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Turkey, 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
advanced sensors and effectors, powerful onboard process- payloads, the vehicles being deployed by actors like Ukraine, ing, high endurance, and large payload capacity. Several state Iran, and Hamas are the combat payloads. In many ways, actors are known to have such combat AUVs under develop- we are
INSIGHTS SUBSEA DEFENSE SILENT, MOBILE, DEADLY: THE RISE OF COMBAT AUVS Copyright Jesper/AdobeStock By David Strachan, Senior Analyst, Strikepod Systems rone warfare has come into its own. The war in targeted by warship point defense systems and helicopter gun- Ukraine, what many analysts are calling
Column Nuclear lion by 2026. There are over 19 companies developing hydrogen or the proposed list of alternative fuels offered to designs worldwide, and Russia & China report SMR sys- meet IMO emission goals. tems in operation. The technology, no different than the Building a ? nancial model to address
TECH FEATURE: AUTONOMY Photos courtesy Dave Meron International Efforts Accelerate the Development of Unmanned Maritime Systems By George Galdorisi ew would argue that unmanned systems represent that many nations and navies have been experimenting with one of the breakthrough technologies that could
. 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
cost 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
SHIPYARD CAPACITY Panagiotis Mitrou, Philip Lewis, Lloyd’s Register Intelatus Global Partners (see chart below). But the demand will still be there for US- some scope for upgrades and conversions. In mid-July, Horn- built SOVs and CTVs. beck Offshore revealed a deal with Florida-based Eastern Intelatus’
and around the peninsula include the Atlan- tic Ocean and Lower New York Bay to the south and west and the Gravesend Bay and Coney Island Creek to the northwest. Coney Island Beach extends 2.7-miles along the south shore of the peninsula and has a boardwalk that extends from Coney Island Proper to Brighton
just two miles from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters. reporting requirements for “covered entities” who operate But eyewitnesses and webcams proved both ships were tied “critical infrastructure” in 16 sectors designated under federal to a pier almost 200 miles away, demonstrating a capability law
OIL & GAS ffshore oil and gas production probably driven energy security to the very top of the agenda in many matters now more than ever,” declared countries. The war in Europe is causing a cost of living crisis Audun Martinsen. The Rystad Energy in many countries, and widespread food shortages in
Autonomy & Defense PROTECTING OFFSHORE ENERGY SOURCES By George Galdorisi Photo courtesy Mr. Dave Meron hen most people discuss energy sources such as ronmental concerns – impelled by major events such as the fossil fuel and green energy, it is from an “either- Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of
David Wallace-Wells,” as plankton play an important role in the did 73 percent of ? sh surveyed in the ocean’s carbon cycle, capturing carbon Northwest Atlantic.” Investigators have dioxide at the surface and transporting About the Author found that mollusks (such as clams, carbon to the ocean
SUBSEA DEFENSE that transit to a preprogrammed waypoint, sink to the seabed, division of German auto and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, and lie in wait like a standard bottom mine. The status of the markets the Murena and Asteria bottom mines, and is rumored SLMM inventory is unclear, but an improved
hen it comes to war, Lying in stark contrast is the US. Na- encapsulated torpedo mine, are under the old adage that the vy’s mine inventory, with just two types development. Quickstrikes are shallow best defense is a good of mines currently available – the Quick- water, air-dropped mines which are
Editorial BS’ ’60-Minutes’ recently offered an interesting feature on the health and readiness of the U.S. Navy to potentially meet and beat a long list of tradi- Ctional global powers, as well as a growing list of asymmetric threats. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday was succinct in discussin
Visit Us at OTC Houston, TX Booth 2121 force: energy transition. The world, from governments to corporations to con- sumers, continues to push the envelope on the develop- ment and deployment of renewable energy, with the Wall Street Journal reporting recently that 10% of all motor ve- hicles sold in
FPSO MARKET UPDATE Copyright Rawf8/AdobeStock and the new ones are very large,” said McCaul, noting that booming, it’s taking off like a bullet due to the Russian cut-off when he started covering the market in the mid-1990s, 60,000 of pipeline gas to Europe,” said McCaul. “[The Russian gas bpd output
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SUBSEA DEFENSE sible to detect its lower-frequency emissions if they origi- nate at close range. Underwater construction activity generates low frequency Image courtesy the acoustic and seismic waves, and so the noise associated with research article the emplacement of seabed structures such as energy
Seattle started construction of a 50-ft. Hybrid research to accelerate her retirement to signi? cantly vessel for the Department of Energy’s Paci? c Northwest National Laboratory. reduce its operating, labor and maintenance Dubbed RV Resilience, the boat is designed by Incat Crowther with propulsion costs
SHIP REPAIR upgrades or conversions could hasten the supply of support Title XI boost ships in the offshore wind sector. Analysts believe that the Administration’s mid-year move In another upgrade, early in 2022, Norway’s Norside Wind to boost investment in the offshore wind sector through Ti- AS opted
MARINE POWER & FUELS of ammonia; plan B is aftertreatment. the tanks, because ammonia will be expensive.” According to Foldager and Chatterjee, engine optimization According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), about and tuning will be paramount to keep in check one of the most 180 million metric