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An assessment of the capacity and the performance of marine services in South Africa’s ports
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2023 Background: With about 80% of world trade being seaborne, seaports’ capacity, efficiency and associated services are vital to ensure seamless, sustainable global supply chains.
Sphiwe E. Mthembu, Mihalis G. Chasomeris
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2017 Mooring of floating wave energy converters is an important topic in renewable research since it highly influences the overall cost of the wave energy converter and thereby the cost of energy.
Jonas Bjerg Thomsen +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The Loop Current is the main mesoscale feature of the Gulf of Mexico oceanic circulation. With peak velocities above 1.5 m s–1, the Loop Current and its mesoscale eddies are of interest to fisheries, hurricane prediction and of special concern for the ...
Gaston Manta +8 more
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Study of the origin and correction of compass measurement errors in Doppler current meters
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Surface and subsurface currents are two of the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) defined by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). In situ current measurements can be made by Eulerian methods with instruments on moorings fixed in space.
Marc Le Menn +3 more
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Screening of Available Tools for Dynamic Mooring Analysis of Wave Energy Converters
Energies, 2017 The focus on alternative energy sources has increased significantly throughout the last few decades, leading to a considerable development in the wave energy sector.
Jonas Bjerg Thomsen +2 more
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Damage Monitoring of a Catenary Moored Spar Platform for Renewable Energy Devices
Energies, 2020 Structural performance of renewable energy device platforms is central to their power generation in a reliable and competitive manner. However, there is a gap in research in the conceptual and experimental stages of such devices at lower technological ...
Deirdre O’Donnell +2 more
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Sujecion de piezas durante las mediciones con M.M.C
3C Tecnología, 2012 This Coordinate Measuring Machines (C.M.M.) has had an increasingly important role throughout history. We are talking to an enterprise-level quality control.
Miguel Ángel Sellés Cantó +2 more
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EnergiesFloating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are suitable for Japan’s coastal waters. As one of the unique concepts of FOWTs, the floating axis wind turbine (FAWT) is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that actively uses the features of VAWTs to ...
Hidetaka Senga +5 more
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Safety Operation for Large Deck Cargo Barge at a U-Shaped Basin in Complex Port Areas
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringIt is challenging to manoeuvre large deck cargo barges within the confined, congested port waters, especially when berthing and unberthing at a U-shaped basin.
Wei Zhu +5 more
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On Peak Mooring Loads and the Influence of Environmental Conditions for Marine Energy Converters
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2016 Mooring systems are among the most critical sub-systems for floating marine energy converters (MEC). In particular, the occurrence of peak mooring loads on MEC mooring systems must be carefully evaluated in order to ensure a robust and efficient mooring ...
Violette Harnois +2 more
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