Maritime Reporter, May 2014

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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Marine Electronics The Father of Modern Navigation Tech Offshore Floating Production Training & Education Sewol Loss: More Questions than Answers R/V Neil Armstrong Makes a Splash Marine Propulsion Spill Response Interview: Rich Hobbie, WQIS By Greg Trauthwein By Mark Liu By Murray Goldberg By Patricia Keefe By Kathleen Gleaves By Greg Trauthwein By Greg Trauthwein IN THIS EDITION eek Industries) PUBLISHERS Associate Publisher & Editor EDITORIAL PRODUCTION CORPORATE STAFF CIRCULATION SALES Vice President of Sales & Marketing INTERNATIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES NEW YORK By Joseph Keefe By Jim McCaul By Arno Bons By Greg Trauthwein FROM OUR ARCHIVES THE COVER Dakota Creek Industries) ds Gr Photo: Alex Ser SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Subscription Information Download our App EDITORIAL IRPT President Hugh McConnell and WRRDA of WRRDA or Water Resources Reform Sea Change Straight Talk, Winding Rivers and a Maritime Administration that has GO DIGITAL Get the Maritime Professional App for MARITIMEPROFESSIONAL.COM By Joseph Keefe Fuel Savings American President Line APL, Regent and CEO of Blue Ocean Solutions was FUEL SAVER The American Energy Investment Eliminating Crude Oil Spill Spread NEW CONCEPT Ingalls Delivers Navy Power Photo: Lance Davis, Huntington Ingalls Industries Backlog of Planned Floater Projects Brazil, Africa and SE Asia are the Future Business Drivers Growing Demand for Oil and Gas Unconventional Oil & Gas Supply Floating Production System Orders Outlook BY JIM MCCAUL, IMA Planned Projects Type of Production System Required Required Projects Annual Growth in Global Oil Demand Over Past Two Decades Source: IEA Projected Growth Global Natural Gas Demand Source: ExxonMobil Source: EIA The Author From Shale and Tight Rock Formations KOC’s New Damen Tug The Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) new Total Lubmarine NEW & NOTABLE Luxury Passenger Ferry Brazil Yard Delivers RAmparts Tug Photo: Rober tal L GOVERNMENT UPDATE Foreign Seafarers GOVERNMENT UPDATE Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Citizens of Canada and Bermuda do of the Immigration and Naturalization The Author tor to Maritime Reporter & Engineering Both QSHIP and QPROP are Quaestor EYE ON DESIGN The Author at the Maritime Simulation & Software Group of MARIN, the Maritime Research Hydrodynamic Software Suites BY ARNO BONS MONITORING IS CONTROL Maritime Organization (IMO) put The Value of SEEMP The Author MARINE ELECTRONICS A Wave of the Hand: Precision Sight BY MARK LIU Ergonomic ControlsErgonomic Controls Innovation for ECDIS, Bridge Controls ECDIS-Certifi ed Comfort Making Things Easier No Failure Will Get By Unnoticed LEGAL BEAT To Litigate or Arbitrate That is the Question The Author Human Error California’s Offi ce of Spill Prevention The Technology Solution TRAINING & EDUCATION By Greg Trauthwein Massachusetts Maritime Academy Industry Collaboration COO, Maritime Professional Training TRAINING & EDUCATION Emphasis must be Captain Jeff Cowan is a California Maritime Academy TRAINING & EDUCATION: ELEARNING The Quick Answer Not All eLearning Experiences are Equal The Difference Between Knowledge & Skills Blended is Best for Knowledge No Replacement for Hands On Training The Evidence es in Online Learning, A Meta-Analysis Online Learning Outperforms Blended Learning is Best: of the Subject Matter: The Author Pek Murray Goldberg is CEO of Marine Maritime Management Training Programs Contract Management for Ship Construction, Repair & Design The Port Engineer’s and Owner’s Representative Course Consulting GroupConsulting Group FISHER MARITIME FISHER MARITIME Francis Adams III, Secretary of the Navy The Father of Modern Navigational Tech By Patricia Keefe American VULKAN Corporation Inventor Rivaled Edison The dog with pipe and hat was used Naval Architects and Marine Engineers National Park Association) Gyroscopes and Gyrocompasses Sperry’s Patents STABILIZATION: OTHER PATENTS OF NOTE: the help of Thomas Edison to put the the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane, a An Iron Legacy Sperry’s Companies Lawrence Burst Aviator & Engineer By Patricia Keefe the Verville-Sperry Racer for the Air National Aviation Hall of Fame, Sperry Aviation Hall of Honor and the National FEATURE SHIP President of Dakota Creek Industries R/V Neil Armstrong By Kathleen Gleaves Design Team FEATURE SHIP University National Oceanographic Laboratory System Allied Systems Dakota Creek Industries Right: Kali Armstrong eek Industries) eek Industries) CTD Handling System and the Starboard AC Variable Frequency Drives System Representing COO, Americas Division, ABS Bureau Veritas President, ClassNK MARINE POWER REPORT Marine Propulsion By Greg Trauthwein Donche-Gay Johansen Protheroe Cazzulo YOUR BEST CHOICE AUTHORIZED JOHN DEERE ENGINE DISTRIBUTOR WE POWER YOUR BUSINESS INTEGRITY SETS US APART MARINE POWER REPORT North America and the North Sea area America and US Caribbean Sea) and YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT LNG As Fuel DNV GL WQIS By Greg Trauthwein, Editor INTERVIEW: SPILL RESPONSE Advanced Shiphandling STCW Basic Safety Training Medical Care/PIC Fast Rescue Boat Radar Observer ARPA/BRM ECDIS PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Obituary: Wes Wheeler Wheeler Shipbuilding Company and the Obituary: Len Holder NOIA Elects Chairman, Vice Chair IHC Merwede Appoints Roelse CEO Wheeler Holder CLIMAX Names Scott Kunkler VP Hapag-Lloyd, CSAV Merger Eastern Receives NYC FiFi Plate At the Sea Air Space Exposition at the ClassNK Executive VP Named to Green Award Board Executive Vice President Tetsuya Friedman Named to US Marine Transport Council Pickles to Head KVH’s Crewtoo South Pole Telescope Finds Proof of Big Bang MTN, Fred.Olsen Extend Deal PRODUCT FEATURE: DECK MACHINERY World’s Biggest Crawler Crane Installs Legs on Ship Royce Deck Equipment For Damen Shipyards, Bosch Rexroth Townsville Opts for a Traction and Control System for Tugboat Winches Claxton’s Camera Upgrade Puts Crane Safety in Focus Compact Hydraulic Manifolds for Safe Winch Performance PRODUCT FEATURE: DECK MACHINERY NEW PRODUCTS Danelec’s 3G VDR SI-TEX Marine Electronics Transas Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator NEW PRODUCTS Northport Actisense Engine Monitoring Units Engine Monitoring Unit Package for DanTysk Wind Project Voyager Planning Station Adds AtoBviaC Distance Tables MarineNav’s New Line of Displays Navy Sea Systems New Steering System New Line of Safety Switches