MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
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CRANES & OFFSHORE WIND Cadeler’s new NG-20000X class vessels will have 2,600t cranes, and its new NG-20000F class vessel will have a 3,200t crane. Similar new vessels for Havfram will have a crane of approximately 3,200t, as will Van Oord’s KNUD E. HAN- SEN-designed newbuilding currently being built in
engines] aboard a traditional vessel. But now that you have none, and then couple that with the power of electric motors—they spool up very fast like a Tesla does— you have to change the way you operate the vessel in general. A little bit of a learning curve, but I’m excited about it.” Without engine noise
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Feature Passenger Vessel Safety ? re risk and related technical issues. Canada: Transport Canada.” In the U.S., last February, the Coast Guard issued a Another top issue, just as in the U.S. – workforce re- Marine Safety Alert: “Saltwater intrusion causes damage cruitment, which he called a “key issue for
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DEEP DIVE Podcast Debuts In episode one of the DEEP DIVE podcast, host Rhonda Moniz Meet the Host hosts Dan Shropshire, Vice President Business Development and Rhonda J. Moniz is an ac- Program Execution at Teledyne Marine Vehicles & Emily Shum- complished underwater chenia, Director - Regional Wildlife
All images copyright Jim McNeill/Global Warrior Since Ice Warrior’s founding 23 years ago, more than 450 that our part can be proven, improved and expanded upon,” people have been trained, helping scientists discover Arctic implored McNeill. By assessing the extent of anthropogenic change and delivering
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TECH FEATURE WAVE POWER “We found an interesting market and application where we’re deploying the MARINE technology: decarbonizing oil and gas. TECHNOLOGY TV I’m talking about powering sub-sea Watch the full interview with Cameron McNatt: equipment in the oil and gas sector.” Cameron McNatt, Mocean
TECH FEATURE WAVE POWER All images courtesy Mocean Energy MOCEAN ENERGY AIMS TO CREATE AN OFFSHORE RENEWABLE MICROGRID Garnering power from ocean waves is a generation behind the progress of offshore wind, but Mocean Energy, led by founder and managing director Cameron McNatt, is aiming to help offshore
INSIGHTS SCIENCE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT Map of NOC vessel operations from April 2022 – March 2023. Green = RRS James Cook, Blue = RRS Discovery Credit: NOC bon output, with an ambition of reaching net zero by 2040. MFP to be able to undertake the same project management and international collaboration.
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
There’s a company called Blue Forge Alliance that’s spon- solution. It’s never that. sored this amazing ad campaign called buildsubmarines.com buildsubmarines.com. You need to have partnerships with people in industry, the peo- It’s a website, but they have commercials and billboards that ple who are
TECH INSIGHTS GREENSEA IQ Greensea IQ Expands The Greensea IQ Team EverClean Hull Cleaning Robot Images courtesy Greensea IQ On October 17, 2023, the water- Bayonet specializes front in Plymouth, MA, was abuzz in Autonomous Un- with innovation and excitement. A derwater Ground demonstration and ribbon-cut
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
The Next-generationINS/GNSS Post-processing Software Quality: Green -> centimetric position; Blue -> decimetric < 30cms; Red -> Raw GNSS data SURVEYING UNDER BRIDGES Å GNSS Altitude (m) - Merged Å Altitude (m) - Merged MADE EASY This survey has been done with an APOGEE INS under very challenging condition
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NO.12 / VOL. 85 / DECEMBER 2023 18 Photo on the Cover: Royal Caribbean Group | Photo this page: FMD 18 Robots in the Engineroom Departments Fairbanks Morse Defense is developing robotics in-house to address the US 4 Authors & Contributors Navy’s need for future autonomous vessels. 6 Editorial By Greg
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Feature Hybrid Propulsion ABB “The investment cost is still somewhat higher for electric propulsion versus diesel-mechanical, however, considering the daily operations of these vessels and the length of their charter, for CTVs the rate of return on that capital investment is much shorter.” – Ed