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Probabilistic tidal window determination application - PROTIDE (Image Credit: Charta Software) BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd and Charta Software have announced a partnership to develop a robust, multi-functional software package, called METRIS, (Modelsysteem voor Evaluatie Tijpoortregeling en RIsico'S bodemberoering), meaning ‘Model system to evaluate tidal admission policy and risk of seabed touchdown', for the Dutch Directorate-General. The partnership aims to meet the client's needs by combining BMT's expertise in heading analysis, vessel response behaviour, weather forecasting and shallow water metocean conditions, with Charta's ability to deliver high quality software. METRIS will provide a comprehensive hindcast assessment tool to test the performance of admission and dredging policy based on the probability of seabed touch down of vessels in anchorage areas and access channels to ports. Ernst Bolt, Sr. Advisor from the Dutch Directorate-General comments: "The main factor restricting admission of deep-draught ships to ports is the risk of bottom contact. We want to ensure that we are making best use of our approach channels. For ships restricted to our access channels, the Dutch Directorate maintains a guaranteed nautical depth for a total distance of over 100 km to accommodate deep draught vessels sailing to the three large ...

The Subsea Company recently launched 16 standard drifts, designed in accordance with API 16A, Third Edition. Many companies are using these drifts to satisfy API 53 requirements as a worst-case safe guard in order to meet compliance and improve overall performance. The Subsea Company engineered the new BOP Drift configurations to allow for quick and safe drifting of BOPs. Designed, tested and certified to withstand years of service in an offshore environment, these innovative configurations improve the overall safety for Drifting Blow Out Preventers. The Subsea Company's BOP Drifts help reduce potential downtime issues, thus saving oil & gas companies, OEMs and drilling contractors time & money. The Subsea Company's Drift designs are manufactured with several different connection options and are engineered with "True Precision" balance to ensure optimal and reliable performance. Each drift is built around a perfectly concentric mandrel and has the ability to transfer mass load to the solid straight bar center shafts and lifting eyes. The pad-eye versions are pull tested at 4,500 lbs. while the drill pipe versions are tested at 15,000 lbs. Drift total weights vary from 320 lbs. to 1,285 lbs. depending on connection option and mandrel length. The precisely machined components are ...

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's (BSEE) national oil spill response research and renewable energy test facility, Ohmsett, in partnership with the Texas A&M National Spill Control School, held the Oil Spill Response Strategies and Tactics Training course. Fourteen attendees representing the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia and Uruguay traveled to the Ohmsett facility in Leonardo, N.J. to participate in this four-day course where participants increased their spill response proficiency by using boom and skimmers to practice removing spilled oil. With a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on tank exercises, students learned contingency planning, fates and effects of spilled oil, how to set up an incident command system, what strategies to use during a spill and what equipment to deploy for successful response operations. Upon completion of the course, students received a Certification of Completion from the National Spill Control School. Source and Image Credit: BSEEIn the start, I was straightforward with you propecia before and after has changed my being. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

CYE Petrol has chosen Emerson Process Management's Micro Motion Certified Bunker Measurement Solutions to enable accurate, transparent fuel deliveries from two new bunker barges being built in Turkey. The mass-based measurement solutions are Measuring Instrument Directive (MID) approved to meet international standards for custody transfer and will reduce measurement uncertainty that can lead to disputes or delayed vessel movements. "We want to be able to offer our customers a new level of accuracy," said Deniz Eraydin, general manager CYE Petrol. "The real-time and certified Heavy Fuel Oil and Marine Gas Oil bunker measurements provided by Emerson's Certified Bunker Measurement Solution will help improve our overall operational efficiency and raise customer confidence in the quality of our deliveries." Based in Istanbul, CYE Petrol is a physical bunker supplier, blending and distributing high quality fuels using a fleet of bunker barges and land-based tankers. The company supplies 15,000-20,000 metric tonnes of bunker per month to the Istanbul and Izmit bay areas as well as ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara. Emerson's Certified Bunker Measurement Solutions will be installed on CYE's new KALAMIS-E and BEYKOZ-E, 1,650 deadweight tonne, double-hull bunker barges that are expected to be operational during autumn 2014. ...

ABB released third-party verification that its Onboard DC Grid helps vessels reduce their fuel consumption, cut noise and trim their environmental impact. The measurements and tests, conducted by Pon Power in collaboration with ABB on Myklebusthaug Offshore's platform supply vessel "Dina Star," identified reduction of specific fuel oil consumption of up to 27 percent. These are the first documented results from a vessel outfitted with ABB's Onboard DC Grid, which allows engines to run at variable speeds for top fuel efficiency at each load level. The tests also measured fuel consumption in dynamic positioning operations during challenging weather conditions, identifying fuel savings of 14 percent. Dynamic positioning operations, where computers automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading, account for a considerable portion of a typical offshore vessel's operational profile. "Our Onboard DC Grid is a significant step forward for electric propulsion. We are pleased that the concept delivered results that exceed our expectations", said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division. "Onboard DC Grid is a competitive advantage to ship owners operating a wide range of ship types from offshore vessels to ferries and yachts seeking to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions." In addition to fuel consumption, Pon ...

Treasurytech, Inatech's treasury management product allows bunker fuel suppliers to automate and streamline their complex treasury operations, giving them a real-time view of their finances from a single dashboard. Inatech has a specific product for bunker fuel suppliers - Treasurytech. Treasurytech manages the end-to-end treasury process of bunkering companies handling outgoing and incoming funds, credit facilities and its use via multiple treasury finance. Treasurytech provides automated cash flow management, bank facility management, collaterals management, bank reconciliations, loans and deposit management, Forex deal management and reports generation to support the complete treasury process. The benefits of Treasurytech implementation Bunker fuel suppliers: Have complete control of their treasury operations Have clear visibility of cash flow and facility utilisation, which ensures the effective utilisation of lines of credit Have automated processes that ensure quick and efficient data flow, data security and data auditability Can easily handle multiple banks, facilities and instruments Have a solution that seamlessly integrates with any accounting system Have access to an extensive range of reports including reporting on credit facilities available, treasury deals and current liquidity Source: Inatech  In the outbreak, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my subsistence. It has become much more ...

A new product from  international ship supplier Hutton's will help ensure crew are able to operate safely within the law - which is particularly important as legislation to strengthen safety at sea comes into force. Hutton's is able to supply a new type of breathalyser machine which does away with the need for complicated, time-consuming recalibration and servicing. This efficient, lightweight machine is extremely accurate and able to record alcohol levels to three decimal places of 0.1mg/litre blood at an accuracy level of +/- 0.01%. The Manila Amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention are due to come into force this year and will further reduce the blood-alcohol limits for seafarers at work. John MacDonald, General Manager of Hutton's Medical, said: "This machine is very effective and only the very complex and expensive machines used in police stations can produce a more accurate result. This model is particularly appropriate for use at sea because it does not require regular recalibration. Instead the user just needs to replace the sensor once a year or after 300 tests. "In this era of improving safety, we are delighted to be able to offer the Alcoscan AL7000 breathalyser to our ...

Huisman introduces a new crane type during this year's OTC: the ‘Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane'. These new active heave compensated (AHC) cranes provide unparalleled performance by combining the benefits of a normal Rope Luffing Crane and a traditional Knuckle Boom Crane. As such it offers a high lifting height and a large capacity at outreach. The main hoist system, the patented anti-twist device, and the electric drive system really set these cranes apart from other cranes in the market. The capacities of the new cranes range from 400 up to 1,200 ton and up to 5,000 meter water depth. The first crane of this type, a 900 ton Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane for Subsea 7's ‘Seven Arctic', is scheduled for delivery in 2016. A model of this vessel including the crane will be presented at the OTC Huisman booth, no. 2327. For the innovative and patented design proven key components are used. By combining these components the overall construction weight of the crane can be kept low, whilst allowing for a high lifting capacity and large lifting radius. By incorporating a knuckle in the design of the crane it is possible to reduce the pendulum of the hook ...

Cathelco have introduced a new series of Quantum control panels for their sea water pipework anti-fouling systems and impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems. The new panels provide numerous benefits, but the most significant breakthrough is the ease with which the systems can be controlled and monitored. This is combined with much more comprehensive information about system performance. The main principle behind the design of the new control panels is greater connectivity. They produce an RS485 signal which enables the systems to be governed from a more convenient location such as a control room or the ship's bridge computers. "The Quantum project has been driven by the fact that manning levels on ships have decreased in recent years which means that there is less time for crew members to check individual items of equipment on a daily basis. We have responded with control panels which record more data and make it instantly available", said Peter Lindley who has headed the project at Cathelco. The Quantum seawater pipework anti-fouling system control panel is designed with a touch screen giving access to displays which show anode outputs, alarm set points, trend graphs, data history, language settings and current reduction facilities. The data ...

The project MUNIN - Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks - is a collaborative research project, co-funded by the European Commissions under its Seventh Framework Programme. MUNIN aims to develop and verify a concept for an autonomous ship, which is defined as a vessel primarily guided by automated on-board decision systems but controlled by a remote operator in a shore side control station. Maritime transport within the EU faces challenges such as significant increases in transport volumes, growing environmental requirements and a shortage of seafarers in the future. The concept of the autonomous ship brings along the potential to overcome these challenges. It allows for more efficient and competitive ship operation and increases in the environmental performance of vessels. Furthermore the shore based approach offers "seafaring" the possibility to become more socially sustainable by reducing the time seafarers spend away from their families. Within MUNIN a consortium of eight partners led by Fraunhofer CML with scientific and industrial background will reflect upon operational, technical and legal aspects in connection with the vision of an autonomous ship. Solutions for e.g. an autonomous bridge, an autonomous engine room, a shore side operation center and the communication architecture linking vessel and a ...