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FEATURE INTERVIEW “Over the next decade, 12 new classes of ships will come online and MSC will see up to 20 new ships deliver to the ? eet in the next ? ve years. This includes new oilers, towing, salvage and rescue tugs, and expeditionary fast transports and emergency medical ships. A large
Feature Electric Tugs the construction of which has fallen behind schedule. “When you’re out on the leading edge of these technolo- gies, everything has to catch up,” Manzi said. “Permitting has to catch up, regulation has to catch up, standards have to catch up. And we’ve faced all three of those challenge
Q&A We’ve still got some work to do. Despite the new guid- Looking across the industry, what are some ance, we are seeing differences in the way that the Coast other important regulatory issues that AWO is Guard is applying crewing and life-saving requirements to currently paying attention to? ATBs from
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
Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger transfer port calls. Cleanings and cargo operations can occur simul- taneously. How is this possible? The EverClean robots are small and require only a single cargo van on the pier. Multiple robots can be deployed simultaneously. Precision navigation
Back to the Drawing Board Let’s Set Some Standards for Micro Cargo By Rik van Hemmen s zero carbon cargo efforts are progressing, it is becoming more apparent that the lowest hanging fruit is in the last few miles. This is where a large amount of carbon is expended in delivering small A parcels to
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Passenger Vessel Safety occur on a sightseeing vessel or an Ohio River dinner cruise? This contrast between speci? c – sometimes very speci? c – and general comes to mind when considering the numerous safety advisories pertaining to recent amphibious DUKW boat tragedies or the 2019 Conception dive boat
WASALINE EQUIPMENT LIST AURORA BOTNIA MAIN PARTICULARS Main engines: 4 × Wärtsilä 8V31DF (4 × 4,400 kW) Ship Type: RoPax Ferry Fuel type: LNG, biogas, battery (Leclanche) Shipbuilder: Rauma Marine Constructions Total installed power: 17,6MW Material: Steel Bow thrusters: Wärtsilä FPP
Autonomy All photos courtesy Mr. Dave Meron U.S. Military’s Path Toward Uncrewed By George Galdorisi or readers of Maritime Reporter and Engineer- the promise of providing the U.S. military with an asymmetric ing News, it is impossible to miss the impact of advantage over potential adversaries. Ukraine’s
calls the contact numbers for the designated spill contractor down, but everybody has become a little smarter. The vessel and the designated salvor. One answers immediately and the owner and its personnel know how to contact the spill con- other takes a bit of time to contact but joins the discussion
Training Tips for Ships Tip #55 Maritime Micro-Learning for Mega-Bene? ts By Murray Goldberg, CEO, Marine Learning Systems n our industry as in most others, we typically see on- to be less expensive to update the speci? c microlearning mod- line training content presented as large, comprehensive ules in
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SEAFLOOR MAPPING All images courtesy Curtin University Digital 3D model of WA Shipwreck he underwater remains of a ship built in Fremantle in reconstruction,” Professor Woods said. 1876 and which sunk off the coast several years later can “The new 3D model of the Star allows the wreck site to be now be
In the development of robotic solutions for routine and emergency work will be conducted and repair in the engine room, Taylor credits his boss, FMD CEO George Whittier, for instilling his principle: “Don’t aim at the target, aim where the with no crew. Trey target’s going to be.” Taylor, Director of So
Back to the Drawing Board T e Worst Ship in History ... Exxon Valdez By Rik van Hemmen, President, Martin & Ottaway hile Greg Trauthwein never assigns me col- ? rst moment of conception. I can think of other more recent umn subjects, each time the Great Ships issue less well-known recent examples too
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Feature Shipyards MARAD T The VCM model, she added “created a highly competitive a and streamlined approach that can be used in the future by o other government entities to procure ships.” Indeed, Linares said the government has a unique op- p portunity to review and ask, “What worked well, what d
Feature Shipyards By Tom Ewing hen asked about the top issues facing if operating policies are murky. shipbuilders, executives at the Ship- As an example, Paxton and Zorensky cited a CBP ruling builders Council of America (SCA) linked to the installation of wind tower monopiles (steel W listed a number
Schwarz, there is a promising outlook there. “Worldwide there is a growing imperative to reduce emissions,” he ex- plained. “Across the United States, we see more attention, action and investment to develop shore-based power instal- lations as part of the overall effort of port decarbonization, which
TECH FEATURE: AUTONOMY Photos courtesy Dave Meron International Efforts Accelerate the Development of Unmanned Maritime Systems By George Galdorisi ew would argue that unmanned systems represent that many nations and navies have been experimenting with one of the breakthrough technologies that could
ERIKA GRAZIUSO, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, CROWLEY highly unlikely to see autonomy become vessel returns to shore. “We have al- sel arrives to the port [and an inspec- mainstream during their career. ready done a couple of the tests – proof tor comes onboard]. “Tomorrow – and Graziuso thinks this is an
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