Bathymetric Survey Deal SOI Appoints Dr. Virmani hull-relative navigation and autonomy H2H Geoscience Engineering (H2H) The Schmidt Ocean Institute appointed capabilities. Assisting James on the has announced a new contract with Dr. Jyotika Virmani as
People & Companies Akihiro Mori, NYK’s First Internally Trained Captain awarding of the status of Fellow to hans Muhlert of Robert Allan Ltd. Hans Muhlert has been a faithful and highly dedicated senior staff member of Robert Allan Ltd. for 50 years. Dehouck Joins GTT as Deputy CEO GTT has appointed
. Nippon Paint’s Antivirus and IECEx). The tool is easy to use, Kids Paint, developed speci?cally accurate and reliable, suited for use in for frontline hospital use, incor- Ex and hazardous areas. It requires no porates Corning Guardiant An- plant shutdown for use in the many Hull Crawler