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Great news for the Port of NYNJ! It’s critical to remain focused on safety. Larger ship have the potential to bring elevated risks. Larger cranes, more equipment, more people, more trucks and more cargo…a functioning safety management systems will allow terminals to effectively manage the risks that go along with these new supersized vessels. As terminals expand to meet the needs of these monster vessels look for opportunities to implement engineering and substitution controls which are most effective in safeguarding workers.

The PanBlast™ range of PBF II Respirator Airline Filters are designed to reduce odors, oil and water mist from the compressed air stream prior to entering the operators respirator helmet.   Features: PBFII-1 for one (1) operator PBFII-3 for up to three (3) operators PBFII-4 for up to four (4) operators All units are fitted with pressure regulators and gauges to allow monitoring of the filter condition. Dual Action Quick Disconnect airline fittings are standard, as required by International Standards including AS/NZS, CE and NIOSH. Standard pressure relief valve on all sizes. Manually operated moisture drains also fitted as standard on all units.   #airless #painting #paintingcontractors #paintingservice #abrasiveblasting #sandblasting #painting #surfacepreparation #surfaceprep #surfacetreatment #surfacefinishing #surfacecleaning #surfaceprotection #vacuumrecovery #sspc #nace #blastpots #pipes #corrosionprotection #corrosion #corrosionprevention #pipeline #compressedair #gritblasting #pneumatic #shotblasting #shiprepair #oilandgas #shiprepairs #oilrigs #vacuum #wetblast #dustcollector #dustcontrol #dust #compressors #painting #training #quality #ppe #safety #safework #navy #protectivecoatings #mining #recycle #blasting #airblasting #miningwork #miningmaintenance #epc #epcprojects #mro # #rustremoval #osha #restoration #bridgerepair #hullcleaning #frosio #ampp #heatreatment #greenenergy #industrialcoatings #shutdowns #maintenance #certified #inspection #naval #maintenance #military #blastroom #marinecoatings #ventilation                                          

[KH Explains] [Warship rivals at loggerheads] Defense experts say it's not time for Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to fight The dispute between South Korea’s two major shipbuilders -- Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, housed under Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, respectively -- is escalating, with Hanwha taking legal action. Hanwha Ocean on Monday filed a complaint with the National Office of Investigation to probe into the case of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ nine employees who were convicted of collecting military secrets and leaking them, asking the authorities to uncover information on HD Hyundai’s executives allegedly involved in the illegal actions and punish them accordingly. The HD Hyundai employees were found guilty in November last year as the court ruled that they violated the Military Secret Protection Act by illegally obtaining military secrets related to the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) project drafted by Hanwha Ocean, then Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering and Marine Engineering, and sharing them on their firm’s server from 2012 to 2015. Following the conviction, HD Hyundai received security penalty points of 1.8 for future bids from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration until November 2025. In July last year, when Hanwha was selected as the preferred bidder for the fifth and sixth warships of the Future Frigate eXperimental, or FFX, Batch-IV program, the final difference in points between Hanwha and HD Hyundai was only 0.1422, demonstrating the graveness of the penalty. Tap below to read full story. #Hanwha #HDHyundai #Heavy #Industries #Hyundai #conviction #KDDX #Daewoo #marineengineering #shipbuilding https://lnkd.in/g6K-ucgD

First Boeing, now Newport News Shipbuilding! It seems like critical American industries, and certainly some workers and supervisors, don’t give a damn about the quality of their output, even for national defense. We would have lost World War 2 with this level of malfeasance, profiteering, greed, laziness, and general “ehhhh” in manufacturing. Shame! “Earlier this year, quality assurance teams at Newport News discovered the sub-standard welds and reported the violations in procedure to both the Navy and the Department of Justice, according to a Friday statement on LinkedIn by Newport News president Jennifer Boykin. “We recently discovered that the quality of certain welds on submarines and aircraft carriers under construction here at NNS do not meet our high-quality standards. Most concerning is that some of the welds in question were made by welders who knowingly violated weld procedures.” she wrote. “We immediately put together a team made up of both internal and independent engineering and quality subject matter experts to determine the root causes, bound the issue and put in place immediate short-term corrective actions as we work through longer-term solutions.” (Some of which could take years, based on prior incidents)! #shipbuilding #newportnews #usnavy #submarines #aircraftcarriers #welding #welders #congress #investigation #nationalsecurity #nationaldefense

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Will these foreign-produced modules be delivered to US shipbuilders as Government Furnished Material (GFM)? And how many changes will be requested once they have arrived in the U.S.?

Uncover the future of naval maintenance with Jeffrey Abt's insights on the synergy of pulsed eddy current array with inspection crawlers, as featured by ASNT (The American Society for Nondestructive Testing). https://hubs.la/Q02p5dJq0 #EddyfiTechnologies #VersaTrax #PECA #BeyondCurrent

AFMC Life Cycle Management Center (LCMC) to Air Dominance Systems Center (ADSC?)… There has been whispers of a major reorg under LCMC. I hope what happened to AFRL/RXSS (coatings and corrosion) does not happen to support organizations under AFLCMC/EN such as Corrosion Prevention and Control, Non-Destructive Inspection, and Metals Technology and Fabrication..