Labor Shortages, Climate Change & Technology: They’re All Related
May 31, 2022, the students built and launched a solar powered “drifter” hull to track a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Students in the program designed and built the boat, and then tracked it by satellite. The project allowed them to learn about ocean currents, weather, hull integrity and GPS technology. The first drifter launched off the U.S. East Coast completed an autonomous voyage and was eventually safely collected by a second group of students in Norway. The Norwegian students continued the voyage into the Norwegian Fiords and farther North.What was our initial take on the project
Schlosser Joins Gnostech as VP of Innovation and Research
Gnostech, an applied engineering company specializing in cybersecurity, software development, C4ISR systems and GPS, announced it has hired James “Jamie” Schlosser as Vice President of Innovation and Research at its San Diego office.Schlosser brings over 44 years of experience in Naval Information Warfare operations and acquisition both on active duty and as a civil servant. He recently retired from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) after more than 23 years of service. Working within the Chief Engineer’s office as the Deputy Mission Assurance/Strategic Planning Lead
Kraken Appoints Dillon as Chief Scientist
interferometry.Previously Dr. Dillon was a control systems engineer at Honeywell Aerospace, a flight test instrumentation engineer at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) Flight Research Laboratory and a research officer in guidance, navigation and control at NRC. He developed the inertial/GPS navigation system and Kalman filtering software used in all NRC research aircraft. His more recent contributions at NRC have been in the areas of automatic aircraft collision avoidance, flight control laws for unstable aircraft and modeling stall dynamics using autoregressive neural networks.Dr. Dillon
True Heading Fills Key North American Positions
True Heading, a Swedish manufacturer of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), GPS compasses and app navigation products, announced the hiring of several key North American staff today. Assuming the position of director, Americas, Phil Gabriel comes to True Heading with over 28 years of marine electronics experience. Prior to True Heading, Gabriel was president and an executive board member of Hemisphere GNSS. Gabriel also held senior management and business development positions with Allied Signal Aerospace, Furuno and Digidyne. Gabriel will help set strategy and infrastructure in the
BC Proposes Fair Wages for Port Truckers
An end to all Port Metro Vancouver legal proceedings. Extended hours at Vanterm, Centerm and Deltaport. Wait time fees in place and 100% payable to truckers. Terminal Gate Compliance Fee waived by the port. Mediation assistance offered to truckers and their employer companies. GPS units installed within all TLS-licensed trucks. Steering committee (in place from April through September 2014). Vince Ready/Corrin Bell recommendations issued in September 2014. Port Metro Vancouver is working on the two remaining Joint Action Plan recommendations: TLS reform
McAllister Towing Celebrates 150 in Style
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Newport International Boat Show To Offer Exciting Program
The Helm: Docking and Maneuvering provides hands-on docking including collision avoidance and how to handle emergencies in close quarters, as well as stopping, turning and keeping control of a boat even in windy conditions. At The Helm: Navigation and Electronics provides the basics of operating a GPS/Chartplotter and radar including planning routes, setting courses and waypoints, taking bearings and avoiding the common pitfalls of electronic navigation. At The Helm: Emergencies Underway helps boaters learn how to confidently and calmly handle emergencies while underway. Activities for this
