he story of Covelya Group is a familiar one in sub- to a connection that, years later, would put the Partridge fam- sea circles, the story of a man with a dream and ily on the acquisition path. the gumption to start his own company operating Fast track to 2006, when Sonardyne’s cooperation with Wave- T
, literally, coastal movements of sediments in the Dead Sea, a hypersa- threating homes and business. By taking advan- line lake located between Israel, Jordan and the West Bank. tage of the unique conditions in the Dead Sea The Dead Sea is primarily fed by the Jordan River and does and leveraging modern
shoaling issues providing an open and navigable channel for the water- that have plagued various channels and inlets throughout ways in the region,” said Jordan Hennessy, vice president Dare County. “There’s about 1.2 million cubic yards of of EJE Dredging Service, the private partner that owns and sand
Owner: Maryland Dept. EDDIE of Natural Resources Builder: Blount Boats Designer: BMT Designers & Planners SOMERS arren, R.I. shipbuilder Blount Boats this boom crane for buoy and debris removal applications. year delivered a new buoy tender/ice- The boat built to ABS standards and is U.S. Coast breaker
U.S. Navy, and it is currently building two high-speed pa- busier amid a sharp demand increase for repower and trol boats that the U.S. will transfer to Jordan. www.marinelink.com MN 41
MN Feature Tug & Barge Vane Brothers Photo by Paul C. LaMarre III Making the Waterways Work: Five Profiles This report pro? les ? ve U.S. tug and barge operators, highlighting each companies’ operations, successes and challenges. BY TOM EWING ent company to C&B Marine, C&B Energy Services and Carlisle
shipyard that has U.S. Navy, and it is currently building two high-speed pa- seeming mastered the balancing act. trol boats that the U.S. will transfer to Jordan. “We’d like to “There are a few tricks to the trade,” said MGBW presi- have a little bit of new construction going on all the time.” dent Todd Roberts
, the ? eet commander, Cooper said TF 59 has established operating hubs in Bahrain unmanned systems and arti? cial intelligence are helping to ac- and Jordan, and is coming up on 15,000 hours of operating celerate innovation, especially in such a vast area of respon- time for the unmanned surface vessels
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vessel is a 3,557kW CSD and a further developed copy of the dredger Jarash, which IHC delivered to APC in 2018. APC will use Alyarmouk at its site in Jordan, where it will cut and remove crystallized salt under harsh conditions. Alyarmouk is the last of three contracts signed between APC and IHC earlier
In the Shipyard New vessels, contracts and designs Wilson Sons to Build Six Tugboats Wilson Sons will start in the ? rst quarter of 2021 the construc- tion of six tugboats, at its shipyards in Guarujá (SP). “The new series will contribute to the renewal of the ? eet and will fa- cilitate support for
New Products Innovative new products, technologies and concepts ROMOR Unveils two NEW Wave Gliders for Dalhousie University ROMOR Ocean Solutions announced the arrival of two new Liquid Robotics Wave Gliders for Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. The two glid- ers are an addition to the suite
miles). communication to small boats up to 500 yards away. The Arctic environment did not hinder the operational ability ARCTIC TECH ON TRIAL: LRAD ENS Jordan Solseth runs a test for the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) 500. U.S. Coast Guard photo by SN Kate Kilroy 22 November/December 2020 MTR #9
and predictability, while reducing USCG surveillance, interdiction, patrol and other missions. operational risk.” Vigor Builds Patrol Boats for Jordanian Navy Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor (Team RB-M) in August delivered two additional Response Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms) to the U.S. Coast Guard
follow boats. Over-? shing has affected the orcas’ food stocks, resulting in a Ocean Startup Winners Named decline in the population of orcas, and increased maritime traf? c in the vicin- • Marecomms Inc. (Halifax, NS) de- The ? rst Ocean Startup Challenge ity of the busy Increased sea lanes near
COVE Internship Project Begins ucts and then moved into a Customer building blocks that enable rapid devel- The Center for Ocean Ventures and En- Support role six years ago. opment of integrated robotics solutions, trepreneurship (COVE) has announced helping operators accomplish their mis- the Internship
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
New AI Tool for Sonaar Noise Clean-up Teledyne CARIS has announced the a new cloud-based platform to host current released of HIPS and SIPS 11.3. This new and future AI solutions. CARIS Mira AI software upgrade will introduce the ? rst- also provides a ? exible package capable ever COTS (commercial-off
People & Companies run from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022. Mitcham Names New Tech Positions Mitcham Industries, Inc. has made two additions to its technology development team. Andy Meecham has joined Mit- cham in the newly-created position of Vice President and Chief Technology Of? cer.
the world in form sludge, blocking ? lters.” 2020 is currently keeping marine engineers awake at night.” That pessimistic assessment was written by Jack Jordan, a researcher with S&P Global Platts. Jordan’s comments are Jack Jordan part of an extensive S&P report titled “Into the storm: How will shipping
aromatic 0.5% product comes into Q contact with a more paraf? nic blend, the products are likely to separate and form sludge, blocking ? lters.” Jack Jordan, S&P Global Platts p. 16 “SMM is the United Nations of shipbuilding.” Claus “Uli” Selbach, Business Unit Director, SMM p. 54 www.marinelink.com 9 MR
, Finland, France (including Corsica), Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland