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Section March 17, 2005 On March 17th, 2005 the fifth technical meeting of the Greek Section for 2004-2005 was held at the presence of more than 40 members and students, during which Dipl. Hans Goetze from the Head Office of Germanischer Lloyd in Hamburg, Germany presented his paper on: MARPOL
Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code Requirements, With respect to the forthcoming entry into force of Annex VI to the MARPOL 73/78 Convention on May 19, 2005, the paper shed light on the complex issue of the applicable air pollution prevention regulations, along with some guidance given. Present experience in the engine certification process, especially influenced by the prerequisites for the approval of engine families and engine groups was discussed, engine emission test procedures were described, and the experience with application of different on-board verification procedures were commented. The paper concluded with an outlook concerning further upcoming international maritime air pollution regulations and addressed the need for multilateral communications on the issue, in order to achieve extensive harmonization concerning limit values, engine categorization and testing and survey procedures.
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California Section April 13, 2005 Development of Electro-Optical-Mechanical Mooring Cables for Ocean Observing Systems In April the Northern California Section met with the Golden Gate Section of ASNE. Twenty-two members of these societies and nine students from the University of California, Berkeley and California Maritime Academy attended the meeting, which was held at the Pasta Pelican Restaurant in Alameda, CA. Andrew Hamilton, Ph.D., Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute presented a fascinating summary of his work on prototype ocean observatory systems for large-scale deployment by the national and international oceanographic research communities, and the need for the observatory infrastructure, to supply power and near-real-time communications to scientific sensors throughout the world’s oceans. An integral part of this effort is the design of a mooring system for the oceanographic buoys, which incorporates electrical and optical conductors in the mooring strength member to provide continuous communication with a network of instrumentation on the seafloor. The design and operational challenges of these systems were discussed in conjunction with results from initial deployments of the mooring system.
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