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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 30FEATURE SEABED MINING bilical. It has passive heave compensation which nulli? es the necott. “The focus since then has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23measure it in terms of the amount of crustal material produced by volcanoes,” added Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, geology professor at THE UNKNOWN Western Washington University. “This is where new tectonic plates are created, and where hydrothermal vent and mineral deposits form.” IN THE What’s All the Comm-ocean
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9from marinas along the western coast. The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 8INSIGHTS SUBSEA DEFENSE Copyright RomanenkoAlexey/AdobeStock WHEN THE SHOOTING STOPS: BLACK SEA MINE CLEARANCE WILL FEATURE ADVANCED TECH, CONOPS By David Strachan, Senior Analyst, Strikepod Systems ince the beginning of the war in Ukraine, mine warfare mines have been the weapon of choice for both
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 32FEATURE A closeup of a blade installation process taken via drone. A blade handling system is apparent (in yellow). Images courtesy of Mammoet requirement for the development of these cranes, particularly ling area. This would result in a major time and fuel saving. in ? oating offshore wind,” says
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12frustrating to note that this technical pig has not made it The next day my brother alerted me to an article published through the ACEEE python. in the Washington Post that commented on a study prepared With regard to plug-in hybrids, one may argue that once we by the American Council for an Energy Ef? cient
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 42People & Companies Nevey to Head TAI Hires Kalla Washington State Ferries TAI Engineers appointed Amer Steve Nevey has been selected to Kalla as director of production design. serve as assistant secretary for the FMC Names Usman CIO Washington State Ferries Division, Nevey Schwandt succeeding Patty
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 39Vessels Next WSF Vessels Could Be Built Outside of Washington State By Eric Haun The next newbuilds for Washington State Ferries (WSF) is required to award a credit of 13% of the bid price for bid could be built by a shipyard outside of Washington as the proposals for vessels constructed in the state of
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 21Column Washington Watch 2 project had also been terminated. Notwithstanding the rather Equinor and BP will look to recompete for a new contract’s termination, GLDD’s Jones Act-compliant Sub- NYSERDA OREC Agreement in 2024 (of course, with a sea Rock Installation Vessel (SRIV) remains under con- substantial
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 20Column Washington Watch Will 2024 Settle the Turbulence of US Offshore Wind? By Jeff R. Vogel, Shareholder, Cozen O’Connor’s Transportation & Trade Group There is no denying that “commercial conditions driven by in? ation, interest that 2023 was a challenging year for the U.S. offshore wind rates and
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 17. This is good news comes with a signi? cant upfront in- it is the now. The technology is proven but represents a small portion of the vestment. Washington State Ferries, and only going to become more ef? - multi-billion-dollar effort it will take as an example, will need nearly $4 cient with near-term
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 12the ? eld and force gaps, including programs approved by the U.S. Coast then raise their license is confusing and sometimes very Guard, State of Washington Workforce Training and Educa- overwhelming. And unless we’re getting the students di- tion Board and Maryland Higher Education Commission. rectly
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40SEAFLOOR 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
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19ceiling as a design limit, not PJM or NYISO. The ISO-NE could similarly remove its Frank self-imposed limit and instead abide by the hourly check-in Washington, D.C., partner set out in the 1991 agreement for new resources up to the Kimberly Frank co-leads the 2,200 MW ceiling. ? rm’s global Power practice
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 6has study abroad experience transmission development. in France and Ecuador. Currently, she is Frank pursuing her master of environmental Skucas Washington, D.C., partner Kimberly studies degree at Dalhousie University. Ruta Skucas is a federal energy Frank co-leads the ? rm’s global Power regulatory
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 12Safety – Fire? ghting Time is Running Out For Some Fi-Fi Foams new IMO resolution will see the phase-out of foam ? re? ghting sys- tems that use ? uorinated foams con- A taining per? uoro-octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as the foam-producing component. The new rules come into effect under a rolling
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 23reac- Congressional Brie? ng on Advanced Nuclear Technology tors, which can be built in one factory location, shipped, in the Maritime Industry in Washington DC. The meet- commissioned and operated at a separate site. The term www.marinelink.com MN 23
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 50PHILIPPINE'S FASTCAT FERRIES Photo courtesy Archipelago Philippine Ferries Company/FastCat FASTCAT IS ON A MISSION TO CONNECT THE PHILIPPINES What are the ? rst thoughts to cross your mind when you hear “Philippine ferries”? Old vessels … Unsafe ships … Accidents? If so, that perception is mostly accurate
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 19attle, Alameda, Houston, New Orleans, Baltimore, and New Security. They perform their adjudicative functions pursuant York. The Chief Judge is in Washington, DC. to the APA and agency regulations which provide them with decisional independence within the parameters of the regu- Of? ce of Personnel
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 62for technology that can help boost safety The team was invited to present at the US Coast Guard’s HQ and productivity, while reducing risk and cost. in Washington DC, after which additional potential uses for Taking advantage of accrued knowledge plus guidance the technology were proposed: Pirate mode, Overboard
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 41, which will see WSF billion, with $1.03 billion from the coma in 2024. WSF has the option to spend $3.7 billion to electrify or build 2022 Move Ahead Washington trans- extend the contract to convert a third new ferries and $280 million on ter- portation package. This state funding boat, Puyallup, in 2025
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 40Ship Repair & Conversion Washington State Ferries Awards Vigor Contract to Convert Its Largest Vessels to Hybrid-electric Power By Eric Haun Washington State Ferries has tapped local shipyard Vig- Transportation, is moving to reduce emissions at the direc- or to convert up to three of its Jumbo Mark II
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 39ferry that was designed by Nickum & The shipbuilding project has received $14 million Spaulding and built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in through Washington State’s 2022 Transportation appro- Somerset, Mass. According to the county, the ferry oper- priations package, well below the latest engineer’s
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 38Green Tech Electri? cation Skagit County Opens Bidding to Build Electric Ferry By Eric Haun Washington’s Skagit County is inviting U.S. shipyards trial, based in Canada, was selected to serve as electrical to bid for a contract to construct a new all-electric car and systems integrator. passenger ferry.