Maritime Reporter, June 2014

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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS By Greg Trauthwein By Paul Michalicka By Greg Trauthwein By Greg Trauthwein By Edward Lundquist By Greg Trauthwein By Patricia Keefe By Greg Trauthwein By Jim McCaul By Joseph Fonseca IN THIS EDITION PUBLISHERS Associate Publisher & Editor EDITORIAL PRODUCTION CORPORATE STAFF CIRCULATION SALES Vice President of Sales & Marketing INTERNATIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES NEW YORK By Joseph Keefe By Henk van den Boom By Adrian Tolson FROM OUR ARCHIVES THE COVER SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Subscription Information Download our App EDITORIAL GO DIGITAL Get the Maritime Professional App for MARITIMEPROFESSIONAL.COM No Middle Ground By Joseph Keefe TECH Simplifying Float Over Versatile Ballast System OFFSHORE Exploration of oil and gas in more Offshore Float Over Installation Image: Mammoet NEWS and Equipment Innovation Award at the Ground DNV GL Revamps Port Clearance SOFTWARE Image: DNV GL WaveWalker Wins Equipped Ship Enters Service a Mitsubishi Energy Recovery System Industries Marine Machinery & Engine DELIVERIES NEWS Houston’s New FiFi Fleet METALCRAFT MARINE DELIVERS FOR THE PORT OF HOUSTON Photo: MetalCraft Marine Title XI The Author Freeware for Speed/Power Trial Analysis Released EEDI IMO-Approved Method EYE ON DESIGN MAINTENANCE Tanker Operator Improves Pulley Alignment Matching Solutions Mounting/Dismounting Advances in Tech Boost Equipment Reliability The Author Paul Michalicka is North American area BUNKER FUEL TRENDS Energy Independence Widening of the Panama Canal Seizing Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing Market BY ADRIAN TOLSON Opportunity in the Face of Change The Author Adrian Tolson is General Manager, North America, for OW Bunker, one of the Maritime Comms By Greg Trauthwein, Editor INTERVIEW: RICK SIMONIAN as Inmarsat Global Xpress and Iridium Richard Simonian is the President of Staying Connected Coles, President of By Greg Trauthwein MARINE COMMUNICATION Market Drivers By Edward Lundquist Aircraft Carriers Under Construction or Proposed General Dynamics own Electric Boat General Dynamics Electric Boat and Aircraft Carriers Expeditionary Warfare Ships Landing Ships (LSDs), USS Whidbey LCS Aegis Modernization JHSV MLP Ships onto Landing Craft Air Cushioned The Year of LNG By Greg Trauthwein, Editor Excelerate Energy Vice President, General Manager Repair Yard Manager, Dry Dock Master Scott to Keynote d Ar International Convention for the Safety American VULKAN Corporation Disasters Drive Key Safety Improvement By Patricia Keefe Memorandum of Understanding (Paris External Relations for the International d Ar Environmental Concerns & Controls OPA OPA Double Hulls Rules & Regulation Credit: International Chamber of Shipping Coast Guard Gets a Wake Up Call A Little Bit of that Human Touch National Transportation Safety Board d Ar By Patricia Keefe hen the RMS Titanic of the International Convention for the Launch of a Landmark Safety Agreement Image: Public Domain While on its way back from Cuba Marine Salvage By Greg Trauthwein, Editor Todd Schauer Responder Guidelines on Places of Refuge for Ships Paul Hankins, VP of Salvage Operations, Donjon Marine Elliott The American Salvage Todd Schauer, Director of Operations, Resolve Marine Group The Respondents ing on the USCG’s Salvage Emergency Production Floater Order Backlog Floating Production Floating Production Projects In the Near Term Contracting Stage Backlog of Planned Floater Projects The Floater Forecast Number of Floating Production and Storage Units In Service, On Order or Available for Reuse Oil/Gas Production LNG Production Storage Systems Breakdown of Planned Location of Field BY JIM MCCAUL, IMA Floating Rigs Jackup Rigs Other Offshore Rigs Offshore Rig Dayrates Offshore Rig Utilization by Region Vessel Facts Waterways Facts the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and Corps Dredging Facts Total Owned Chartered Orderbook Bulk Others Total Start Tankers Chemical Bulk Combined Others Total Start Tankers Chemical Bulk Combined Others Total Start Tankers Chemical Bulk Combined Others Total Post Capesize Total Start Tankers Chemical Bulk Combined Others Total Start MR Product Aframax Suezmax VLCC Delivery Schedule Delivery Schedule Handymax Panamax Capesize tam Chatterjee, the Director General of Causes & Remedies Captain Yashoverman Sharma, Head of Training, International Maritime TRAINING & EDUCATION Training to Prevent Marine Accidents & Deaths Captain Yashoverman Sharma, Wilhelmsen Maritime Services Global Engine Room Simulation TRAINING & EDUCATION: MARITIME SIMULATION Unique Rig Training Model The Maritime Simulation Institute in Operations and Training of Personnel Maritime Training Solutions LNG Bunkering Safety Training PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Spinrad Named NOAA Chief Scientist White House Honors Chiarello Ulrichs: CEO at Rickmers-Linie Ulrich Ulrichs, COO of Rickmers-Linie Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip yard Vessel Safety, Onboard Management IRClass Makes Three Appointments President of Business Development in DNV GL Acquires Marine Cybernetics Vergine Named CEO of Saipem Allianz Names Khanna Harvey Gulf Sells Towing Division to Signet Maritime Harvey Gulf International Marine sold Chet Morrison Names Shaw, Ristic Marine Construction for Chet Morrison Business Development Manager for Maritime College Honors Angerame, Bouchard The State University of New York Spinrad Ulrichs Gerhardt Chiarello & Foxx Ladd Joins EBDG MacNeil Joins New England Ropes Stuart MacNeil as an Associate Market Manager for the New England Ropes Clark Joins ASA Communications and Public Relations Communications and Public Relations ABS Wins FLNG Contract Start-up Enters FPSO Market Corvus Partners with GMC Samson, United Offshore Unite Samson and United Offshore Services Dutch Barge Company Deal PRODUCT FEATURE: SPARES & REPAIRS Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the Quick Build, Long Life The Details Project Liberty Ship South Clinton Street, Baltimore, MD About the Author Loss of Life at Sea PRODUCT FEATURE: SPARES & REPAIRS Rio Controls & Hydraulics Rio Controls in the oil and John Deere’s Engines for Marine Auxiliaries Laborde Repower Provides Long Tug Endurance of Watermakers AWT Launches Voyage Calculator First Pieces of Scrubber System Fitted on AIDAluna Photo: AIDA Cruises PRODUCT FEATURE: SPARES & REPAIRS Volvo Penta of the Americas Oil Analysis Program for all Safe Escape Locking Systems Kissling Battery Disconnect Hebe: A New Steering Control System Marco Group International’s Image: MacGr Oil Mist Separator oil tank vent PPG PMC Coats USS Freedom Engineering Research Manager, Cobham Manager for Fire and Safety for Lloyd’s BUYER’S DIRECTORY MR Marine Estimator COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE SKILLS NECESSARY Technology, Director Job Location: USA, Seattle Kathy Lonetto Crowley Maritime Corporation NAVAL ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS MARINE ENGINEERING PRODUCTION ENGINEERING TOOLING DESIGN BOKSA Marine Design MR MR Job Location: USA, Amelia Denise Baisden Job Location: USA, Amelia Job Description Denise Baisden Marine Paint Foreman Job Location: USA, North Kingstown Danielle Goodison Naval Architects and Marine Engineers ABS Approved Ambient Environmental Testing Noise & Vibration MR MR West Bank of Michoud Canal at New Orleans off Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of Inner WWW.DAVITSALESINC.COM & MARINE PUMPS MADE USCG License Software Freelance Software COUNTS U.S.C.G Fine Handcrafted CAPTAINS MR MR MARINE FENDER & DOCK SYSTEMS UNDERWATER LIFT & SALVAGE BAGS D-SHAPE, WING & TUGBOAT FENDERS SHIP LAUNCHING MARINE AIRBAGS BLUE OCEAN TACKLE INC ADVERTISER INDEX Builder: Bollinger Shipyard GULF COAST