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Buoys
A brief overview of US Coast Guard navigation buoys

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/30/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


New Diamond Drill Bit Being Developed for Pre-Salt Drilling
CVD Vale is developing a new synthetic diamond drill bit for the Brazilian pre-salt drilling operations which will soon be tested by Petrobras.

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/29/2010 11:01:57 AM | with 0 comments


Long Beach city sets a risky precedent

Posted to Martin Rushmere by Martin Rushmere on 7/29/2010 1:59:57 AM | with 0 comments


Research helps ClassNK propel it on to a higher growth path

Posted to ClassNK’s focus on R & D in India by Joseph Fonseca on 7/28/2010 2:28:18 PM | with 0 comments


Long awaited by the global maritime industry and much feared by American educators in particular, the newly adopted additions to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) code for Seafarers are here. Last Week’s 2nd Annual International Maritime eLearning Conference brought the enhanced STCW code – and the blended, eLearning techniques that will allow it to be implemented – under the harsh glare of collective scrutiny. By week’s end, conference attendees had every reason to be cautiously optimistic. More importantly, a cogent way forward had been defined for both issues.

Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe by Joseph Keefe on 7/28/2010 8:49:27 AM | with 1 comments


Tupi Commercial Production Start-Up to be Anticipated
Petrobras is likely to anticipate by 2 or 3 months commercial O&G production at the Tupi pre-salt field.

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/27/2010 9:41:00 AM | with 0 comments


Q-ships
A wolf in sheep’s clothing, but largely ineffectual

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/27/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Ocean carriers could be feasting on air freight from this weekend when new rules are applied in the US.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/27/2010 2:41:54 AM | with 0 comments


Another product tanker joining the Shipping Corporation of India’s fleet will help strengthen the company’s core business of energy transportation



Hong Kong’s proposed Container Terminal 10 (CT10) is not needed for a long time, but little stands in the way of pouring concrete in this city.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/26/2010 5:36:32 AM | with 0 comments


GE Oil & Gas Awarded $160 million Contract by Petrobras Neatherlands BV
GE O&G has been awarded a contract valued at $160 million to supply gas turbine and compressor equipment by Petrobras Neatherlands BV (PNBV).

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/23/2010 4:31:28 PM | with 0 comments


This article discusses root and contributing causes of the accident in the Gulf and discusses the development and implement quality and risk management systems may help prevent these kind of disasters.

Posted to Quality Management & Human Error Prevention by Ben Marguglio on 7/23/2010 10:35:02 AM | with 0 comments


Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Inventor of the modern navigational chart

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/23/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Oh no, not again. The world’s container shipping lines appear to be fast steaming towards another round of tonnage trouble.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/22/2010 11:06:18 PM | with 0 comments


Brazilian Pre-Salt Frontiers to Expand
According to major Brazilian O&G market sources, the official Brazilian pre-salt area boundaries will have to be expanded due to various pre-salt discoveries beyond presently acknowledged frontiers.

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/22/2010 5:11:53 PM | with 0 comments


Moody's sounds a warning

Posted to Martin Rushmere by Martin Rushmere on 7/21/2010 10:38:54 PM | with 0 comments


Great Eastern Shipping’s Singapore subsidiary acquires another Multipurpose Platform Supply and Support Vessel



This June the Finnish based Eniram company from Helsinki, was selected as a finalist of an award for emerging European technology companies Eniram provide a number of products for on board and ashore monitoring of ship performance offering real time solutions. A product gaining wider acceptance for owners and operators of cruise ships, large freight vessels and tankers is their Dynamic Trimming Assistant (DTA). A number of data sensors, with software analyzing the ship’s trim, helps vessel crews optimize trim at all times, by presenting the solution in an easy to understand graphical display. DTA does this by balancing inter related variables such as minimizing water resistance, decreasing fuel consumption, use of stabilizers and reducing emissions. External items such as waves, wind and speed are also included in the analysis. In practice, this means startling savings may be achieved. Several fleet operators are using DTA including Royal Caribbean Lines and the Hamburg Sud Group. A separate but not unrelated product, is Hull Fouling Analysis used to optimize the maintenance and efficient operation of the submerged ship’s hull area.

Posted to Marine Propulsion Report by Keith Henderson on 7/21/2010 8:22:21 AM | with 0 comments


MARAD Chief David Matsuda, in his July 14 2010 testimony to the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, outlines what is next for domestic maritime affairs. In a laundry list of as many as ten items on the plate of DOT’s maritime modal arm, shortsea shipping ranks all but dead last in terms of MARAD’s priority list.

Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe by Joseph Keefe on 7/21/2010 8:12:44 AM | with 0 comments


Singapore is trying hard to appear unconcerned that it will lose the title of world’s busiest container port to Shanghai this year.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/20/2010 10:47:06 PM | with 0 comments


Devon Energy´s New Discovery at the Campos Basin
Devon Energy has informed ANP (Brazil´s National Petroleum Agency), that it has discovered indications of hydrocarbons in block CM-471 at the Campos Basin. This block is operated by Devon in a 50%/50% partnership with Brazil´s national operator Petrobras.

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/20/2010 7:27:03 AM | with 0 comments


The Whaleship Essex
A common-place ship whose unusual demise resulted in a classic American novel

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/20/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


With no headway being made in the negotiations on the charter of demands one of the two Union viz. the Forward Seamen’s Union of India have threatened to agitate which could affect shipping



At the recent International Tug & Salvage Conference in Vancouver details of a new hybrid tug was presented with the triple propulsion modes of diesel electric, battery and fuel cell claiming to give a 67 per cent emission savings over conventional diesel operation. Aim of this particular Hybrid Electric Tug design is to provide an operating mode of zero emissions for the majority of the tug's duty profile during low power operation up to 35 per cent of full power: this includes transits at a cruising speed of about nine knots. Based on a current conventional 24-m hull design developed by Capilano Maritime Design Ltd. with 55-tonne bollard pull, a more powerful 70-tonnes bollard pull version would only require minor changes to the hull and propulsion drives with an increase in battery capacity with diesel generator and fuel cell systems remaining unchanged. Four fuel cells of the PEM type are specified giving a total continuous power output of 600kWe, representing 17 per cent of power. There is a 1,000 kW-h capacity Li-Ion battery system which allows a combined power output of 1,250 kWe. A storage capacity of 1,200 kg of hydrogen provides an endurance of about 40 hours at full power, sufficient to allow refueling intervals of about once per week.

Posted to Marine Propulsion Report by Keith Henderson on 7/18/2010 5:41:55 AM | with 0 comments


Juan Sebastian Elcano (1486-1526)
The first person to circumnavigate the Earth

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/16/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Now that money is pouring back into liner coffers, talk about carrier consolidation has been put on hold. Mostly.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/16/2010 2:14:16 AM | with 0 comments


Production Starting at the Baleia Franca Pre-Salt
Petrobras has announced it will start producing today the first oil from the pre-salt layer of the Baleia Franca field, which is located about 85 km from the city of Anchieta (state of Espírito Santo), in the Parque das Baleias area, on the north side of the Campos Basin.

Posted to Brazilian Subsea News by Claudio Paschoa on 7/15/2010 10:22:13 PM | with 0 comments


Long Beach Blows a Raspberry at Local Politicians
The demand for more money is met by a 'Get outta here.'

Posted to Martin Rushmere by Martin Rushmere on 7/15/2010 1:10:42 AM | with 0 comments


Locked Away
There's a rift between Locks and the Towboats that pass through them. I wouldn't have known such a rift existed if it weren't for my trip on the Upper Mississippi the week before last. There is a good amount of waiting while a tow is passing through a lock and it used to be that a towboat crew could climb over the lock wall and get a drink or use a pay phone, or just stretch their legs. Not anymore.

Posted to MarineNews Notes by Raina Clark on 7/14/2010 9:17:12 PM | with 0 comments


We’ve Taken Our Eyes off the Ball. Jones Act issues are clouding the cleanup effort in the U.S. Gulf at the worst possible moment. The drama is less than helpful and the side battles meaningless.

Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe by Joseph Keefe on 7/14/2010 8:31:02 AM | with 0 comments


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7/30/2010

Dennis Bryant
Richard, I too believe that laws providing for retroactive...

7/29/2010

Ron Oyer
Properly monitored, e-learning will make training more affo...

7/28/2010

Vural ONUR
Very much interesting and informative. Thank you.

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Animesh Nagpaul
THIS IS A BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT BY SCI. STILL 1 OIL TANKER LE...

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When first introduced a great many complex and sometimes se...

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Richard Wells
Dennis - First I agree with you that too much legislation i...

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Greg Knowler
Gary You are right that the PSS has nothing to do with equ...

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Raina Clark
Creativity and resourcefulness - requirements for a towboat...

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Robert Blakeney
Good initial description of the Coriolis effect, Dennis. It...

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Gary Ferrulli
Greg That's one way to look at it. The other may be more c...
 
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