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- Shiprepair Forum Changes to Reflect Current Events Maritime Reporter, Nov 2001 #30
Changes in the international political and economic climate will add new urgency to the theme of the Shiprepair & Conversion 2001 conference in London in November — gaining the edge in a competitive global industry.
Marking the 10th anniversary of the event, the conference takes place alongside the industry's leading exhibition in the Grand Hall. Olympia, on November 28-29.
A new pick-and-mix booking format offers cut-price entry to one or more of the four morning and afternoon sessions — giving delegates, exhibitors and visitors more scope to take part in both the conference and trade show, which will feature a record 360 exhibitors.
In a further innovation from organizers Lloyd's List Events, a pre-conference workshop on November 27 — held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the trade associations AWES and SSA — will focus on negotiating newbuild, conversion and repair contracts.
In the main conference, the impact of world events will be assessed by speakers and in open debate at a time when the industry is already facing up to the demands of legislation, rationalization, modernization, diversification and competition.
Following the keynote opening address by Malta Drydocks chief executive Peter Moore, Acason's analysis forms part of a strategic market review in Session 1 chaired by Shell International fleet manager Ken Graham.
The review includes a comparison of global repair yard capacity and demand: a paper on modern shipyard trends by David Ring, chief executive of A&P Holdings; and an appraisal by ABS Europe assistant chief surveyor Joseph Riva of technical and legislative changes including the phasing out of single hull tankers and tougher survey regimes for older vessels.
There will also be a study of the causes and consequences of yard consolidation by MRC Business Information senior analysts Mark Williams and Jenny Tok, who observes.
Session 2 starts with a geographical review featuring Graig Shipping CEO Hugh Williams on China and a vision of European yards in 2020 by Fin- cantieri Palermo chairman Vito Busalacehi, who also heads the AWES shiprepair group.
The session ends with a reprise of last year's highlight, a state of the industry debate introduced by chairman and ShipCare editor Alan Thorpe. Speakers include Jose Luis Moya, 1ZAR managing director; Willem Geistdorfer, general manager of P&O Nedlloyd fleet management; Robert Pueiiik of Petromaritime Consulting; and Det Norske Veritas technical director Tor Svensen.
Day one of Shiprepair & Conversion closes with the event's prime networking opportunity, a Lloyd's Register cocktail reception open to all delegates and exhibitors.
Session three on day two of the conference opens by examining the owner/yard interface. Factors affecting yard selection will be outlined by Eddie Bucknell, fleet technical manager of Columbia Ship Management; Lloyd's Register marine director Alan Gavin reviews changes in Class aims; and Chamber of Shipping senior manager Donald Chard will put the case for a standardized shipyard contract.
The rest of the session is devoted to new business technologies. Papers include innovation in blasting by John Odwazny of Ultrastrip Systems; and Tecor managing director Carlos da Maia; maintenance systems by Morten Steen Martinsen, ship management director at Jo Tankers; management support software by V Ships Consulting managing director Martin Stafford; and diversification into the FPSO conversion market by Petromaritime's Robert Pucnik.
Session four spotlights repair and conversion case studies, including analysis of Great Lakes bulk carrier upgrades by Alan Thorns, president and CEO of CSE Port Weller Drydocks, and a detailed review of the uses of sandwich plate construction by Intelligent Engineering director David Sanders.
The session and conference ends with a debate on critical industry issues including the ramifications of the global political and economic outlook.
Together with feedback from earlier sessions, other topics earmarked for discussion include the impact of Port State Control and whether tough new quality standards mean more repair work or increased scrapping.
The November 27 pre-conference workshop on contract negotiation is being held at London's Commonwealth Institute in Kensington High Street.
Examination of the key points, pitfalls and differences involved in newbuilding, repair and conversion contracts will be underlined by a mock negotiation.
Speakers include Ian Garrard and Sinion Curtis, partners in Curtis Davis Garrard; Guy Mills, a partner in Mills & Co; and Katherine Birchall, manager of North Insurance Management.
representing the North of England P&I Association.
Full exhibition, conference and workshop details are on the event website — www.shiprepairex.com — which includes visitor and delegate registration.
There is also a conference registration hotline on Tel +44 1932 893 861.
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- New Maritime Fuel Rules: Scrubber Solutions Maritime Reporter, May 2018 #42
Earlier this year in New York City the Exhaust Gas Cleaning System Association (EGCSA) held its annual meeting to discuss the business, technologies and future of scrubbers as a solution to the looming IMO 2020 fuel rules. At the meeting, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News was afforded the opportunity to
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 45and pro? l- ers. Valeport is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of oceanographic and hydrographic instrumentation. The in- dependent family-owned business, which was established in 1969, designs and manufactures instrumentation for the oceanographic and hydrographic communities with a world- wide customer
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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: 40NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 All photos courtesy MTR unless otherwise noted NEW TECH, PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCH IN LONDON With Oceanology International now one month in the rear-view mirror, MTR takes a look at some of the interesting technologies launched before, during and after the London event.
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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: 30FEATURE SEABED MINING bilical. It has passive heave compensation which nulli? es the necott. “The focus since then has been on scaling while en- wave, current and vessel motions that in? uence loads in the suring the lightest environmental impact,” says The Metals power umbilical. The LARS can
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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: 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: 23elatively inactive since 2014, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai (HT-HH) submarine volcano began erupting on December 20, 2021, reaching peak intensity on January 15, 2022. This triggered tsunamis throughout the Pa- R ci? c, destroyed lives and infrastructure, and generated the largest explosion recorded
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 202024 Editorial Calendar January/Februay 2024 February 2024 March/April 2024 Ad close Jan.31 Ad close March 21 Ad close Feb. 4 Underwater Vehicle Annual Offshore Energy Digital Edition ?2?VKRUH:LQG$)ORDWLQJ)XWXUH ?2FHDQRJUDSKLF?QVWUXPHQWDWLRQ 6HQVRUV ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH ?6XEVHD'HIHQVH7KH+XQWIRU ?0DQLS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19About the Author vey with the pipe tracker is not required, resulting in signi? - Svenn Magen Wigen is a Cathodic Protection and corrosion control cant cost savings, mainly related to vessel charter. expert having worked across The major advantage of using FiGS on any type of subsea engineering, design
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18TECH FEATURE IMR There are also weaknesses in terms of accuracy because of FiGS Operations and Bene? ts signal noise and the ability to detect small ? eld gradients. In Conventional approaches to evaluating cathodic protection this process there is a risk that possible issues like coating (CP)
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 17• Integrity assessment, and otherwise covered, e.g., by rock dump. As for depletion of • Mitigation, intervention and repair. sacri? cial anodes, this can be dif? cult or even impossible to Selecting the best method for collecting the data these work- estimate due to poor visibility, the presence of
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 16TECH FEATURE IMR Image courtesy FORCE Technology OPTIMIZING CATHODIC PROTECTION SURVEY USING NON-CONTACT SENSORS By Svenn Magen Wigen, FORCE Technology he principle behind sacri? cial anodes, which are water structures, reducing the need for frequent repairs and used to safeguard underwater pipelines
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 15sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 14bring this new product and capability to The Slocum Sentinel Glider will be driven by the industry’s our customers,” said Dan Shropshire, Vice President Business largest buoyancy engine, with a volumetric capacity of 4 li- Development and Program Execution, Marine Vehicles, “The ters – more than double any
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13nyone familiar with glider hardware options integrated for a broad Glider answers that need,” said Shea autonomous underwater ve- range of missions. Quinn, Slocum Glider Product Line hicles (AUVs) is certainly “As the use of Slocum Gliders grew, Manager at TWR. A familiar with the popular- so did
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 11assist in identifying mines and act as a neutralization device. About the Author Bottom mines pose even greater chal- David R. Strachan is a defense analyst and founder of lenges. Unlike contact mines, bottom Strikepod Systems, a research and strategic advisory mines utilize a range of sensors to
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9from 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