Shipboard Maintenance

Thursday, 02 December 2021

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Bringing certainty to maintenance costs

Splash24/7 05 Nov 2021

ABB on how to handle maintenance headaches. Maintenance costs are easy to report, but difficult to predict ... It is in times like these, when company executives are focusing on how their businesses will survive, that the burden of unplanned and unexpected maintenance issues is least wanted.

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The Navy released a scathing report about the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard

Popular Science 22 Oct 2021

“Because the nearest shipboard fire stations had cut or missing hoses that were not corrected through routine maintenance checks, these teams were unsuccessful locating a serviceable fire station and hose and they did not adapt their strategy in light of these conditions,” the investigation found.

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Navy Details Changes, More Oversight in Wake of USS Bonhomme Richard Arson

NBCBayArea 21 Oct 2021

Navy leaders said Wednesday that a key finding showed that Navy crews are highly capable of fighting shipboard fires while at sea and in combat, but those skills decline when ships are docked for maintenance. The Bonhomme Richard was undergoing maintenance at the time of the fire.

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Navy investigation says fire that destroyed US warship was caused by a chain of errors ...

News-Press Now 20 Oct 2021

The ship had been docked at Naval Base San Diego for maintenance when the fire broke out on July 12, 2020 ... Two teams tried to find the nearest usable fire hose, but the closest shipboard fire stations had cut or missing hoses that were not fixed in routine maintenance checks.

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‘Clearly preventable’: Lessons from past Navy ship fires should have stopped USS Bonhomme Richard blaze, admiral says

Stars and Stripes 20 Oct 2021

“We saw that our ships meet high firefighting stands at sea, but when they transition to and from the maintenance phase, they face different hazards and challenges,” Lescher told reporters Wednesday during a news briefing ... The Bonhomme Richard was undergoing a two-year, $249 million maintenance period when it went up in flames.

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Navy details changes, more oversight in wake of warship fire

Enid News & Eagle 20 Oct 2021

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Noblis MSD Awarded Prime $72 Million Navy IDIQ Contract to Enhance the Operability of Naval ...

Johnson City Press 30 Aug 2021

As a system developer through lifecycle maintenance, Noblis MSD provides engineering, enterprise transformation and program management, to help clients design solutions for operations and maintenance. We identify and deploy new shipboard technologies, integrate information ...

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Noblis MSD Wins Prime $68 Million IDIQ Contract to Help Optimize Navy Networks

Johnson City Press 26 Aug 2021

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Noblis Launches Noblis MSD Subsidiary Following Acquisition of McKean Defense

Johnson City Press 28 Jul 2021

As a system developer through life-cycle maintenance, Noblis MSD provides engineering, enterprise transformation and program management support, to help clients design solutions for operations and maintenance. We identify and deploy new shipboard technologies, integrate ...

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ABB Technology Enables Global Mercy Access to Challenging Harbors

The Maritime Executive 29 Jun 2021

Global Mercy is equipped with two Azipod® propulsion units, as part of a comprehensive scope of electric, digital and connected solutions to optimize operation ... From these hubs, ABB experts monitor shipboard systems, coordinate equipment diagnostics, and offer predictive maintenance services, offering global 24/7 technical support ... ....

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Considerations on the Use of Offshore Wind Vessels for U.S. Operations

The Maritime Executive 16 Jun 2021

The Coast Guard does not consider a person who is briefly visiting the vessel in a consulting capacity (e.g., a vendor's technical representative) or shoreside personnel who come on board vessels while they are not underway to load or unload cargo or to perform services, such as maintenance of shipboard equipment, to be a crewmember.

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Circulatory Systems

The Maritime Executive 14 Jun 2021

These advances, in turn, reduce maintenance costs and support the industry in its current push to improve efficiency and reduce emissions ... Unlike the human body, however, shipboard systems require far more external maintenance than their human counterparts, which have at least a limited ability to heal themselves.

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Elcome International: Onboard service calls in a pandemic

Splash24/7 04 Jun 2021

The company’s field engineers can remotely access shipboard systems and networks for trouble shooting, and to a certain extent, repairs can be handled by the crew if they are provided with the right remote-assist apps, tools and spare parts, with real-time or email support by our engineers.

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Denham Springs High graduate receives accelerated advancement to seaman

The Advocate 09 Mar 2021

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia — A Denham Springs native received accelerated advancement to seaman after graduating first in a class of 44 sailors, a news releases said. Seaman Cedric Lee is a 2013 Denham Springs High School graduate and student at Southern University ... “The seaman are the shipboard’s maintenance and operations,” said Lee ... It paid off ... .

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Seattle-based Coast Guard icebreaker returns home after first mission in nearly 40 years to wintertime Arctic

Stars and Stripes 21 Feb 2021

The vessel in recent years has had mishaps and maintenance problems, including a 2019 fire that damaged a shipboard incinerator and a leaking shaft repaired with the aid of a scuba diver ... Then they will bring the Polar Star down to California for maintenance work in preparation for next year's cruise, which is expected to be a return to Antarctica.