and the ? exibility for ship or port-to- port mission deployments. Cellula’s Solus-LR and Solus- XR platforms will be equipped with Cellula’s hydrogen fuel cell technology, supporting sustainable, long duration operations with zero carbon emissions • Teledyne Marine Acquires Valeport Teledyne Marine agreed
NEW TECH OCEANOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2024 Image courtesy Greg Trauthwein Image courtesy BIRNS MacArtney launches the new ultra-compact ø12.7 mm SubConn Nano connector. Innovative connectivity built on 45 years of ? eld-proven and market-trusted design. Image courtesy MacArtney Birns celebrated its 70th
LANDER 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
Auerbach 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
elatively 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
for the decarbonization. New energy saving devices, alterna- design, planning and testing of ships, “I don't say that crews must be soft- tive fuels, carbon capture, batteries and and a regulatory framework which takes ware engineers, but there is no going fuel cell power will all provide critical
at Fjord Base in Florø, Norway. Azane’s efforts to make low-emission ammonia a common The planned terminal consists of a ? oating stationary barge fuel for shipping. With ammonia’s potential to fully decar- with a capacity of 1000 cubic meters, or 650 tons, of am- bonize the maritime sector, the companies
. Images courtesy Consulmar Crowley's New LNG Containerships Carbon Capture @ Sea Crowley shared ? rst renderings and the names of its four new dual fuel lique? ed natural gas (LNG)-powered containerships: Quetzal, Copan, Tiscapa and Torogoz. The 1,400 TEU ves- sels were ordered in 2022 by Singapore-based
. One of the most important is the familiar- for a new maritime training center in Finland that will have ization of the crew with new and emerging fuels and technol- two engine room simulators along with two large and three ogy. For example, the industry has well-established experience medium sized
(in yellow). Images courtesy of Mammoet requirement for the development of these cranes, particularly ling area. This would result in a major time and fuel saving. in ? oating offshore wind,” says Adrian Green, Engineering & For ? oating projects, it could reduce project installation time Contracts
expeditionary transfer docks (ESDs) and four expeditionary sea base ships. We also have two offshore petro- leum distribution system ships that help move fuel ashore. Another ten preposition ships support the Army and Air Force. It should be pointed out that we can build adaptive force packages to be placed
that it is and Clark class dry cargo and ammunition ships that deliver will help us to retain them. Unfortunately, we can’t guaran- ammo, food, parts and fuel. We have two big fast combat sup- tee everyone their choice of ship assignment because we just port ships (T-AOEs), that are fast enough to keep up
SOV emissions reduction measures, more than 20 active or under and three Tier 1 CSOVs in construction for the comparatively construction vessels feature fuel ? exibility through dual fuel near shore Taiwanese market, which is also actively served by engines and (space for) a bunkering system. Currently
. A typical offshore wind markets. SOV is diesel electric and increasingly includes dual ¦Tier 3: Generally, oil & gas tonnage (MPSVs, PSVs, fuel ? exibility and battery energy storage systems. etc.) with temporary gangway, serving oil & gas and CSOV: Commissioning service operations vessel
promise of eventually being carbon zero. Electrify everything.4. Don’t get me wrong, I am an ef? ciency freak, and I strongly Avoid building new carbon fuel IC equipment at all cost.5. support the inherent favorable bias to smaller cars in the ACEEE Ef? ciency increases are a great way to speed up 6
that the Toyota Prius Prime is the green- where we concluded that methanol is a prom- est car you can buy in the United States. ising sustainable liquid fuel for transportation The Council assesses vehicle “green scores” not only by Mdevices when batteries cannot do the job. While their on-road emissions
Marine Type C NavNet TZtouchXL also supports & Type D, HeavyDuty 5. TRACE-M250 tools like AIS and autopilot, along with EH Group said its EH Fuel Cell Sys- Straight Line Wipers Wynn Type C (internal motor) and new chart plotting features found in TZ tem TRACE-M250, designed for high power
ferry is out? tted with diesel-powered and electrical engines and Siemens Energy’s BlueDrive PLUSC power and propulsion system, which reduces fuel consumption by regulating speed, shifting control from port to starboard as necessary, and operating the diesel engines as minimally as possible.
an all-electric tug delivered to Crowley from Master Boat Builders (Coden, Ala.) in January 2024, and Hydrogen One, a towboat to be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, under construction at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La. The vessel will join the ? eet of ? nancial own- er Maritime Partners, who have
Feature Navigation cables, 9 miles of cables connecting substations and up to blurred, undependable information for vessel crews. two export transmission cables with “associated secondary In the fairways Notice, the USCG references the NAS cable protection” (text is from the permit) within a 42-mile-
Tech Files Latest Products & Technologies MarineShaft Yanmar Hydrogen MarineShaft specializes in urgent re- Fuel Cell AIP pair/replacement of damaged rudder and Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. propeller equipment along with many (Yanmar PT), a subsidiary of Yanmar on-site repair services. MarineShaft
engine, but admitted “we operation onboard a commercial vessel from around 2026. are working closely with all major engine designers.” The Ammonia-Fueled Containership Design The Future is Now The challenge to supplant diesel as the prime fuel for ship- While many eyes are on the future, shipping companies
of the design, and into that, carbon is one of the most dif- it will continue to be so ? cult ones to add to a molecule or to when we are looking a fuel. So ammonia has a clear advan- at training and safety tages from that perspective. It has even systems. That’s why we better potential than green
Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with ship designer Foreship and the in large quantities for various