As we begin a new year, I’d like to do a recap on the topics I discussed in 2021. Just about every subject matter has shifted, some like a glacier and others at, for the marine industry, flank speed
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The U.S. and Short Sea Shipping
Ships, on a cost-per-ton mile, are the most efficient way to move large quantities of material, raw or finished. But ships are useless unless they have somewhere to load and unload cargo.
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The growth of lithium for use in batteries is phenomenal, as the number of products using lithium-based batteries grows in addition to the size of these batteries.
Continue readingDo Green Ships Have a Nuclear Future?
The amount of money being put into meeting the 2050 air cleanliness goals of the Paris Accords and the IMO is staggering. Every week we read more news items and long reports on studies and research and experiments on new technology.
Continue readingSo, What About Offshore Wind Farms?
We are headlong into the new world of wind power. Not so new if you consider that Hero of Alexandria (20 AD-70 AD) invented a windmill that pumped a bellows attached to a pipe organ. (And he invented the first vending machine – it dispensed holy water). The first windmill to provide electricity was built in 1887 by a Scottish inventor, James Blyth, to power his home.
Continue readingModern Marvels Meets Deep Sea Salvage
Last September, the Korean cargo ship Golden Ray capsized outside of Brunswick, GA with over 4,000 cars on board. After months of preparations, Versamarine’s heavy lift vessel VB-10,000 will soon cut up and remove the Golden Ray from inside St. Simons Sound.
Continue readingKenner Hendrix Advances to Accredited Member of the ASA
DLS Marine is pleased to announce Kenneth “Kenner” Hendrix, NAMS-CMS has earned the Accredited Member (AM) credential in the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) under the Machinery & Technical Specialties discipline.
Continue readingDLS Marine Builds Remote Survey Vehicle to Access Confined Spaces
A long-time customer of DLS Marine recently came to us with a knotty problem. The customer had 6 large pieces of marine equipment arriving at an East Coast port from the Middle East. The equipment was loaded on the cargo deck of a semi-submersible heavy lift ship.
Continue readingNAMSGlobal Appoints Ave Boudreaux, Marine Surveyor for DLS Marine, as Treasurer for 2020-2022 Term
DLS Marine is pleased to announce that An International Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMSGlobal) has appointed Ave Boudreaux, Marine Surveyor for DLS Marine based out of Houston, as Treasurer for the 2020-2022 term.
Continue readingDLS Introduces Marine Business Valuation Services
We are proud to announce a new strategic relationship with The McLean Group (TMG), one of the top middle market business valuation firms in the nation. Business owners in the marine industry can confidently rely on decades of marine asset appraisal and valuation experts.
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