Maritime Reporter, July 2010

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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Offshore Renewable Energy Offshore Wind, Tidal & Wave Power Offer Marine Industry Growth Opportunities SatCom Solutions Take Center Stage GOM Oil Spill Country Focus Canada Invests Technical Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS MARITIMEPROFESSIONAL.COM BLOG OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNTRY FOCUS ROUNDTABLE WRITERS Bryant, DeSimone, Spielmann, Cairns, Fraenkel GOVERNMENT UPDATE FINANCE & INSURANCE COUNTRY FOCUS OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY COVER STORY OFFSHORE RENEWABLES ent T Business Publications MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS ALSO IN THIS EDITION Sherwin-Williams SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION EDITOR’S NOTE NEW YORK MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS PUBLISHERS Associate Publisher & Editor PRODUCTION SALES Vice President of Sales & Marketing Advertising Sales Managers Lucia Annunziata Dawn Trauthwein John Smith Tristan McDermott Jack Bond Terry Breese Technology Services CIRCULATION NEWS USCG/ASME Workshop on Marine Technology Standards The Liaison Capitol Hill, An Beijing Plan to Scrap Old Ships Hydrex Underwater Stern Tube Seal Replacement in Mississippi The crew of Military Sealift Command Unique MSC Ship NEWS Harsh Environs Shipping/Primorsk Shipping Corp Maersk Tankers, HHI & DNV Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), NEWS VESSELS Main Particulars One Large Supply Vessel Strategic Marine to Build Crew Boat Trio Strategic Marine’s Singapore Yard by Strategic Marine and Southerly Black Magic for Harley Marine Change of Course Posted by Martin Rushmere Too Big to Fail: Part Deux Posted by Keith Henderson New Developments in Sensor Technology Posted by Claudio Paschoa (Rio de Janeiro) Offshore Brazil OGX Continues Positive Exploratory Campaign Posted by Joseph Fonseca (Mumbai) IRS Membership in IACS A Thinking Man’s Game the Port of Long Beach on the Pacific Bayonne Bridge Gerald Desmond Bridge Los Angeles Truman-Hobbs Panama Canal COLUMN GOVERNMENT UPDATE Low Bridge Everybody Down About the Author Regulatory Consulting, Gainesville, FL Why Inspections are Needed Program and the Coast Guard Bridging Sources: Story on Mel Oliver, About the Author President, Travelers Ocean Marine and Kord Spielmann Travelers Ocea Marine Risk Blank Rome LLP LLC, one to Bluewater Wind New Jersey mit to GreenWave Energy Solutions LLC A Review of Canadian Programs at Annapolis Royal on the Bay of Fundy Canadian Financial Incentives COLUMN LEGAL BEAT Renewable Marine Energy Progress Towards the Development of Canadian Progress to Date FEATURE COMPANY PROFILE The Euronavy Way President, Marketing, Sherwin-Williams Gulf of Mexico’s Thunder Horse Field President, Marketing, Sherwin-Williams Sherwin-Williams Ron Chavez, Chief Engineer, Battleship the National Shipbuilding Procurement Current Shipbuilding Programs The Navy’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship FEATURE CANADA Canada Maritime Prospects Allied Olympics FEATURE SATCOM ROUNDTABLE SatCom Solutions Case Study INMARSAT James Collett IRIDIUM Dan Mercer MACKAY Patrick Fisher FEATURE SATCOM ROUNDTABLE STRATOS KVH Jim Dodez MTN Scores a Goal Baron QuikLink Available Vizada VoIP Interconnection Harris to Acquire CapRock Thuraya XT Satellite Handheld Ship Equip Reaches Milestone Stability & Strength Assessment Cargo Management & Load Planning Ship Design & Production World Wide Service and Support Intellian Opens Innovation Center By Peter L Fraenkel, BScEng, CEng, Marine Current Turbines Ltd Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland, Commercial Demonstrator FEATURE OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY Marine Current Turbines The World’s First Commercial Tidal Turbine Operational Experience Future Plans FEATURE OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY Statoil, Elly Kristine Bjerknes Offshore Wind Project Report Sheringham Shoal Goes Offshore Weybourne NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES W R Systems Appoints Brown EBDG Adds Staff Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) Colonna’s Expands Lead SNAME The Society Stark to Head GICA James Stark For Maritime Reporter ThePlan The United Seamen's Service (USS) Bethel, National President of American Maritime Officers (AMO) and William to be held at the Sheraton New York Richard Hughes, Chairman of the USS Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine of the Advisory Board for The United REQUEST FOR BID Cassville Car Ferry Contact Brenda Schoenfeld, Wisconsin Department of Transportation TECHNICAL PRODUCTS Wireless Comms Sensors From Omega Sensors, Transmitters and Receivers, Control Devices for Monitoring & Dual Range Digital Torquemeter MCRT Smart Battery Isolator Hand-Held Combustion Gas Analyzer Sound Damping Sandwich Steel Development Kit Yachting’s Frequency Modulated Bioremediation Products Smart Landing System TMEIC GE’s Maxview Smart ADD DAEWOO DEUTZ HANGZHOU HINO ISUZU MAN DIESEL MAN DIESEL YAMAHA About the Diesel Engine Directory Commercial Shipbuilding MLBs FEATURE CANADA BUYER’S DIRECTORY Diesel Mechanic/Port Engineer Job Location: USA, Seward, Alaska Diesel Mechanic/Port Engineer Kenai Fjords Tours, Seward, AK Diesel Mechanic/Port Engineer Kenai Fjords Tours, Seward, AK Department: Kenai Fjords Tours Reports To: Operations Manager FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Assistant Port Engineer General Function Skills/Abilities Minimum Experience Required Contacts Tabetha Toloff CIRI Alaska Tourism Corporation/Kenai Fjords Tours Job Location: USA, Alameda, CA JOB TITLE: Tank Barge Operator GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION: SKILLS AND ABILITIES: VANE BROTHERS Over a Century of Maritime Excellence Professional Mariner Directory Advanced Mariner Search Post Maritime Job Listings Accept Applications d Crew T EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY USED: JOB CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT: WORK EXPERIENCE: EDUCATION/TRAINING: OTHER DUTIES: Human Resources Harley Marine Services Sales Manager & Project Management Support Job Location: USA, Petaluma, California Primary Objectives: KEY TASKS To Apply: Abbie Walther Moose Boats CHECK LINE CORROSION & WALL THICKNESS GAUGE Measuring Range WA THRU PAINT DATALOGGING UNDERWATER PROTECTION SYSTEMS, PIPELINE MARINE Consulting Engineers Serving the Marine Community Seattle, Washington Vessel Design & Acquisition Pollution Abatement Construction Management Transportation Planning Marine Logistics Risk Assessment Structural Analysis Maneuvering Simulation Ship Motions & Seakeeping ADVERTISER INDEX MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M/V Dublin Sea Shipyard: Marinette Marine Marinette, WI Owner: K-Sea East Brunswick, NJ Controllable Pitch Contact Us