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Severn Trent De Nora Supplies BALPURE® to World's First Offshore Barges with Built-in Ballast Water Treatment Systems
The Type-Approved BALPURE® ballast water treatment system from Severn Trent De Nora has been selected for use on two oceangoing heavy deck cargo barges being constructed for Norwegian-based Greenway Shipping by Dalian Shipyard, at its shipyard in Dalian, China. The 9,025 dwt oceangoing barges will be the first new offshore barges to install the BALPURE system. 
The Greenway barges are the first offshore barges to have built-in ballast water treatment systems. The BALPURE system was selected from a list of competing vendors due to its robust and proven electrolytic disinfection technology perfected by Severn Trent De Nora over 35 years in the marine and offshore industries. BALPURE was also chosen for its treatment approach, low power consumption and low maintenance requirements.
Trym Gade Lintoft, marketing director partner of Greenway Shipping, said, “Greenway Shipping chose the BALPURE system because of its technical features and Severn Trent De Noras long history of water treatment in the marine industry. Despite the fact many new ballast water treatment systems have been recently introduced, we wanted to work with an established organization that provided a first class, fully operational system resistant to the harsh marine environment. Our offshore barges are the first in their class to be equipped with ballast water treatment systems, and we strongly believe Severn Trent De Nora will support us throughout the barges' expected lifespan of thirty years.”
The BALPURE system is gaining headway globally among vessels requiring a robust and reliable solution, said Jim McGillivray, BALPURE general manager for Severn Trent De Nora.
This contract with Greenway Shipping represents our first order in Norway, and we see great potential for the BALPURE system with the country's marine industry. Our regional sales manager in the territory, Mr. Ulf Hallberg, will be further developing and promoting BALPURE across the Nordic region.
Two BALPURE systems to be supplied in sub-assemblies, one set for each of the barges, will be provided to Greenway Shipping. Each BALPURE system is capable of treating ballast water flow rates of up to 600 m3/h. The BALPURE systems will be delivered and installed in March 2012.
M Ship Co. Thinks “Outside the Box” with New Approach to Hull Testing
Rapid Empirical Innovation Program Unveiled
Hull testing literally has been taken out of the box and into the open ocean with M Ship Co.’s new Rapid Empirical Innovation (REI) program. The REI approach allows scaled-down hull models of recreational and racing sailboats, motor vessels, and cargo and military ships to be towed in real-life weather conditions by a self-powered FLOWT (short for “fast, low-cost, open-water testing”) platform rather than by a traditional towing mechanism used in a controlled indoor basin or “tank.” 
Among other advantages, the REI program saves designers, naval architects and boat builders 50-80 percent of the cost that it would take to utilize a conventional tow tank, without sacrificing accuracy or waiting for tank access.
“The REI program certainly is an unconventional approach to conventional tank testing,” said M Ship Co. Executive Director and Co-Founder Bill Burns, describing the FLOWT platform’s 20-foot pontooned hull, which--with its knife-edged hulls, multiple computer work stations and various adaptable structures—looks something like an inspired Lego® design while underway, “but the implications of it are of far-reaching importance to the people who shape our industry.”
Burns explained that two different hull models can be evaluated in tandem, providing immediate and direct hull-to-hull comparisons. After the hulls are fabricated they are outfitted with identical high frequency 6-DOF accelerometers that provide comprehensive motion and acceleration comparisons. The models are then tested on the FLOWT platform, which provides real-time force, trim and acceleration measurements and allows the hulls to be analyzed on power, speed, payload, fuel efficiency, range capability and ride quality.
“We can offer test programs that can use a constant baseline with a new design or test two new designs at the same time,” said Burns. “Fully instrumented, rough water testing at the same time is unique and offers immediate and unequivocal comparison of ride quality performance between designs.” M Ship’s REI program has tested a range of vessels, including catamarans, displacement monohulls, advanced planing hulls and submersibles. In addition to optimizing design for ride quality, speed and fuel efficiency, its applications include validating CFD and untested claims; comparing different designs with instant results; developing a unique design for market differentiation; and proving concepts for patentability and investment.
Accuracy of the REI program’s data has been validated at the U.S. Navy’s David Taylor Model Basin, one of the largest ship model basins in the world, where it was re-analyzed in both smooth and rough water. “The REI results exceeded our 95 percent threshold,” said Burns. “The REI calm water resistance measurement has been shown to have an absolute accuracy of four percent at five knots model scale and improves to three percent at 15 knots model scale.
The results are well within the scatter range you would expect between different tow tanks.” M Ship Co., an award-winning naval architecture and research firm with offices in San Diego, Calif., and Newport, R.I., is no stranger to thinking outside the box. In fact, its reputation has been made developing transformational solutions for the maritime industry. Its proprietary, globally patented M-hull® technology has been applied to, among other projects, the development and building of the U.S. military’s radical, high-speed futuristic ship, the M80 Stiletto*, which was contracted in 2004 as an operational experiment for the Pentagon’s Office of Force Transformation and went on to be deployed in active duty service where she successfully conducted counter-illicit drug trafficking operations with USSOUTHCOM in the Caribbean.
Mariscope Meerestechnik Introduces New Underwater Camera With Multicolor Illumination
Following the requirements of the European armed forces, Mariscope Meerestechnik, located in Kiel (Germany) introduced the first system worldwide that allows the variation of underwater camera illumination.
For certain kinds of appliances, especially for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal, it is necessary to illuminate objects with an illumination that does not only emit white light. In the past, underwater illumination standards were used and filters had to be added to the cameras to achieve this objective.
Mariscope Meerestechnik however developed a new system of underwater illumination that adds to the line of their professional underwater cameras.
The system allows controlling the variation of colors of the underwater light from the surface. Starting with the colors red, green, blue and white, it is possible to mix any color in the visible range to obtain extraordinary results, especially for underwater film making.
The system is based on advanced technology of high output LEDs, developed recently by the company itself in Germany.
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Second Quarter Ended October 31, 2011
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT) (“OPT” or “the Company”) announces financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended October 31, 2011.
Recent Highlights
· OPT’s contract backlog as of October 31, 2011 rose to $8.8 million from $7.1 million at July 31, 2011, due primarily to the contribution of a €2.2 million ($3.0 million) grant from the European Union, tied to the Company’s WavePort project in Spain. OPT is working with a consortium of European organizations to advance the PowerBuoy’s energy conversion system for incorporation in a PowerBuoy® to be installed near Santoña, Spain.
· Revenues for the six months ended October 31, 2011 were $3.4 million, compared to $3.2 million for the prior year, reflecting an increase in revenues related to OPT’s project with the US Navy for maritime surveillance, the WavePort project in Spain, and the funded development of the 500 kilowatt-rated PB500 PowerBuoy.
· During the quarter, the Company successfully deployed an autonomous PowerBuoy off the coast of New Jersey for ocean trials as part of the US Navy’s Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (“LEAP”) program for coastal security and maritime surveillance. The LEAP PowerBuoy provided persistent power in all wave conditions, including during Hurricane Irene.
· Ocean Power Technologies also announced it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin in connection with the Company’s commercial-scale wave power generation project at Reedsport, Oregon. Lockheed Martin will provide design, manufacturing, system integration and supply chain management expertise to enhance OPT’s PowerBuoy technology.
“We ended the second quarter of fiscal 2012 with further progress on PowerBuoy deployments, and a number of business development initiatives to commercialize our technology are currently underway,” said Charles F. Dunleavy, Chief Executive Officer of OPT. “Given the performance and successful power output of our PB150 off Scotland and the LEAP autonomous PowerBuoy off New Jersey, we are moving forward on a number of fronts. In particular, we expect to advance our energy conversion systems under the WavePort project in Spain. Our collaboration with Lockheed Martin promises to enhance our Reedsport project as well as other potential opportunities. Consistent with our stated strategy, we have also increased our sales efforts regarding our autonomous PowerBuoy product for a variety of market applications. We believe that our prospects for fiscal year 2012 are encouraging, and that we are well-positioned for growth going forward.”
Financial Review
OPT’s contract backlog as of October 31, 2011 was $8.8 million compared to $7.1 million as of July 31, 2011. Backlog includes funded amounts and unfunded amounts that are expected to be funded in the future. Funded backlog was $6.8 million as of October 31, 2011 and $5.1 million as of July 31, 2011.
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Sea Chest Covers for Deep Water Platforms
Seanic Ocean Systems has developed and recently delivered 12 innovative Sea Chest Covers that focus on safety and integrity when performing deep-water platform maintenance and repair. These Sea Chest Covers can easily be installed with an ROV due to the unique dual latching system design. 
The Sea Chest Cover design also offers redundant barriers for a definite secure seal and is equipped with a distinct security cable that is connected directly to the ROV eliminating any potential of dropping the cover in open water. The simplified design can be easily placed, installed and safely operated with an ROV. To date Seanic has designed and delivered sizes ranging from 4” all the way up to 48”.More Articles...
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