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  • Raymond International Inc. of Houston has expanded its services to the offshore oil and gas industry by establishing an offshore projects group at the Oakland, Calif., headquarters of Raymond's wholly owned subsidiary, Raymond Kaiser Engineers Inc. The new group will provide engineering and construction management services for offshore projects. Raymond International, through its other subsidiaries, also provides fabrication and installation of offshore platforms, and installation of subsea pipelines.

    The Oakland-based group is headed by Edward M. Nelson, who recently joined Raymond Kaiser Engineers as division manager for offshore projects. William P.

    Kincy has transferred to Raymond Kaiser Engineers from another Raymond subsidiary in Houston as business development manager for offshore projects.

    Raymond Kaiser Engineers also provides engineering and construction management services from its Houston offices. Paul E.

    Marshall has recently transferred from Oakland to the Houston office to coordinate the company's marketing efforts in the Gulf Coast area.

  • explained, “East Coast sales – we’ve had others but in the passenger vessel market, we’ve had a lot more success on the West Coast. What’s important to us is this is new construction, not repowers. We love doing repowers but we’ve been trying to show off our ability to support the builders, the naval architects

  • Laird, which has only recently completed an investment deal in Marseilles, has increased its involvement in the overseas repair and conversion industries by taking a $7.7 million (49 percent) equity stake in a new holding company along with U.S. West Coast ship repairer Cascade General. The deal

  • Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Container Line (CSCL).    THE Alliance is comprised of the big three Japanese carriers, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), Hapag-Lloyd, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Yang Ming Transport. The three

  • service. SS Santa Juana will be assigned the shuttle run between Subic Bay, R.P., and Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean. This service has been continuous since 1981 and is used to transport containers and breakbulk cargo for the U.S. Navy. —$33,197,249 to American Automar, Incorporated of Washington

  • G.A.O. Assesses Nation's Energy Security And The Negative Effect On Maritime Industry The Export Administration Act of 1979 places restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope crude that effectively ban its export. The act states that "no domestically produced crude oil transported through the

  • in the newly created position of manager of oil transportation, according to a recent announcement by Vincent Godfrey, Crowley director of oil industry services, Seattle, Wash. Mr. Smith is responsible for marketing offshore oil transportation and for contract administration in the oil industry

  • Chevron at the Brazilian shipyard. The tankers were built under a contract with Mitsui & Co. and the yard's Japanese parent, Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Co. They replace older vessels as part of an ongoing Chevron fleet retirement and renewal program. The William E. Crain will carry approximately

  • Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corporation, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, has applied for Title XI guarantees to aid in financing t he construction of 12 barges. The vessels will be of three types: four 240-foot-long lighterage barges, four 282-foot oil/ grain

  • Gary E. Hoglund has been appointed senior vice president-finance and administration for Dillingham Maritime. He previously served as vice president-finance for the Seattle-based Foss Launch & Tug Company, a Dillingham company. He has been with Foss since 1970. In his new position, Mr. Hoglund will

  • transport of a semisubmersible drilling unit, the Penrod 73, from California to the Gulf of Mexico via the Strait of Magellan. This latest voyage took just over 42 days, discounting the time taken to land a sick riding crew member in Chile, for a total average speed of 13.6 knots. Daily averages as high

  • easily linked to the German Railroad network. Day and night rail service connects the Port of Bremerhaven to more than 50 major European industrial centers. Water transportation also increases the ea?e with which cargo is shipped to such places as the Scandinavian countries. With its newly

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  • MT Mar-24#44  object identi?  cation process using the SAS Target  in a)
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    . Scandinavia (BUVI) to join its international sales team. Image courtesy Unique Group Sealing the deal(s) @ Oi ‘24 mating the object identi? cation process using the SAS Target in a single work? ow. The sensor’s 360-degree scanner and Assistant. The application runs in the background, leaving us- high collection

  • MT Mar-24#39  AGM lead-acid battery is tested using the West Mountain Radio)
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    Photo 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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    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. ? Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad) batteries have a lower nom-

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    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 additionally used as an expendable ballast weight. Hence, the modi? ed battery as- sembly was contained in a low-cost plywood box potted with hot tar. A pressure-compensat

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    regulated 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’

  • MT Mar-24#32  by March 2024. tion vehicle uses sonar to identify the)
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    - the Pentagon is expected to deliver an ac- light plastic tracks and buoyant syntactic foam. The collec- tion plan on nodules by March 2024. tion vehicle uses sonar to identify the position of the nodules UK-based Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) designed, devel- and has attained collection ef? ciency rates

  • MT Mar-24#27 SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer 
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    SEA-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

  • MT Mar-24#26 FEATURE  OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS
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    FEATURE 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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    mobilized away still had abundant life, including the Tonga Eruption Seabed Mapping Even before the recent HT-HH erup- corals, sponges, star? sh and mussels. Project (TESMaP) to understand the ex- tion, subsea technology helped scien- This indicated the resilience of certain tent of impact and inform

  • MT Mar-24#9  systems can detect mines just below the 
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    from marinas along the western coast. The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been

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    (NOAA), and hai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex (Germany) the U.S. Naval Academy, and master and doctoral degrees from that opened the hadal depths to routine exploration

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    SMART SUBSEA SOLUTIONS • Delivering data in most adverse conditions: underwater acoustic modems with advanced communication technology and networking • Accurate USBL, LBL and hybrid positioning of underwater assets, navigation for divers • Modem emulator and multiple cost-saving developer tools • Sonobot

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    Nautel 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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    operational autonomy of the BP re? nery, two miles from the Port of Castellón in Spain. up to eight hours, providing an ef? cient and non-polluting solu- Using its electric line handling tug Castalia, Consulmar towed tion for mooring operations. In addition to mooring, the mul- the steel mooring lines from

  • MR Apr-24#35  reality SimFlex4 tug 
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    . FORCE Technology’s upcoming DEN-Mark2 math- lock around 50-80 times a day. It has ematical model release for its augmented reality SimFlex4 tug W changed us. Half the people surveyed and ship simulator will offer unprecedented model accuracy in a 2022 King’s College London study said that they feel like

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    and thereby be able to carry more turbines on the vessel,” says Kanstrup. “If, for example, a 3,200t crane can handle a load of 2,000t within a radius of 55m, a 4,000t crane might be able to handle the same load within a radius of maybe 68m. So, the desire to be able to carry more turbines on the

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    . Navy photo by Bill Mesta/released U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Carter Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command, visits USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) for a tour of the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., November 20, 2023. ENDLESS SUPPLY OF MARINE HARDWARE ! &"$)$?""?!!&"$l •

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    for the Mis- sile Defense Agency, and it travels with its support ship, the MV Hercules. For our Service Support ships, we have the two hospital ships, USNS Mer- cy and Comfort; two rescue and salvage ships; two submarine tenders; and the Sixth Fleet ? agship, USS Mount Whit- ney, that has a combined

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    RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills

  • MR Apr-24#26  fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10))
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    replaced.” Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) pulls into Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Feb. 14. USNS Burlington is the U.S. Navy’s newest expeditionary

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    RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND Photo by Brian Suriani USN Military Sealift Command From a global supply chain perspective, What makes MSC so vital to the we’ve learned a lot about dealing with Navy’s ? eet and our military disruptions. COVID delivered a big forces around the world? wake-up

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    FEATURE INTERVIEW U.S. Navy photograph by Brian Suriani/Released Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck (right) Commander of U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) explains the tradition of the Navy ‘looping ceremony’. Lt. Robert P. Ellison assumes the title of MSC’s Flag Aide during the ceremony. NEEDS MILITARY MORE