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- William IN. Johnston, Former Head Of ABS Maritime Reporter, Oct 1989 #22
William N. Johnston, former chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping and the ABS Group of companies died on September 7, 1989. He lived in Short Hills, N.J., and had retired on October 1, 1987, following 36 years with this 127-year-old international ship classification society.
Mr. Johnston joined ABS in 1951 and served as a surveyor in various locations in Europe for seven years. Transferred back to the U.S. for eight years, he served in many offices before being appointed principal surveyor for New Orleans in 1966. In 1968, he was appointed area principal surveyor for Western Europe and the United Kingdom, with headquarters in London. In 1972, he returned to ABS headquarters to become assistant to the chairman of ABS. He was elected a vice president in 1974, senior vice president in 1976, and president in 1977. Following the retirement of ABS chairman Robert T. Young, Mr. Johnston was elected chairman and president of ABS in 1979.
Mr. Johnston is survived by his wife Kathryn, and three sons, William, Gregory, and Paul, and grandchildren. Condolences can be sent to Mrs. Johnston, 107 Wellington Avenue, Short Hills, N.J.
07078. Mrs. Johnston has suggested that a contribution could be made to a favorite charity on behalf of her husband in lieu of sending flowers.
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- MarineSafety Demonstrates Prince William Sound Simulation Maritime Reporter, May 1989 #68
In the aftermath of the grounding of the Exxon Valdez and the ensuing oil spill in Prince William Sound, there has been considerable interest in resources available for pilot and deck officer training in such environmentally sensitive areas. In response to requests from TV and other news media
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- U.S. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING COSTS Maritime Reporter, Jun 1986 #44
A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA The year 1985 witnessed the continued resurgence of the United States as the world's foremost naval power. Measured by any yardstick, the Navy should meet its 600-ship goal by the end of this decade. President Reagan, Secretary of
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- William O'Malley Named Executive VP At Sonat Maritime Reporter, Jun 1986 #79
William C. O'Malley has been elected executive vice president of Sonat Inc., effective immediately. Ronald L. Kuehn Jr., Sonat's chairman, president and chief executive officer, said Mr. O'Malley would have corporate-level responsibility for three of the company's oil services businesses, which
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- BUILD AND CHARTER' —A VITAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Maritime Reporter, Mar 1986 #6
Although funding for Senator Ted Stevens's "Build and Charter" program has been appropriated by the Congress, this particular effort to revive commercial shipbuilding in the United States cannot become a reality until the authorization plan makes its way through Congress and the White House. No one
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- William Law Elected To Board Of Twin City Barge Maritime Reporter, Mar 1983 #32
William E. Law, president of Allied Marine Industries, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., has been elected to the board of directors of Twin City Barge, Inc. of South St. Paul, Minn., John W. Lambert, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, announced recently. Twin City Barge and Allied previously
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- DEVELOPING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY Maritime Reporter, Apr 1992 #32
Learning From Past History This year, Congress has once again been considering national energy policy. In February, one year after President Bush proposed his "National Energy Policy," the U.S. Senate passed its package of energy-related measures, and the House of Representatives continues to
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- SNAME New York Section Honors William J. Dormari Maritime Reporter, Apr 15, 1981 #52
, with recommendations as to what can be done to enhance a naval architect's ability to predict maneuverability of vessels in the design stage. William J. Dorman, a 46-year member of the Society, was the honored guest at this meeting. An active member of SNAME, Mr. Dorman is a past member of Council
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- William Turner Named Vice President For Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Maritime Reporter, Apr 1981 #18
William J. Turner Jr. has been named by Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. as vice president and managing director for its recently leased bulk terminal in New Orleans. He has extensive bulk handling experience reaching back several decades. Since 1977, he has been managing director of Ormet C o
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- William Black Appointed President Of Moran Transportation Industries Maritime Reporter, Mar 15, 1981 #36
and corporate expansion to Los Angeles and New Orleans. Mr. Black and the directors of Moran Transportation recently announced the appointment of William P. Black as president and chief operating officer. William Black most recently served as general manager of an ITT subsidiary company servicing
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- Technology Survey Of Major U.S. Shipyards Maritime Reporter, Jan 1981 #34
A Survey Of 13 U.S. Shipyards And 16 Foreign Shipyards Identifies 16 Areas Where U.S. Shipyards Lag Behind Their Foreign Counterparts At the end of World War II, the United States had the largest and most productive shipbuilding industry in the world. During the past 30 years this country's
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- Moran Appoints Capt. McVay —Names William Watt Assistant Maritime Reporter, Mar 1978 #47
at Kings Point, N.Y., Captain McVay has specialized in tug/oil barge operations since he began at the helm of Moran's offshore tugs in 1964. William Anthony Watt will assist Captain McVay in the management of the Seaboard Shipping Company, according to the announcement. Mr. Watt was vice president
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4th CoverGlow a little longer. Superior sensor performance on a rmance on a – – RBRtridentfraction of the power RBRtridente teee ackscatter or turbidity with hi i in n n t t th h h he e e s sa a am m m me Measure chlorophyll a, fDOM, and backscatter or turbidity within the same e e sensor package using the
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45ronments. The new agreement will address speci? c techni- cal gaps in the UUV defense and offshore energy markets especially for long duration, multi-payload mission opera- tions where communications are often denied or restricted. As part of the new alliance, Metron’s Resilient Mission Autonomy portfolio
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 44NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Metron/Cellula Teledyne Marine acquires Valeport: Matt Quartley, MD, Valeport and Ole Søe-Pedersen, VP & Image courtesy Teledyne Marine GM Teledyne Marine announce the deal in London. Pictured (L-R): Cellula Robotics, President, Eric Jackson, Metron
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 39Photo courtesy Global Ocean Design Figure 7 A 35Ah AGM lead-acid battery is tested using the West Mountain Radio CBA to show the effect of simply ? lling the battery voids with mineral oil as a compensating ? uid. The CBA is programmed to cut-off at a voltage of 10.50v. The top line (red) shows the
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 38LANDER LAB #10 Photo courtesy West Mountain Radio Photo courtesy of Clarios/AutoBatteries.com Figure 6 The West Mountain Radio Computerized Battery Analyzer (CBA V) attaches to a Figure 5 laptop by a USB-B cable, and to a battery by Powerpole® Connectors. Exploded view of an AGM lead-acid battery.
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 37miscible barrier ? uid heavier than seawater (sg=1.026) and lighter than the battery electrolyte (sg=1.265). The original cell vent cap was screwed into the top of the riser pipe to vent the gases associated with charging. Wires were soldered to the lead (Pb) posts. The lead-acid battery was additionall
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 36LANDER LAB #10 Of special interest for marine applications, LiPo batteries are Shipping any kind of lithium battery can be a challenge, and offered in a “pouch” design, with a soft, ? at body. The pouch IATA regs vary with the batteries inside or outside an instru- is vacuum-sealed, with all voids ?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 35Figure 1 A self-righting vehicle design with buoyancy high and weight low, WHOI’s SeaBED AUV captures the attention of a pair of curious Antarctic penguins as it is deployed from the British research vessel James Clark Ross. Vehicle designers allowed for temperature reduction of battery capacity. Recharge
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 34LANDER LAB #10 BATTERY PACKS, CHARGING, AND CAPACITY TESTING Photo Credit: Hanumant Singh / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By Kevin Hardy, Global Ocean Design LLC n ocean lander has many strengths including that produces the current is irreversible. Examples include ? exibility of deployment
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33regulated industry in the world.” How- ever, commercial success depends on many factors, not least a predictable OPEX. Over the past four years, SMD has worked with Oil States Industries to calculate cost per tonne ? gures for prospective customers. Patania II uses jet water pumps to Oil States’
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32FEATURE SEABED MINING by a sea? oor plume from its pilot collection system test. pact, nodule collection system that utilizes mechanical and The Metals Company recently signed a binding MoU with hydraulic technology. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD
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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: 27SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer returning from HT-HH caldera in Tonga. © SEA-KIT International data and further assess ecosystem recov- ery. What is known, noted Caplan-Auer- bach, is that the impact of submarine vol- canoes on humans is rare. “The HT-HH eruption was a tragedy, but it was very unusual. It let us
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23elatively inactive since 2014, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (HT-HH) submarine volcano began erupting on December 20, 2021, reaching peak intensity on January 15, 2022. This triggered tsunamis throughout the Pa- R ci? c, destroyed lives and infrastructure, and generated the largest explosion recorded
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 22FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Aerial view of HT-HH volcano, showing new multibeam depth data overlaid on islands satellite image. © SEA-KIT, NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP 22 March/April 2024 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 22 4/4/2024 9:08:10 AM
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19About the Author vey with the pipe tracker is not required, resulting in signi? - Svenn Magen Wigen is a Cathodic Protection and corrosion control cant cost savings, mainly related to vessel charter. expert having worked across The major advantage of using FiGS on any type of subsea engineering, design
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18TECH FEATURE IMR There are also weaknesses in terms of accuracy because of FiGS Operations and Bene? ts signal noise and the ability to detect small ? eld gradients. In Conventional approaches to evaluating cathodic protection this process there is a risk that possible issues like coating (CP)
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 17• Integrity assessment, and otherwise covered, e.g., by rock dump. As for depletion of • Mitigation, intervention and repair. sacri? cial anodes, this can be dif? cult or even impossible to Selecting the best method for collecting the data these work- estimate due to poor visibility, the presence of
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 14TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS to hold over 3.5 times as many lithium primary batteries as the the water column and its thrusters give it the ability to stay standard Slocum Glider, and to physically accommodate up to on track in strong currents or other dif? cult ocean condi- 8 different sensor
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 12TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS Teledyne Webb Research Engineers deploy the Slocum Sentinel Glider in Cape Cod Bay for testing. Teledyne Webb Research AS THE GLIDER COMMUNITY GROWS, SO DO GLIDERS By Shea Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line Manager, Teledyne Marine 12 March/April 2024 MTR #3 (1-17).
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11assist in identifying mines and act as a neutralization device. About the Author Bottom mines pose even greater chal- David R. Strachan is a defense analyst and founder of lenges. Unlike contact mines, bottom Strikepod Systems, a research and strategic advisory mines utilize a range of sensors to