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For the best results for your business, consider all aspects of repowering before making your final choice. To help you with this, we have compiled the five repowering considerations below for you and everyone else in the marine industry. Whether the boat is used for fishing, towing, ferrying or pleasure, these considerations will help narrow down the repowering options that you should consider
Most items we use daily have been made possible thanks to the marine industry. Seaborne trade and shipping are the corner stones of our modern society. The growth in seaborne trade has outpaced the growth in the world's population over the last decade. Moreover, seaborne trade volume is forecasted to be aligned with the growth in GDP in the next decade. "Increasing trade activity doesn't j
Let's start with why the marine industry is unique when it comes to emission regulations. "First, there are multiple agencies regulating maritime emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), European Union (EU), International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China are the major ones to mention," says Michael Drew, Marine Certification M
In this article, the focus is another important aspect of the mining industry: capital expenditure (CapEx). CapEx is the mining companies' investments in the products and technologies as part of their operations. It includes facility improvements, new mining equipment, and beyond. The annual capital expenditure (CapEx) of the world's top 40 mining companies is $78 billion1. This is about the sa
Pad drilling has been around for over a decade across various drilling sites, and has already revolutionized drilling operations and the oil and gas industry overall. Its initial benefits around avoidance of cost associated with moving the drilling equipment was later coupled with increased hydrocarbon production, thanks to the ability to drill in batches. Today, pad drilling is the norm across ma
It's the use of rare earth elements and tech metals, brought to us by the mining industry through different types of mining. Devices that use these elements help mankind explore new frontiers in outer space, progress the green energy transformation and build a connected world. Out of 118 elements within the periodic table, a little over 20 of them fall into the categories of rare earth elements
Stainless steel refrigerators, microwave ovens, and air conditioners (ACs); modern recreational vehicles (RVs) are truly home away from home. In fact, some of the large and luxurious RVs feature RV generators that are more powerful than the back-up power generator you might be using at your home. You might feel overwhelmed as you try to find the right size generator to power your RV. Ther
As you search for a quiet generator for your RV, you have probably looked at various portable and RV generators. You likely saw numbers ranging from 50 to 80 decibels and are wondering how to interpret these numbers. Let's start with what is quiet. What is a quiet portable or RV generator? Here is an easy way to gauge decibel levels of different generators; a traditional vacuum cleaner
The oil and gas sector's environmental footprint differs between its upstream, midstream and downstream activities. For midstream, refineries collectively represent the majority of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted in this stage of the processing. On the other hand, many different activities contribute to the sector's GHG emissions produced during upstream processing. These activities range from ons
Downtime of a mining dump truck or an excavator could cost the mine operator over thousand dollars per hour. With such high costs associated with machine downtime, it is crucial for the mining industry to improve machine uptime. What is machine downtime, uptime and availability? Let's start with equipment availability. Equipment availability as the duration the equipment is ready when
This edition of our 'Digging Deeper' series focuses on sustainable mining. It outlines some of the technologies the mining industry is using to progress in sustainable mining and reduced environmental impact. Sustainable mining and reducing the environmental footprint are emerging priorities across the mining industry. For example, Glencore allocated 16 out of 93 pages in its most recent annual
Some mine haul trucks feature $50,000 tires and consume up to 30 gallons of fuel an hour. It could cost over a million dollars a year to operate one of these mine haul trucks. These high costs are also combined with almost continuous use of equipment in mining industry. This combination allows even small improvements yield into major financial performance gains for miners. What impacts th