Remote, Autonomous Ship Ops Drive Future of Marine Data Management
to identify the data segments that hold the most value and optimise their transmission while filtering out lower priority data. This process ensures efficient utilisation of limited bandwidth and minimises the time spent sifting through less pertinent information.All are agreed that any data management systems and protocols that enhance or enable lean crewed or uncrewed vessel operations have an immediate and valuable cross-over into all marine operations involving the handling of large quantities of data, and that includes current, fully crewed operations.To address these bottlenecks, Ocean Infinity
NTSB Recommends Pipeline Operators Implement Safety Management Systems
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending new notification alarms and procedures for potential incursions on pipelines and a change to an anchorage off the California coast following a crude oil release in 2021 caused by ship anchors damaging an underwater pipeline.NTSB investigators determined that the oil leak, which began on October 1, 2021, in San Pedro Bay, resulted from an anchor strike on the pipeline that occurred eight months earlier, when anchors from the containerships Beijing and MSC Danit dragged and contacted the pipeline during high winds and seas caused by a
Interview: Geir Håøy, CEO, Kongsberg
current growth).But, as previously alluded to, the group’s offering is far, far broader, ranging from autonomous underwater vehicles (the HUGIN), through to environmental mapping and monitoring, digital solutions for more efficient industrial processes (e.g. advanced digital twins) and energy management systems.These, Håøy says, have an important role to play for both the group’s growth and the industry’s transition – a belief underpinning the launch of a new entity last year; Kongsberg Renewable Technologies.Håøy describes this as “sitting alongside&rdquo
Danfoss to Power US' New Hybrid-electric Research Vessel
for longer durations of up to 6 hours. Additionally, the electric machines will be able to charge the Spear Power Systems energy storage system aboard the vessel.The Editron division will also provide the complete system delivery of the electric drivetrain, including the DC grid, power and energy management systems, electric PM-motors and PM-generators, and compact and lightweight inverters and DC/DC converters. Danfoss’ Editron division will supervise the project execution, including engineering, project management, sea trials and onboard training.The Incat Crowther-designed hybrid research vessel
BMT's Off-grid Project Enabling Rural Electrification in Canada
BMT solution is equipped with a state-of-the art microgrid setup that is managed by a flexible control platform. "This allows developing and testing the different components of a microgrid control system from the device level (primary voltage and current control) up to integrated energy management systems (distributed units dispatch) to achieve the high-efficiency plug-and-play distributed power functionality," BMT said.Canada's remote coastal communities optimal blue economy locationBMT’s Martin Moody said that Canada’s island and remote coastal communities are the optimal
Birns Names Velezmoro as Quality Assurance Manager
served in a range of leadership roles including Manufacturing and Process Engineer at EMLinQ, Quality Assurance Vice President for Polar Power, and Quality Assurance Manager with US Seismic Systems. He has more than two decades of experience as a Lead Auditor, implementing and maintaining Quality Management Systems, as well as conducting and managing internal and external quality, UL, CE, Government Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) QAR, and supplier audits
Kongsberg Sets Up Renewables Tech Business
, and sustainable scale-up of renewable energy offshore.The company will be wholly owned by Kongsberg with CEO Geir Håøy as chairman. Kongsberg Renewables Technologies will focus on solutions for the production of renewable energy offshore. The company will also work on energy management systems and other parts of the value chain that are related to renewable energy production. Geir Håøy, CEO of Kongsberg - Credit: Kongsberg"This will make it possible to scale up and roll out renewable energy in a big way. The company will strengthen Kongsberg's existing
Kongsberg Maritime Launches EcoAdvisor for Offshore Vessels
with the IMO.”Credit: Saltwater StoneHow does EcoAdvisor work?According to Kongsberg Maritime, EcoAdvisor works by collecting and analyzing real-time data from various systems onboard. These include dynamic positioning (DP), integrated automation systems (IAS), and navigation and power management systems (PMS). This data is passed through a non-linear optimization solver to find the optimal setup of the power plant for the current environmental conditions, considering the demand from various consumers, including thrusters, mission equipment, and hotel loads. The optimal load reference
Olson joins Inspire Environmental
Inspire Environmental hired Scott Olson as Senior Field and Innovation Manager to enhance and expand the company’s underwater engineering capabilities. Bringing more than three decades of experience in project management, systems engineering, and field operations, as well as a lifelong passion for marine exploration, Olson will play a lead role in cementing Inspire’s place asa leading provider of seafloor habitat monitoring for the emerging offshore energy industry.Now, adding Olson’s experience in underwater robotics and connections to developers, Inspire plans to augment its
February 2024
