Medium Maritime Reporter 2003 Articles

• • LCS Hull Concept Tests Move Ahead page: 80
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  The Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship team is continuing the development of its semi-planing seaframe design through a new series of tank tests that will prove the efficacy of several significant design improvements. The scaled hull model test program underway at the Naval Surface Warfar

• • Xybernaut Gets Patent for Detecting Corrosion on Maritime Vessels page: 79
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  Xybernaut Corporation has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to a system that detects corrosion on maritime vessels. This patent, U.S. 6,633,820, describes a broad array of potential military, commercial and recreational applications. Called "System for asse

• • Surface-Protection Symposium Set for Liibeck page: 78
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  on November 2003

  Corrosion causes damages amounting to billions each year. The existence of chlorides makes the maritime climate particularly aggressive, whereas the ballast tanks of seagoing vessels are endangered the most. The most recent accidents — such as those of the Erika and the Prestige — have made us

• • Research as the Building Block page: 70
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  An absence of complacency over its position as the global market leader in newbuild construction is demonstrated by Hyundai Heavy Industries' increasing plough-back of earnings into research and technological development. The raised level of annual expenditure on R&D, coupled with the group's

• • World's Biggest LNG Carrier Due in 2005 page: 12
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  on November 2003

  A 153,500 cu. m. LNG carrier ordered by Gaz de France from Chantiers de 1'Atlantique - reported to be the largest ever LNG carrier - will be classed by Bureau Veritas and is due for delivery in 2005. The order includes an option for a second vessel. The vessels feature a long list of innovati

• • EU Single-Hull Phase-Out Elicits I MO Scorn page: 10
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  on November 2003

  Taking a page from OPA 90, the European Union has officially adopted its unilateral plan for accelerated phaseout of single-hull tankers. The regulation was published in the October I edition of the Official Journal of the European Union and came into effect on October 21, 2003. It provides f

• • Costa Victoria in for a Facelift page: 11
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  on November 2003

  Radical changes are imminent for Costa Victoria, one of the nine members currently comprising the Costa Crociere fleet. On January 6, 2004, at the end of her New Year's Eve cruise, the ship will leave the port of Savona bound for Bremerhaven in Germany, where it will arrive after five days at

• • Safety Not Optional page: 81
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  on October 2003

  Regulations such as the new SOLAS and Fire Safety Systems Code (FSS Code) are not to be dismissed, as anything but full compliance can lead to myriad legal and financial troubles for ship owners. Fugro's new and unique geotechnical drill ship D/S Fugro Explorer; ABS-Classed, was one of the first

• • Vosta Debuts Universal MK3 Bow Coupling Installation page: 81
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  on October 2003

  It occurs regularly that several dredges are co-operating within a dredge contract and use the same discharge line. To enable coupling of the floating discharge line, it used to be necessary that the bow coupling installations on the dredges were of the same make. With the universal Vosta MK3 bow

• • BP's Shafts are Oil-Free page: 80
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  on October 2003

  Four 185,000 dwt Alaskan-class tankers that will soon be carrying oil along the U.S. West Coast feature the latest innovations in safe-ship design, including Thordon COMPAC waterlubricated propeller shaft bearings. During the design phase of the vessels — which are being built by NASSCO for

• • SES Launches "Smart" Solution page: 77
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  on October 2003

  With the development of the new software product Smart Radical Innovation, Greek marine IT specialist SES has underlined its long-term commitment to the ship management software and services sector. Smart is a multi-user technical, purchasing and cost-control software that can be installed i

• • World Maritime Tech Exhibition Set for San Francisco page: 66
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  on October 2003

  The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has taken its annual meeting to a worldwide venue by not only partnering with The Maritime Group, publishers of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, but by staging a truly international conference and exposition. From October 17- 20,

• • More Power to the Dredgermen page: 60
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  on October 2003

  Belgian dredge contractor Jan De Nul is putting down new markers for an industry that has invested in major advances in vessel scale, power and performance in recent years in line with intensifying competitive pressures and the evolving nature of project demands. The company's recent recommis

• • Provide Solutions Introduces 3D Laser Scanning page: 56
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  on October 2003

  LIDAR-based 3D laser scanning allows designers and builders to view structural and machinery units already fit as a final product before construction and assembly are finished. Quick dimensional comparison can be made between drawings and constructed units, checks for accuracy and alignment c

• • Maxsurf Links with ShipConstructor page: 54
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  on October 2003

  Formation Design Systems and Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) have announced that Formation's Maxsurf suite of naval architecture and ship construction software now links with ARL's ShipConstructor software suite to provide shipyards with a complete end to end solution for ship design, detailing an

• • Autoship Continues To Make Waves page: 54
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  on October 2003

  Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) is making waves in a host of maritime industries — they remain a leading software supplier with a range of products that include complete CAD/CAM suites, Stowage Planning Systems (SPS), real-time Hydrostatic Engines, and real-time Structural Strength simulatio

• • Gesilco: Built to last page: 48
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  on October 2003

  In 1993 the first Geislinger Gesilco glass fiber coupling was put into operation on a fast ferry, built in Spain. The Gesilco was caught up with the same "fate " as any other new invention: its introduction was met with wide-spread skepticism at engine builders, classification societies and

• • Brunei Develops New Coating System page: 42
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  on October 2003

  Bristol-based Brunei Limited has developed radical new coating systems for the marine industry. The aim has been to create the most durable, efficient and environmentally friendly available. To marry the owners' needs for hull-effi- ciency, long docking intervals, and short downtime, with tho

• • Grand Bahama Shipyard Receives Quality Mark page: 41
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  on October 2003

  Grand Bahama Shipyard has received ISO 9001 accreditation from the international certification body, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd. Mr. Graham Brown, Vice President of Lloyd's Register North America Inc. presented the certificate of approval to the company on August 28 at the shipyar

• • Dubai Drydocks Completes Conversions page: 38
  pablished in:
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  on October 2003

  Dubai Drydocks, UAE, which this year celebrates 20 years of operation, has completed the first of two tanker/FPSO conversions for Monte Carlo's Single Buoy Moorings (SBM), part of Holland's IHC Caland Group. The VLCC Mosocean arrived in Dubai during April 2002 and was renamed Atlantic for th

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