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• • Sending Screws, Pistons and Lube Oil via Satellite page: 19
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  In just a few years, the Schepers shipping line communications have evolved from telex punched tape to a super-fast and easily operated communications system At the Rudolf Schepers shipping line based in Elsfleth in the Oldenburg region, shipping is a business with traditions. While the ow

• • Southbury LES:"Outages are Not Acceptable" page: 15
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  If you are concerned about the effects of Satellite Communication service provider consolidation, you will like the Telenor/Comsat hook-up. If you care nothing about corporate takeovers, rather are focused on ensuring the availability of a strong satellite communication signal, always, you wi

• • Air-to-Sea Technology Transfer page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  As a response to the marine market's demand for higher power concentrations and increased plant reliability, deliverable at competitive cost, the new offering from Rolls-Royce is stimulating fresh interest within a conservative shipping industry in gas turbine-based solutions. Building on the

• • Thales Prepares to take the Market by Storm page: 52
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  Whether your philosophy is "less is more" or "bigger is better", Thales (pronounced "TAL-less") Navigation delivers both. Thales Navigation emanates from parent company Thales, a $10 billion Goliath that has astutely purchased a number of marine electronic brand name product companies, such

• • Market Report: Long-Term Healthy LNG Ship Demand page: 51
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  The healthy LNG ship newbuilding orderbook is likely to continue through to the end of this decade. An additional 50 new ships will be required for delivery in-service within the next 10 years provided LNG growth continues at eight percent. This was amongst one of a number of detailed conclus

• • Aircraft Carrier of the Future page: 43
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  8 Minutes ... Pause for eight minutes, and experience how long it feels. Now imagine that same eight minutes spent pinned down by someone trying to kill you. The next-generation of aircraft carrier must fulfill old and new roles alike. The question now: what will it look like, and how much w

• • Speed to Spare page: 38
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  The Australian marine industry is noted for building large, fast, efficient vessels, primarily for commercial fernpurposes. But as coastal patrol needs grow, so too do the military applications for these amazing breeds. Follow ing is a brief review of some of the recent news from Down Under.

• • Manufacturing Better Bearings for the Marine Industry page: 36
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  In the last few decades, the maritime industry has faced increasing pressures to perform with less and still earn a profit. Fuel costs have skyrocketed. Labor costs have risen dramatically. Down time for repairs has cut into profit margins. Marine engineers and maritime operators have been lo

• • Price, Quality, Schedule page: 35
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  That's the sign I saw once in a Maine boatyard. Big, bold letters. Underneath it said, "Pick two". That's the dilemma for any provider of goods or services. Low price, high quality, quick schedule. Our customers want all three objectives, our industry often has challenges in providing just on

• • Derecktor Expansion in Bridgeport Extends Capabilities page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  The expansion of fast ferry building facilities has taken another gigantic step on the U.S. East Coast. In concert with a beehive of new capacity construction down south, Derecktor Shipyards recently announced that it has completed construction on a 45,000 sq. ft. main assembly building at it

• • A New England Shipyard Comes of Age page: 32
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  When MR/EN traveled up to the New England coast this past fall as part of a New England shipyard swing, we were expecting to meet the great one himself — Luther H. Blount — who could be informally known as the "father" of New England shipbuilding. Blount began his career so many years ago wit

• • To the North, South And A Little Island Sheltered page: 27
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  To those not familiar with the New York metropolitan area — the eastern end of Long Island is demographically multi-faceted. Traveling east on the Long Island Expressway, (the Island' main thoroughfare). the 118-mile long island, splits into two "forks," the North and the South. With the hamlet

• • The Maritime Transportation Security Act 101 page: 20
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  After a series of procedural maneuvers, the 107th Congress adopted the Maritime Transportation Security Act as one of its final bills prior to adjournment. President Bush signed measure into law on November 25, 2002 (Public Law 107-295). The new law represents the most significant expansion of

• • C-MAP Plots Its Course On Both Sides page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  Beginning in the mid-1980's via a brainstorm session for an innovative electronic charting system, by partners, Fosco Bianchetti and Giuseppe Carnevali, CMAP has become a force in electronic charting. MR/EN recently traveled to the company's U.S. division, in the heart of historic Cape Cod in

• • Great Ships of the Year page: 26
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  Name Tempera Type Double Acting Tanker (DAT) Owner Fortum Built Sumitomo Heavy Ind. Kvaerner Masa-Yards is well renowned for its ship and ship's equipment ice breaking technology. Upon visiting Finland on a recent excursion and enjoying winter in November, it's easy to see why. Quite simpl

• • Bringing Magic to the Cruise Experience — the Role of Technology page: 24
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  "Any sufficiently advanced technology should be indistinguishable from magic" — Arthur C. Clarke "Any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced" — Gregory Benford As we are swept along in the surge of technology that pervades almost every aspect of our lives, we some

• • The NewiIMdlTreaty to Ban TBT page: 21
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  The Diplomatic Conference held (October 1-5, 2001) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London adopted the Draft Convention prepared by The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO for the "Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems for Ships." The Convention has bee

• • Meet the ULFPS page: 19
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  IZAR Investigates Ultra Large Floating Production Systems as Central to Seagas Project While seeking to consolidate its existing LNG carrier workload by bidding for new tonnage to serve the Qatari export traffic and other projects, Spanish shipbuilder IZAR has intensified its research endeav

• • Maritime Industry Gets A New Act page: 13
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 2002

  After two years of machinations within Congress, involving various federal agencies and with some input from the private sector, the United States finally has a Maritime Transportation Security Act. This measure, when fully implemented, will impose broad security requirements on the maritime

• • Promoting A Modal Shift page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on November 2002

  The actual extent of European public funding to promote a modal shift from road to waterborne transportation has up until now — been far outweighed by political discourse on the subject — no doubt designed to appeal to the popular, environmentalist vote. However, a recently more pragmatic app

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