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ENGINEERING NEWS

Some Answers, Many Questions

Marine Propulsion

The German-American Success Story

Design Software

The Portunus Concept

Floating Production Systems

Vice Admiral Hilarides

Naval Sea Systems Command

By Joseph Keefe

By Dennis Bryant

By Peter Pospiech

By Edward Lundquist

By Greg Trauthwein

Photo: Fairweather LLC

By Greg Trauthwein

By Greg Trauthwein

Photo: Caterpillar

Cover Image: Courtesy SSI

Design’s Future

By Patricia Keefe

The PORTUNUS Concept

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Principal Investigator, Global Security, LLNL

Show me the Money

Corporate Finance

Associate Publisher/Editorial Director

Vice President, Sales

Web Contributor

Corporate Staff

Mark O’Malley, Public Relations

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting

Gabby DelGatto, Offi ce Manager

Information Technology

Christopher Lee

International Sales

ENGINEERING NEWS

Business Publications Audit

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of Business Development at the Russian Maritime

Prosperity & the Economy

The Maritime Component

The Environment

by Dagmar Etkin PhD for MarineNews

Calculating the Bottom Line

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Exporting Crude Oil

Joseph Keefe is the lead

MaritimeProfessional.com

Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation on

Shipyard Imabari Shipbuilding

Jones Act Tanker

THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE

Mammoet Lifts Space Shuttle

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries in

the Columbia River Pilots for the trip

New Drydock for Portland

Submarine North Dakota

DeepFlight Dragon

a Self-Pilot Personal Submarine

LNG Containment System

GOVERNMENT UPDATE

Bocas del Dragón (the Mouths of the

North Atlantic’s Gulf Stream or in the

Agulhas Current of the Indian Ocean off

use the Benjamin-Feir Index to make

Unpredictable & Dangerous

BY DENNIS BRYANT

tor to Maritime Reporter & Engineering

The Collateral Equation

Long-Term Commitment

Longer Loan Terms

The Lease Option

Find a Strategic Ally

Marine Operators

How Specialty Lenders can Propel

SECURITY UPDATE

On Top Line Security Concerns

SECURITY UPDATE

A Legal Regime for the Arctic

Norway, the Russian Federation, and

House Transportation and Infrastructure

Resources for the Arctic

While the State Department has the

and Maritime Transportation Act of

is only a Continuing Resolution, no new

Another key goal of the Coast Guard

Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness

DARPA for Arctic Domain Awareness

New Advisors for the Arctic

the Law of the Sea Convention and to

Russian Class &

Bedrik, Head of the

By Greg Trauthwein

Sabetta sea port to Western Europe, the

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

Georgiy Bedrik, Head of the

RS Business Development Division

New Day Dawning

By Greg Trauthwein

Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and

Marine Science Institute, University of

on Safe Ship Operations in the Arctic

Chairman of the Center for High North

The Way Forward

YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT

Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

Cargo from Kirkenes and Murmansk

NSR: Europe to Asia

Oil and Gas from Murmansk

From Rotterdam to Asian Markets

and in the Future, Aker Arctic, Helsinki, Finland)

How Much Does an

Floater Projects in the Planning Stage

Future Business Drivers

for Equipment Orders

FLOATING PRODUCTION

BY JIM MCCAUL, IMA

Floating Production

Breakdown of Planned

Location of Field

Breakdown of Planned

Projects by Type of

Production System

Number of Floating Production and Storage Units

In Service, On Order or Available for Reuse

Oil/Gas Production

Storage Systems

Stephane Neuveglise, Product Business

By Patricia Keefe

Alain Houard, VP, Marine & Offshore

American VULKAN Corporation

CENTA POWER TRANSMISSION

LEADING BY INNOVATION

CENTAFLEX CENTALINK CENTAX-SEC

MAKE THE CONNECTION

MARINE PROPULSIONMARINE PROPULSION

Collaboratoin Nears

Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH, Kiel

for Vessel Driving Power

By Peter Pospiech

MARINE PROPULSION

Ongoing Developments

on Existing Models

According to Starke, Caterpillar is

Motoren GmbH Kiel

Manager, Medium Speed Engines

Starke said that Caterpillar has been

MARINE PROPULSION

and Chief Engineer Timothy Udvary and

ble Dynamic Positioning System to the

MARITIME SECURITY

The Portunus ConceptThe Portunus Concept

By Hank Glauser

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

YOUR BEST CHOICE

AUTHORIZED JOHN DEERE ENGINE DISTRIBUTOR

WE POWER YOUR BUSINESS

INTEGRITY SETS US APART

MARITIME SECURITY

val Sea Systems Command

Hilarides says that NAVSEA and the

Modernizing and Maintaining

Commander, Naval Sea

Systems Command

By Edward Lundquist

Hilarides says that as NAVSEA and the

Balancing Capability & Affordability

But Hawaii and Missouri were much

MARITIME COMMUNICATION

By Greg Trauthwein

IPMC Home Screen

Meet IP-MobileCast

MARITIME COMMUNICATION

SVP Marketing and

PROPULSION UPDATES

Lower Fuel Consumption

Adjustable Speed Control

Fewer Failures, Less Maintenance

Frequency Converters

Scrubber Receives Class Approval

PROPULSION UPDATES

Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering

EBDG Alaskan Ferry Repower

Hatz New Engine Concept

Laborde a Steyr Distributor

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New

Low Loss Hybrid Energy System

First North American Boat

Powered by Volvo Penta IPS

GreenSteam Optimizer

Mermaid Kohler Range Launched

VSP for Norderney Ferry

Volvo Penta IPS

GreenSteam Optimizer

By Alan Haig-Brown

New Power for Alaskan Tug

COATINGS UPDATES

WHEN YOU NEED TO

Request for Quotation

Top End Overhauls

Engines on Board R/V Kilo Moana

in Honolulu, HI

Quotation Closing Time and Date

Ecospeed Keeps Hulls Clean

Vessel Specifi c Hull Coatings

Extra-Wide Shrink Wrap

Protects Oversized Assets

Strategic Accounts Manager-Northeast US Global Marine

Dry Docking and Routine Maintenance/Repair

in Hawaii, West Coast USA, and Guam

Proposal Closing Time and Date

DMC Builds the Smallest Ever Nozzle

New LED Light Range

New Electronics from Moxa

Calnetix Waste Energy Converter

Calnetix Technologies

Replacement of the Automation, Drive Systems

Proposal Closing Time and Date

GEA’s CatFineMaster

Westfalia Separator Group is

PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Marine Designer Paul Harman has

President Offshore Deck Machinery in

Executive Offi cer of KPI Bridge Oil, a

As a Sales & Business Development

for the Asia Pacifi c and Scandinavian

Stevens Institute of Technology was

Security (DHS) Science and Technology

The State University of New York

Smith Euronav NV

WalkerMcElroy & Mills

Tor Atle Eiken Zederkof

Vatnehol Ladekjaer

GUARDIAN Gold Ballast Water Treatment System

Stevens Institute

Photo: Stevens Institute of T

BUYER’S DIRECTORY

RESPONSIBILITIES:

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

MID-LEVEL NAVAL ARCHITECTS

EXPERIENCED MARINE DESIGNERS

Assistant Marine Energy Engineer

Job Location: USA, Norfolk

Minimum Requirements

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS

MARINE ENGINEERING

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Physical Abilities Required

Alaris Companies

Trawler Deckhand

Job Location: USA, Seattle

Trident Seafoods

Operations Superintendent

Job Location: USA, Wilmington

Marine Hydraulic Mechanic/Technician

Job Location: USA, Dutch Harbor, AK

Allana Gustafson

Marine Electrician

Job Location: USA, Honolulu

Human Resources

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Engineering Lab Tech

Naval Architects

and Marine Engineers

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Environmental Testing

Noise & Vibration

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