the crew to maximize catch ef? ciency – reducing both time on the water and vessel emissions – while working seamlessly within the ship’s Brett Johnson, Jess Woodruff, wider operational and VP, Arctic Storm Kongsberg Discovery’s processing parameters to Director, Marine Life optimize pro? tability
The company’s BCX solution is designed speci? cally says Rob Lee, Director of Marketing. RBR has also deployed for low temperature performance. Arden Johnson, Fellow its RBRfermata battery canister and its RBRcervata deploy- Scientist and R&D Manager, says: “Our BCX cells deliver ment extender (with added
and manager of its shipping business unit. COO. The company’s founder Kurt Manning Blanchard Redd, who has served as president and Birdon Names Johnson CEO for 43 years, will maintain sole Ship Design Director ownership of the company and serve as Spencer Johnson has joined Birdon as chairman
Yonges Island in South Carolina. “We hope to meet the needs of the dry docking for ship docking tugs in the Southeast, as well as passenger boats,” said Johnson Stevens, president at Stevens Towing. Eric Haun www.marinelink.com MN 29
in the offshore industry, Science in electrical and computer engineering then joined against incumbents offering (for the most part) more NASA’s Johnson Space Centre and pretty much went straight into robotics, including DARPA sponsored programs, before I traditional looking underwater robotic systems
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the Australian navy (also called and off and running hard was quite a stress test, says Alex Solus XR), is even bigger (12m-long) and with more oxygen Johnson, AUV Product Manager at Cellula. “It was very ex- and hydrogen, and targeting 5,000km. citing and almost to the point where we didn’t have to think
up- design for a 76’ ice breaking tug for USACE and the re- grades. TSGI also offers marine surveying and construction powering of TXDOT ferry John W. Johnson from diesel- oversight services. These services can be in support of new electric to diesel-electric with battery propulsion. www.marinelink
the material. We were able to the pumps and whole infrastructure associated with that,” says develop that technology with NASA’s help and bring it for- Johnson. “There are also challenges associated with ground ward from a technology idea to prototypes now working to transportation and generally people’s
complex than batteries. “If you’re looking to go less than 1,000km range, it probably doesn’t make the most sense to use a hydrogen fuel cell,” says Johnson. “It really shines above the 1,000km range, giving a more ef? cient vehicle that’s more cost effective and capable than it’s battery version. There
particles you can increase the by feeding hydrogen and oxygen to surface area, and increase the ef? ciency a polymer membrane electrolyte and Alex Johnson, and capacity in the same form factor,” platinum-based electrodes, generating he says. Beyond that, non lithium bat- electrical energy, as well
Lanyard (EMILY) and survey operations experience, the Humminbird was de- vehicle was developed for lifesaving, and represents a high veloped by Johnson Outboard for sportsmen. “There’s a huge technology solution with a low barrier to entry to acquire and market for ? sh? nder systems. Fire and
Sonar EMILY Unmanned and recovery operations. Surface Vessel (USV), equipped with According to BLL’s Vince Capone, a side scan sonar subject a Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics matter (SME) expert an expert in marine technology, with over A 8 May/June 2022 MTR #4 (1-17).indd 8 4/29/2022
are expected hired Andrew Stradling as technical ap- to take effect on March 1. plications manager. Park Carpenter Devall Takes the Helm TSGI Hires Johnson at TSDG The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) an- Kenny Devall, who previously served nounced it has hired mechanical engi- as chief operating of? cer
program. soor (DDG 1001) are in commission, while the third, the fu- The ships remain lethal with 80 peripheral vertical launch ture USS Lyndon Baines Johnson (DDG 1002), is undergoing system tubes that can launch Tomahawk and other missiles, sea trials. Even though the program dates back to the 1990s
sensor data. According to move toward full operational use of the SM300 on board.” Foss and Sea Machines, the system enables an extra set of Michael G. Johnson, Sea Machines founder and CEO, eyes and hands to have access to vessel command and con- said, “While our space has seen a number of government-in- trol
M N 0 0 1 COMMS, CONTROLS & ELECTRONICS chart our course,” Johnson said. “Part of that is through the normal. “The challenge for the innovator is being steadfast relationships we have in the industry. And you see the part- and being capitalized well enough to weather that period nerships that we’ve
. And we were searching in the waters, in 45-ft. seas. That was when I ? rst learned how dynamic and powerful the seas are.” Fast track to 2012, with Johnson in a leadership position Sea Machines at Crowley and Titan Salvage, where he led the team that Michael Johnson is the founder and CEO of Sea Ma- chines
of Conservation, marine ecol- observations at the global scale to see what is happening,” ogist Dr. Leigh Tait and environmental monitoring techni- Johnson said. This data will allow scientists to better predict cian Hamish Sutton have launched pre-programmed ? ights how marine primary productivity
to track and understand in recent years. Research- Research Institute and Stanford University, have begun ers at MBARI, including senior scientist Ken Johnson, have addressing this question by seeking to understand how ma- demonstrated how a ? eet of robotic ? oats can improve our rine creatures transport
of Defense and their U.S. tax paying stakeholders have an apprecia- tion for homegrown technology that has been proven in the commercial world,” said Johnson. When one starts taking the US DoD and autonomy path, one usually starts running into the realm of long-tenured, giant corprations. “A quick-moving
MTR100: 2021’s Top ‘Ocean Influencers’ Michael Johnson Founder & CEO, Sea Machines 03 ichael Johnson is the founder Photo courtesy David Shopper and CEO of Sea Machines, a Johnson, company that is helping to fast Mtrack the age of autonomy in SeaMachines the maritime space. “Technology is not something
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capacity during the ongoing sup- with fundamental unfairness”, and asserting that “ the bill ig- ply chain disruptions, Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson (South Dakota) and Democrat John Garamendi (California) nores the fact that all supply chain participants are working introduced the Ocean Shipping