#Level 3 - Award in Marine and Offshore Safety

[safetycourses2022]

[tercelcontainer]

Hailu Technology Corporation - A Mother Company of Tercel Container

Hailu Technology Corporation, founded in 1982, is a professional manufacturer and supplier of interior system for commercial vessels, offshore installation, ferries, cruise ships in China. Hailu Technology have 320 staff in total, with more than 40% college education, Hailu has over 100,00sqm modern production factories area; a lot of independent intellectual property rights, granted dozens of national patents. Our company treat scientific and technological innovation as the guideline, based on Jiangsu Province Engineering Technology Research Center, undertaking the national Torch Program projects, is a state-level high-tech enterprise. “HAILU” now is well-known trademarks in China.

Hailu Technology has first-class workshops, advanced equipment, good process and high-quality service. More than ten products filled the blank in China. And the company has obtained ministerial, provincial, and municipal Science and Technology Achievement Awards many times. Marine products comply with IMO, SOLAS (1974, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008 and amendment), IMO A468(XII), Hong Kong International Safety and Harmless Environment Convention and Classification Society Certificates, such as CCS, LR, GL, DNV, ABS, BV, EC, NK, KR. Hailu Technology has passed the certifications of ISO9001:2008 Quality Management System, ISO14001:2004 Environmental Management System and GB/T2008-2011 Occupation Health Safety Management System under the approval of China Classification Society.

Production line of Hailu Technology: Fire rating wall and ceiling system, include composite rock wool panel, composite honeycomb panel, composite glass wool panel and floating floor Prefabricated bathroom, Prefabricated cabin units Fireproof door, fireproof roller shutter door/window, fireproof sliding door, water-tight and gas-tight fireproof door and acoustic door Cabin air-tight door, moisture-proof door, special door for nuclear power station, steel and wood fireproof door used on land. Coated metal decorative panel Supply Capacity of Hailu Technology: 1)     Wall and ceiling panel, 1900,000 sqm per year 2)     Fire doors, 80,000pcs per year 3)     Wet units, 10,000pcs per year 4)     Cabin units, 3000pcs per year 5)     Coating decoration metal plate, 2400,000sqm per year 6)     Interior decoration project,10 professional construction team in China.   Welcome to contact us if you have some requirements in prefabricated house projects. As stated in above chapters, Mother company of Tercel container have the ability to produce the interior decoration materials, and this is the advantages of Tercel container when compete with other prefabricated house suppliers. With self-owned decoration material production line, the material quality can be controlled very well and the decoration material cost can be minimized and benefit the customer best.

Read the full article

[esprit-de-corps-magazine]

INDUSTRY WATCH: Who's Who And What's What In The Defence Sector

(Volume 25-01)

By David Pugliese

Canadian sailors have started to train on the Motor Vessel (MV) Asterix. The vessel, a commercial ship that had been converted to supply duties for the Royal Canadian Navy at the Davie shipyards in Lévis, Quebec, will be ready to support Canadian Forces operations starting in February 2018, according to the RCN. A crew provided by Federal Fleet Services will operate the 26,000-tonne Asterix, but navy personnel will be on board to handle maritime operations such as refueling warships at sea. The ship will provide fuel, ammunition and other supplies to warships at sea. It also has medical facilities and room for two helicopters.

Asterix left Quebec City on December 23, 2017 with a crew of 36 Canadian merchant sailors along with Davie personnel and industry contractors and arrived shortly after in Halifax. During the journey, they completed the testing of the ship’s propulsion and navigation systems as well as military systems, according to Davie officials.

The Royal Navy in the UK has successfully conducted the final First of Class firing trials of the new Sea Ceptor air defence system, completing the qualification firings of this new capability for the Royal Navy, according to the firm MBDA, a European developer and manufacturer of missiles. Following on from the first round of trials this summer, the second set of trials from HMS Argyll saw the system tested against more complex scenarios, including rapidly engaging multiple simultaneous threats.

With HMS Argyll having completed development testing of the Sea Ceptor, the weapon system is now being rolled out to the Royal Navy’s other Type 23 frigates.

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that its Canadian subsidiary, DRS Technologies Canada, located in Kanata, Ontario, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to provide four additional Integrated Voice Communications Systems (IVCS) for their Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The award is part of the U.S. Navy’s larger IVCS contract.

The IVCS, also known as the Shipboard Integrated Communications System, or SHINCOM, is the latest generation shipboard communications switch technology which provides red/black secure tactical communications for navy operators, according to Leonardo. The computer-controlled telephone system connects to a ship’s announcing system, shore telephone lines, radio communications and certain battle sound-powered telephone circuits. It also has programmable features ranging from assigning priorities to calls to recording communications in a manner compliant with marine safety standards.

“We are delighted to again be tapped to provide these advanced systems for secure, reliable communications to enhance the mission of these important U.S. Navy ships,” Martin Munro, Vice President and General Manager, DRS Technologies Canada Ltd., said in a statement. “This brings the total number of systems ordered up to 16 out of a possible 30 under our existing contract. It also underscores the great confidence the United States Navy has in the DRS system to provide vital communications management to its fleet of major surface combatants.”

L3 Technologies said it has established International Boards dedicated to supporting and growing L3’s military and commercial business in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. These organizations will oversee the development of and promote strategic initiatives in their respective regions that advance L3’s competitive position and growth opportunities in the global marketplace, the firm noted.

L3 Technologies Canada Group Inc. will be led by its new Chair, Richard Foster, and will focus on expanding L3’s customer base across a diverse product line, which includes innovative electro-optical/infra-red equipment and maintenance, repair and overhaul and in-service support for the Royal Canadian Air Force, as well as integrating communication and platform management systems for a broad range of naval vessels. Additionally, L3 is a key supplier in support of the Canadian Surface Combatant initiative.

On December 8, 2017, Seaspan Shipyards launched the first large vessel to be designed and built under the Canadian government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. OFSV1 is the first of three Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels (OFSVs) to be built by Seaspan. OFSV1 is a 63-metre Canadian Coast Guard fisheries research vessel. The ship will be used to gain a better understanding of the health of fish stocks and their ocean environment. Considerable progress is being made on building the remaining two OFSV ships.

Seaspan will also build the Joint Support Ships and Polar-class icebreaker under the shipbuilding strategy. “Seaspan Shipyards is proud to be building ships in Canada for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy,” Brian Carter, President & CEO – Seaspan Shipyards, said in a statement December 8, 2017. “Today’s event is an exciting occasion for not only our company and employees, but Canada’s broader shipbuilding and marine industries; it is a chance to celebrate this shared achievement and acknowledge the long-term partnership that exists between Canada and Seaspan to build non-combat vessels in British Columbia.”

MDA, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), announced that it signed a contract valued at approximately $15 million with the NATO Communications and Information Agency. MDA will build a new system to support NATO’s maritime command and control operations under Project TRITON based on a modern software architecture and technology, according to the firm. This capability will be provided on both fixed and deployable systems. MDA will also provide NATO with a stand-alone command and control visualization capability which is planned to become the standardized map and object visualization for all NATO information technology systems, the company added.

In other news, Maxar Technologies announced the appointment of Mike Greenley to serve as Group President of MDA. Reporting to the CEO of Maxar, Greenley assumes responsibility for taking MDA to the next level of growth and profitability, according to the company. His responsibilities will include all of the MDA lines of business and its 1,900 employees. Primary locations include Surveillance and Intelligence in Richmond, BC, Ottawa, and Halifax, NS; Robotics and Automation in Brampton, Ontario; and Satellite Subsystems, in Montreal, Quebec. The appointment is effective from January 15, 2018.

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that L-3 Technologies Inc. of Arlington, Texas, is being awarded a $10.5 million (US) contract that provides for a software upgrade and integration of the CF-18 operational flight program. Half of the work will be performed at Arlington, Texas with the rest done at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta and CFB Bagotville, Quebec. The work is expected to be completed in November 2021.

[shaledirectory]

Green Insanity: Offshore Wind Project Cost Mind-Boggling $10K Per KW

Institute for Energy Research

….

….  

Have we lost our minds? A Rhode Island offshore wind project will cost $10,000 per kilowatt, roughly 10 times the cost of a modern natural gas power plant.

Off of the shore of Block Island on the Rhode Island coast, five wind turbines are operating and supplying power to the island. It took years of state and federal policymaking, environmental impact assessments, and town hall meetings for the 30-megawatt wind farm to come to fruition due to its cost and degradation of vistas. It cost $300 million—$10,000 per kilowatt—about 10 times more than the cost of a new natural gas combined cycle unit. Further, it is 55 percent more costly than what the Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects a first-of-a-kind offshore wind unit to cost—$6,454 per kilowatt.

In terms of generation costs, EIA expects a new offshore wind farm to be 3 times more expensive than an onshore wind farm.

And now, fishermen are indicating that the wind farm poses serious threats caused by scattering massive metal shafts and snaking underwater cables across prime fishing grounds. Electricity from the turbines is routed via submarine cables to Block Island and to the mainland.  Fishermen complain that the area where the cable lines extend to the mainland is completely devoid of fish, which used to be fruitful fishing grounds. Fishermen also complained that their lines have caught on the concrete casings that cover portions of cables that are not buried.

Other Offshore Wind Projects Being Considered

Officials are about to announce the winners of bids to develop much larger wind farms 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.  Those offshore wind projects are expected to span hundreds of thousands of acres and generate 1,600 megawatts of turbines within a decade.

Fishermen across the region have been pressing officials for answers to their concerns about where the turbines will be located, how far apart they will be built, and the placement of the cables to the mainland. Commercial fishermen urged regulators to study the potential impact of the proposed wind farms on marine mammals, spawning grounds of herring and squid, and other species that inhabit the area.

The fishermen also raised questions about the impact of electromagnetic waves pulsing across the seafloor on species such as sharks, which navigate and hunt in part by sensing electrical currents, and how rotating turbine blades could impede their ability to navigate with radar.

One company (Vineyard Wind),proposing to build a $2 billion, 800-megawatt wind farm, is considering a different placement of the turbines. Instead of placing turbines in an irregular pattern, which would produce the most energy, the company would position them in rows, eight-tenths of a mile apart that would allow two fishing vessels to drag their nets through the area at the same time.

In 2016, to protect valuable scallop and squid grounds, the fishing industry filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to stop the development of a 26-mile wind farm off Long Island, New York. Besides scallops and squids, the site for the proposed wind farm includes ocean habitats for loggerhead sea turtles, right whales, black sea bass and summer flounder. Fishermen claim that the government never adequately addressed their concerns and failed to consider alternative locations.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

They assert that BOEM’s process for awarding the lease failed to properly consider the planned wind farm’s impact on area fish populations and habitats, shore side communities, safety, and navigation, which violates the National Environmental Policy Act, requiring an assessment of these impacts before issuing the lease, a full Environmental Impact Statement, and an evaluation of alternative locations.

BOEM’s failure to consider the impacts to fisheries, safety, navigation and other natural resources prior to moving forward with the leasing process also violates the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which charges BOEM with considering and providing for existing ocean users. And BOEM’s actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act, which prohibits agencies from acting in ways that are arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is the federal agency located in the Department of Interior that oversees the development of offshore wind projects as well as other offshore projects. Officials at the Bureau indicate that they are conducting studies to address fishermen’s concerns.

Statoil, which is two-thirds owned by the Norwegian government, won the bid to develop 79,000 acres of ocean off Long Island through a federal auction, bidding $42.5 million. Their plan is to erect 80 to 100 turbines 14 miles south of Long Beach, extending south-eastward with a capacity of up to 1,000 megawatts.

Conclusion

States considering offshore wind energy (e.g. Massachusetts, Maryland, New York) need to be aware of the ramifications of constructing and operating wind turbines off their coasts. Not only is the technology expensive, but fishermen believe that the turbines pose a real threat to their livelihoods. The opposition of the fishing industry could prove a hindrance for developers of proposed offshore wind farms.

Editor’s Note: Not only is the capital cost of offshore wind many multiples higher than a modern combined cycle natural gas power plant, but fixed operation and maintenance costs of offshore wind are 13 times higher than those of the latter and the final levelized cost  of energy for offshore wind are more than 2.5 times those of the modern gas-fired power plant. The ratio is still more than two to one after the subsidy value of Federal tax credits are considered and is projected to stay at about that same ratio in 2040. Offshore wind, in other words, is a mind-boggling boondoggle.

  The post Green Insanity: Offshore Wind Project Cost Mind-Boggling $10K Per KW appeared first on Natural Gas Now.

https://www.shaledirectories.com/blog/green-insanity-offshore-wind-project-cost-mind-boggling-10k-per-kw/

[safetycourses2022]

[safetycourses2022]

[safetycourses2022]

[safetycourses2022]

[safetycourses2022]