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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4Authors & Contributors MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M ISSN-0025-3448 USPS-016-750 No. 4 Vol. 86 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News (ISSN # 0025-3448) is published monthly Cooper Fischer Goldberg except for March, July, and October by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 37? t,” Tausch said, but noted there is “a lot of potential” This is a conversation for 5, 6, 10 years in the future.” elsewhere, like in the Paci? c Northwest, where transits can be six or seven hours. An autonomy testbed Crowley and ABB are using the eWolf as a testbed for Innovation aboard the eWolf
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 34Feature Electric Tugs All images courtesy Eric Haun The eWolf’s power integrates into eWolf features a 6.2 MWh Orca ABB’s DC grid architecture, which battery energy storage system distributes to all the consumers from Corvus Energy. throughout the vessel. 12 to 16 inches. If you’ve got 14 inches and
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 11Q&A Increasingly, cyber security has been gaining focus as an area of concern across maritime supply chains, and recently the Coast Guard has been tasked with creating and enforcing maritime cyber standards. What do you hope to see from these standards as they are drafted and put to use? Two key
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 42Turkey, Seçkin Uz has who was appointed CEO in September. been appointed managing director of Bellerud Named COO of SCHOTTEL’s sister company elkon. Northwest Seaport Alliance Daniels Named Director at The Northwest Seaport Alliance has Menoyo Courtney Port of Baltimore named Jeff Bellerud as chief
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 38Vessels Crowley’s All-electric Harbor Tug eWolf Delivered By Eric Haun Crowley has taken delivery of its groundbreaking vessel ers and shipyards,” said Garrett Rice, president of Mas- eWolf, the ? rst all-electric, ship assist harbor tugboat in ter Boat Builders. “We are proud to have partnered with the
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 16Column Going Green For Ferries to Go Green, Governments Will Need to Provide the Green By Kaiya Levine, Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Arup Whether it is from international organizations ? ve nautical miles or less, meaning they have relatively low or state government agencies, there is growing
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 26SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Test Vehicle. The Navy’s top of? cer wants more players on the ? eld Unmanned Underwater Systems = Force Multiplier Source: Boeing By Edward Lundquist peaking at the Surface Navy Association’s an- (i.e., a mix of ships that avoids ‘putting too
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28G REAT of HIPS S 2023 NSMV 1: EM mpire State VII is the ? rst in a series of ? ve Na- that there are two separate engine rooms with a pair of diesel tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV), generators in each, both feeding dual high voltage switch- built at Philly Shipyard, powered by Wabtec
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 14Maritime Safety – Safety Management Systems Photo by Greg Trauthwein Passenger Vessel Safety How to design, implement, and improve your SMS t’s been four years since the fatal Conception dive boat must include clearly de? ned safety and environmental protec- ? re claimed 34 lives off the California coast
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 52Feature Great Vessels of 2023 San Francisco Bar Pilots GOLDEN GATE The San Francisco Bar Pilots provide pilotage service in With onboard capacity for two crew and up to 12 pilots, the San Francisco Bay and tributaries. When it came time the new Golden Gate—which replaces a 30-year-old vessel to build a
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 45the construction of the vessel.” switchboards and dual propulsion motors. This Congressional direction led to a MARAD Vessel Power onboard consists of Wabtec Corporation’s Construction Manager (VCM) contract award to TOTE 16V250MDC, EPA Tier 4, IMO Tier III marine diesel Services in 2019, leveraging
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 33Feature Hybrid Propulsion s the world looks to renewable energy sources tering the vessel, giving CTV owners vying for contracts a to combat climate change and reduce reliance competitive advantage when implementing hybrid solu- on fossil fuels, offshore wind has emerged as a tions that optimize fuel
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 31carrying renewable fuels. In our plan- ning, we are monitoring the Califor- nia Air Resources Board guidelines; as some of our vessels are equipped with Tier 4 engines, including the 4,000 HP Susan Rose built in 2019.” The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has implemented several regulations to
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 30Feature Power & Propulsion reactors” putting out equivalent of up to 10 mWe electric- ity could be used on smaller vessels. A recent release from Crowley announced its cooperation with BWX Technolo- Rose Cay Rose Cay gies—which provides reactors for U.S. military vessels and Maritime’s tug Maritime’s
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 21ernized locks and dams and ensuring that the U.S. Army removing bureaucratic impediments to technological in- Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard have access to the novation by early adopters, to helping companies that will dredgers, buoy tenders and other assets needed to keep never have a business case
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 48. As the world thaws, Suojanen sees opportunities uses the funds to help pay for Arctia’s service. The company opening up in the high north. The Northwest Passage is now clears frozen shipping lanes and frees any vessels that get more accessible to vessel traf? c, including cargo shipping and stuck
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 72MTR 100 SOUTH BAY CABLE SUBCTECH HOHONU https://southbaycable.com/ www.subctech.com https://www.hohonu.io/ For more than 65 years, South Bay SubCtech offers underwater power so- Hohonu provides actionable real-time Cable has been a leader in custom cable lutions and ocean monitoring systems. data and
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 65FLIP – The Standard ‘Cool Tech’ Bearer for 60 years – RETIRED A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended Fifty-five feet remain as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly visible after the crew of known as FLIP — was of? cially retired from service. Built the Floating Instrument
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 23phy relative to direct ocean measurements. In the open ocean, sea surface height (SSH) is connected to the distribution of temperature, salinity, and density, as well as ocean currents. These properties must be measured with high vertical and temporal resolution to provide a ground truth for the satel- li
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 26Feature Alternative Fuels (DBL), an effort that’s “10% complete,” according to the the Bay Area Air Quality Management Districts. Addition- 2023 AMR. A DBL application was submitted to USCG ally, a report was prepared for the Governor’s staff. And in June 2022 and is under internal Coast Guard review.
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October 2023 - Marine News page: 24Feature Alternative Fuels However, the AMR notes there are no commitments now Fire Protection Association dealing with safeguards for the from any vessel owners or gas companies for H2 offtake. “generation, installation, storage, piping, use, and han- In summarizing work so far, the AMR states that
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September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40cost signi? cantly more than And information on – employing a single diesel-powered tractor.” • Availability and production capacity; Similarly, the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA, in- • Performance; cludes the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle) reached out to its ter- • Pricing; and, minal operators about
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September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 26NATIONAL SECURITY MULTI-MISSION VESSEL (NSMV) aptain Morgan McManus has a long and var- ied maritime career spanning nearly 30 years, sailing on everything from tankers to deepwater drill ships, returning in 2019 to his alma mater CSUNY Maritime to serve as the captain on the schools training ship