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- North Sea To Black Sea Waterway Set To Open Maritime Reporter, Jul 1992 #63
The opening of the Main/Donau Canal on September 25, 1992 will mark the completion of the longawaited Rhine-Main-Danube connection, a continuous and permanent modern inland waterway route that will allow barges and riverseagoing vessels to make the 4,500- kilometer (2,755-mile) direct passage between the North Sea and Black Sea.
Annual traffic between east and west is predicted to increase to 22 million tons a year, from a current level of 9 million tons. Current Traffic between northern and southern Europe through the waterways system amounts to 51 million tons a year.
However, some waterway traffic restrictions will be necessary due to channel size, bridge height restrictions, canal locks and high and low water conditions on the River Danube.
The Rhine corridor is the preeminent, inland commercial waterway system, carrying 330 million tons of cargo per year. German authorities are planning to improve their canal systems so that the Rhine will be linked to the Elbe, east Germany and Poland, while the French are interested in connecting the Rhone river to the upper Rhine.
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- Choke Points are Flash Points Maritime Reporter, Sep 2016 #28
pipelines and cables. Navy officials have noted an increased level of Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic, Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. “We’ve had the Russian Kilos transit through, that’s been very public,” said Adm. Mark Ferguson in January, and who recently completed his tour
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- German Barging: Over the Divide Maritime Reporter, Jun 2002 #76
by government to assure a good future supply of qualified boatmen. The 2,850 km of the Danube or (Donau in German), from the source in Germany to the Black Sea have been a military and commercial transportation corridor for centuries. On today's maps, the lower 1,075-km marks the border between Romania
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- Turkey Maritime Sector Alive & Kicking Maritime Reporter, Mar 2015 #24
the European and Asian continents meet across the Turkish straits. The distribution of the coastline according to the four seas rimming Turkey is: - Black Sea 1,719 km (20.3%) - Sea of Marmara 1,474 km (17.4%) - Aegean Sea 3,265 km (38.5%) - Mediterranean 2,025 km (23.9%). A little more than half
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- Maritime Turkey Set for a Tailwind Maritime Reporter, May 2016 #62
Turkey is strategically located, straddling both Europe and Asia with substantial number of Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea ports, thus making maritime trade and shipping of great importance to the country’s economy. Its extensive coastline running for 8,483 km, (1,067 km of which is island shores) has
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- Navibulgar Initiates Fleet Renewal Program Maritime Reporter, May 2002 #9
, chemical tankers and specialized rail ferries in addition to bulk carriers. The containerships trade between North Europe and the Mediterranean/Black Sea under the Buicon brand, one of the market leaders. They were upgraded in the mid-1990s and are performing satisfactorily, according to Capt.
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- OSI Affiliated Companies Assume Management Of 2 U.S. Tug/Barge Vessels Maritime Reporter, Oct 1989 #25
Transport, Inc. These specialized vessels are primarily employed in transporting superphosphoric acid from Jacksonville, Fla., for discharge at Black Sea ports. OSI will provide the officers through District 2-Marine Engineers Beneficial Association-Associated Maritime Officers and the unlicensed
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- Great Ships of 2014: Allseas’ Pieter Schelte Maritime Reporter, Dec 2014 #42
,” said Heerema. The Pieter Schelte will then be prepared for the South Stream pipelay project, which comprises an 888km pipeline from Russia, through the Black Sea to Bulgaria. Allseas has the contracts, and depending on timing of the first Brent platform, which is likely to be Brent Delta, it will use the Pieter
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- Ballast Water Management Systems: Let the Games Begin Maritime Reporter, Oct 2016 #8
endemic to anther port where they were not naturally found but could survive. Hard evidence of this was found in 1988 when zebra mussels, native to the Black Sea, were identified for the first time in Lake St. Clair near Detroit. The zebra mussels were found to have been transported on bulk carriers traveling
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- Opinion: Maritime Freedom & the Global Commons Maritime Reporter, Mar 2020 #72
China Sea. Experts such as James Holmes, a professor of maritime strategy at the United States Naval War College, agree that the Russian actions in the Black Sea region pose a challenge to international maritime law.“It’s an effort to set a precedent that Russia can then apply to other seas that
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- Insights: Registries Unwrapped Maritime Logistics Professional, Q2 2013 #10
, and considered various dimensions of “serious casualties” and “total losses.” In noting the prevalence of casualties in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, the presentation suggests possible causes, including elderly age profile with vessels averaging 20+ years of age, and a relatively high percentage
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- Great Ships of 2014: CSAV Tyndall Maritime Reporter, Dec 2014 #52
delivered to Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd. (UK) between 2013 and beginning of 2014. These projects are the biggest containerships ever built in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea area. The vessel measures 299.9 x 48.4 x 14.5 m and has a maximum speed more than 25 knots powered by a MAN B&W licensed
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 43Image courtesy Kongsberg Discovery Image courtesy Teledyne Marine New Products Teledyne Marine had its traditional mega-booth at Oi, busy start to ? nish. Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein offers quality sub-bottom pro? ling capability without the need tion of offshore windfarms. GeoPulse 2 introduces new
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41Image courtesy Outland Technology Image courtesy Exail Image courtesy Submaris and EvoLogics Vehicles The ROV-1500 from Outland Technology represents a leap forward in underwater robotics, a compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV) weighing in at less than 40 lbs (19kg) the ROV- 1500 is easy to transport
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 39the top with mineral oil. Charge/recharge continues. The second line (green) shows the capacity on the thirteenth discharge, down to 33Ah. The third line (black) shows the capacity on the seventeenth discharge, further reduced to 29Ah. Starting voltages are all above 12v, while the energy capacity is progressively
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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: 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: 31The Allseas-designed production system consists of the Hidden Gem production vessel at the surface, an airlift riser system and jumper hose, and the pilot nodule collector vehicle at the sea? oor. Image courtesy of Allseas www.marinetechnologynews.com 31 MTR #3 (18-33).indd 31 4/4/2024 2:12:41
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29n January, Norway said “yes” to sea- bed mining, adding its weight to the momentum that is likely to override the calls for a moratorium by over 20 countries and companies such as I Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung. Those against mining aim to protect the unique and largely unknown ecology of the sea?
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 28FEATURE SEABED MINING Nodule Collectors THE BATTLE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN, AND THOSE ON THE “YES TO SEABED MINING” SIDE ARE GETTING READY TO GO. By Wendy Laursen Engineers prepare to launch the pilot collector vehicle to the sea? oor. Image courtesy of TMC 28 March/April 2024 MTR #3 (18-33).
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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: 25Auerbach explained that ideally, “one ? ed layers of geothermal activity,” noted changes over an area of 8,000 km2. They would have both instruments: seismom- Skett, “and the change in salinity and dis- found up to seven km3 of displaced ma- eters to detect and locate subsurface ac- solved particles for
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23impacts on the marine ecosystem, supporting “habitat-forming animals such as deep-sea sponges, stony corals, sea pens, sea fans, lace corals and black corals form three-dimensional underwater forests.” These for- ests are a hotspot of biodiversity and species richness. Underwater eruptions are also
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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: 11mine sweeping operations. Further complicating matters will be the count- less natural and unnatural “mine-like objects” (MLOs) littering the Black Sea, including thousands of World War II-era unexploded mines and artillery shells. Post-con? ict mine clearance in the Black Sea will be critical
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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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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 2March/April 2024 On the Cover Volume 67 • Number 3 Image courtesy NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP / Rebekah Parsons-King 8 Subsea Defense Black Sea Mines When the shooting stops in the Ukraine, the tough work of clearing mines will commence. By David Strachan 12 Gliders Slocum Sentinel 22
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: Cover2024March/April2024 www.marinetechnologynews.com Oceanographic Instrumentation Exploring Submarine Volcanoes When the Shooting Stops Black Sea Mine Clearance Subsea Mining The Nodule Collectors Lander Lab Volume 67 Number 3 Battery Packs MarineTechnologyReporter Cover MarApr2024.indd
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43“The industry is an ecosystem which includes owners, managers, mariners, shipyards, equipment makers, designers, research institutes and class societies: all of them are crucial,” – Eero Lehtovaara, Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs, ABB Marine & Ports All images courtesy ABB Marine and Ports provi
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41Nautel provides innovative, industry-leading solutions speci? cally designed for use in harsh maritime environments: • GMDSS/NAVTEX/NAVDAT coastal surveillance and transmission systems • Offshore NDB non-directional radio beacon systems for oil platform, support vessel & wind farm applications
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40TECH FEATURE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM BATTLES COGNITIVE FATIGUE IN WATCHKEEPERS All images courtesy Groke Technologies Today’s evolving maritime security risks pose all-too-familiar threats to international shipping, and as just one of the many causes of fatigue, they add