Bruce C. Gilman, president of Sonat Subsea Services, Houston, Texas, announced recently that Thomas A. Angel has been appointed senior vice president.
Formerly vice president and general manager of Santa Fe Underwater Services, Mr. Angel has more than 20 years' experience in underwater services.
Sonat Subsea Services, a subsidiary of Sonat Inc., provides hightechnology underwater services in support of the offshore energy industry.
They have headquarters in Houston with regional operations bases in Scotland and the Republic of Singapore. S&H Diving, its Americas-region operating subsidiary, has support bases in Morgan City, La., and Galveston and Corpus Christi, Texas.
Sonat Inc. is a company engaged in finding and producing oil and natural gas; field services associated with these operations; and transportation of these energy products.
., Houma, La., has announced that its first advanced-model, remotecontrolled underwater vehicle, a Hydro Products RCV-150, has begun work off Brazil. Thomas M. Angel, vice president and manager of the diving company, said recently that Santa Fe has a contract with Montreal Micoperi J.V. to provide the
vehicle and a crew of operators to assist in the installation of two oil-production platforms off Brazil for the government oil agency, Petrobras. Thomas M. Angel, vice president and manager of the diving company, said a new remotecontrolled unit known as the RCV-150 will be used on the project
. The twin weight of 29.5 tonnes. US Virgin Islands Ferry foot vessel will service the tourist and commuter route be- tween Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, with capacity for up to 300 passen- gers. Incat Crowther said it designed the simple yet stylish new ferry
loads, and an upgrade of the structure of ist and commuter route between Red Hook on the island of St. the vessel to accommodate the latest hammer size. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John. Currently, two other Incat Crowther-designed 28-m vessels service this AiP: World’s Largest Car Carrier
lu um mn n n n n n n n n n w with man n nip pu ul l l l l l lato or r r r r r r r rs s exte e en nd de ed d d d d d d. Courtesy Framework Robotics © DFKI, Thomas Frank of its vehicle components are made on its 3D printer, speci? - to autonomously detect and handle critical infrastructures un- cally an industrialized
Shipping & Ports Annual 2023 CARGO THEFT ©Thomas Sztanek/AdobeStock What’s Driving the Increase in Cargo Theft? By Florian Krampitz at Allianz Commercial here has been a signi? cant rise in cargo theft in recent With a stolen commodity value of $107m in 2022 – a sig- years, with a change in the goods
(partially) autonomous object ma- nipulation. The AUV performs manipulation tasks on an underwater mockup in an upright position. Photo copyright DFKI, Thomas Frank July/August 2023 MTR #5 (18-33).indd 32 7/21/2023 9:13:57 A
quickly “? ghting back”. Maritime Cybersecurity, October 2022. The U.S. Coast Guard recently released the Maritime Cy- 2 Chris C. Demchak and Michael L. Thomas, War on the Rocks, October 15, bersecurity Assessment & Annex Guide (MCAAG) to help 2021, Can’t Sail Away From Cyber Attacks:‘Sea-Hacking’ From
• Lightweight - 35 lbs • 500-wa? LED • Poured Cast Housing for e? cient heat dissipaO on • No heat I ns to be broken, bent or capture debris But Thomas Hechmann, Growth Director, Coach Solu- • Ability to change light pitch without tools tions, says the major change related to voyage optimization •
. fusion on a large scale and hundreds of wasted hours.” Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is currently ex- Speaking at a recent conference, Thomas Zanzinger, CEO panding its digital platform to handle EU ETS compliance in of Ocean Technologies Group, warned participants that even a single source
Vessels New Launch for St Johns Bar Pilots Gladding-Hearn pilot boat since 1962. Designed by Ray Hunt Design, the all-aluminum launch measures 35 feet overall. It has a 13-foot beam, including the foam collar, and a 3-foot draft. The deep-V hull features a steep 24-degree dead-rise at the transom that
DriX being deployed from NOAAs Thomas Jefferson hydrographic survey vessel. s the maritime and sub- among offshore oil and gas companies of course, fuel ef? ciency. He speci? - sea communities collec- and national oceanographic agencies, cally mentioned equipment like DriX, tively work toward in-
OFFSHORE DATA O 2.0 FFSHORE How ambitious expansion targets for offshore wind are driving digital transformation in the maritime industry. By Thomas Sprenger 50 November/December 2022 MTR #8 (50-63).indd 50 11/29/2022 4:08:15 PM
METHANE EMISSION MONITORING All images: University of Rochester/John Kessler Dr. Thomas Weber (front left) and other scientists deploying hose to pump ocean water for analysis. STEPPING ON THE GAS Rochester researchers team up to tackle methane emissions By Celia Konowe 34 November/December
out of the USACE be potentially hazardous to marine navigation. Venice Sub Of? ce that works year-round to provide river This vessel’s name honors Thomas G. Tobin who condition data to vessel operators,” said Jason Powers, Di- worked for the USACE New Orleans District for more rector of Business Development
? c dive Sewralur of Micronesia for the Yap Trench dive and then expeditions collected samples for analysis by science ex- Former President of Palau, Thomas Rememngesau for the perts Professor Sajmir Beqiraj of Tirana, Albania and Dr. Palau Trench dive – no human has ever previously visited Paige Maroni
moor- that use echolocation or bioluminescence to communicate ings. Two key pieces of tech include their remotely operated and navigate. Dr. Thomas Peacock, a mechanical engineering vehicle (ROV), ISIS, and their autonomous underwater vehicle professor and Director of MIT’s Environmental Dynamics
your friend the pumping machinery. s will reply, Alexander Graham Bell. Who developed The average loading time was J e the lightbulb? That would be Thomas Edison. Who seven minutes per container. The developed the telegraph? That would be Samuel F.B. Morse. whole ship was loaded in less than Now
at NOAA. that I spent at sea, including four years as the commanding I was with the Commissioned Of? cer Corp part of NOAA. of? cer of the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson. But through it I started off in the hydrographic program assigned to the all, I was driving toward bringing new technology to improve
“We’ve had biofuels since the 1990’s,” says MAN’s Thomas Hanssen. “You can select your engine with minor modi? cations to make it run on biofuels.” With diesel short- ages widespread before the Ukraine War, it has made sense to run small-bore, four-stroke engines on synthetic diesel or biogas (LNG-mixes)
been types, and 2023 should see one that can run on methanol or built yet. They’re being built as we speak. They’ll arrive this diesel. Company exec, Thomas Hanssen, says 2021 saw “a year, next year and in 2024, and that’s when we expect The massive order uptake of ships not using bunker as fuel”, or
Copyright for all photos is DFKI, Thomas Frank ABOVE The dual-arm AUV Cuttle? sh is launched in the DFKI’s Maritime Exploration Hall in Bremen. LEFT A researcher monitors the AUV’s collision avoidance in dual-arm mode from the edge of the pool. www.marinetechnologynews.com 53 MTR #4 (50-63).indd 53
prototyped the management million euros. T T T T T The AUV i in driving p position with m manipulators f fo f f lded. Copyright for all photos is DFKI, Thomas Frank 52 May/June 2022 MTR #4 (50-63).indd 52 4/28/2022 9:13:50 A
Tech Feature Innovative new products, technologies and concepts T T T T The AUV u upright in the w water column w with manipula- t t to t t rs extended. Copyright for all photos is DFKI, Thomas Frank 50 May/June 2022 MTR #4 (50-63).indd 50 4/28/2022 9:11:19 AM
Column Insurance What is the Insured’s Duty Under a Marine Insurance Policy? It Depends By Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Partner, Blank Rome The law governing marine insurance in the United States has long been a source of consider- established the “litmus test” for when maritime law should able confusion.
up and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain, center, during IMX 2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Thomas Mahmod. 36 March/April 2022 MTR #3 (34-49).indd 36 2/25/2022 10:07:38 A