Medium Maritime Reporter 2003 Articles

• • Scotland Sees Opportunity, Innovation in the North Sea page: 54
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  on April 2003

  Britain's offshore industry is strong, and Scotland is committed to ensuring that the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) remains one of the world's top offshore energy provinces for many years to come. The oil and gas industry is facing a set of unique challenges: determining how to inst

• • Speeding to Safety page: 52
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  on April 2003

  While it is not a vessel you will see anytime soon on U.S. port patrol, the BladeRunner speed boat from IceMarine could offer some technological cues to designers seeking to deliver an ultra fast boat with outstanding handling characteristics, a trait evident even in rough seas. Maritime Repo

• • IZAR Sestao Launches 11,300-cu. m. Dredger page: 16
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  on April 2003

  The Sestao Shipyard has launched the newbuilding number 324, a suction dredger with a capacity of 11,300 cu. m. Known as Filippo Brunelleschi, the vessel will be delivered next September and will go to work in Southeast Asia. This dredger is the first of a series of two, the second one will b

• • Offshore-Inland Provides the Fix page: 42
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  on April 2003

  Established in 1983 to provide timely, cost effective hydraulic remanufacturing services to the pulp and paper, marine, offshore and steel industries. Offshore Inland Services has dominated this niche. To extend its expertise within the oceangoing marine and offshore industry, the company for

• • Keppel To Build $105M Jack-Up Bigfoot for ENSCO page: 34
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  on April 2003

  Unlike the "Sasquatch" that was rumored to roam the Pacific Northwest for many years, even gaining fame with a cameo on the 1970s television adventure show "Six Million Dollar Man." a very real Bigfoot will he working for Ensco soon. Ensco selected Keppel FELS' proprietary jackup (JU) design

• • Azipull Technology Debuts on Offshore Vessels page: 33
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  on April 2003

  Havila is set to retrofit its supply vessel Havila Tampen with a pair of Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull azimuth thrusters for main propulsion, replacing conventional azimuth thrusters. The Azipull azimuth thruster from Rolls- Royce uses a pulling propeller ahead of the streamlined leg and lower

• • CF ' 0 3 Spotlights Industry Challenges page: 32
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  on April 2003

  Cruise + Ferry 2003, which is set for London's Grand Hall, Olympia, from May 13-15, will be the 10th biennial exhibition and conference in a series ranked as the passenger shipping industry's premier technical and operations event. The extended format introduced in 2001 - which helped to attra

• • LCS Program Team Announced page: 23
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  on April 2003

  Trumpeting the strength of combining leaders in systems engineering, mid-market shipbuilding and naval architecture, officials from Lockheed Martin, Gibbs & Cox, Bollinger Shipyards and Marinette Marine announced a teaming effort to capture the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program. With Lockh

• • GMD Performs Evergreen Repair page: 43
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  on March 2003

  This past November, the GMD Group performed emergency repairs to Evergreen's 46,411-gt containership M/V Ever Goods, when its rudder failed in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world — midway between New York and New Jersey, underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Rather than pay any

• • Japanese TSL a Reality page: 31
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  on March 2003

  Long discussed as the embodiment of next-generation marine technology, the Japanese "Techno- Superliner" (TSL) is now a reality. The 14,500 grt TSL will be built from aluminum and measure 460 x 98 ft. (140 x 29.8 m). To be built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding's Tamano works for delivery

• • Dockyard Doubles Its Prosperity page: 44
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  on March 2003

  In January 2003, Huarun Dadong Dockyard (HRDD) was awarded eight vessel repair contracts awarded in succession — doubling the amount of jobs the yard was awarded just one year previous. Measuring 614 x 93 ft. (187.3 x 28.4 m) M /V Sheila Macdevitt of U.S.-based TECO Shipping will undergo approx

• • ASRY Comes Up Aces page: 43
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  on March 2003

  In line with expectations, 2002 turned out highly successful for the ASRY ship repair yard in Bahrain, which repaired approximately 95 vessels — ranging from ULCC's and chemical carriers — to offshore drill rigs and diving support vessels. Thus illustrating the company's broad width of expert

• • ULCC: Hellespont Alhambra Proves Efficient page: 10
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  on March 2003

  Hellespont Alhambra is the first of the series of four new ultra-high spec double hull ULCCs delivered to Piraeus, Greece-based Hellespont Group. At the beginning of February, the 442.000-dwt ship immediately demonstrated its flexibility and economy of scale, delivering a full cargo of Middle

• • Cruise Industry Gathers in Miami page: 61
  pablished in:
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  on February 2003

  Every March, the cruise industry gathers in Miami, Fla. for the Sea Trade Cruise Shipping Convention - which usually sometime during March. Just in time to relieve the mid-winter blahs, this year's Convention will be held from March 3-6, 2003 at its "homeport" of the Miami Beach Convention Ce

• • Shipping 2003: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow page: 58
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  on February 2003

  Bringing together a diverse group of individuals within the maritime industry, the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA), plans to host its annual Trade Show and Conference from March 17- 19, 2003 at the Westin Stamford Hotel in Stamford, Conn. Touting a "fragile freight market, a contentiou

• • Blue Ridge Officers Complete Safety Training page: 57
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  on February 2003

  The U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet command ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), is outfitted with the latest command, control, and communications technology in order to effectively command naval units defending the national interests of the United States. This highly visible ship, which operates routin

• • Construction on 10-Boat, $57-M Contract Commences for Brazil page: 44
  pablished in:
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  on February 2003

  While much of the attention in the fast ferry niche often falls on designs and construction from Down Under, Italy's Rodriquez Cantieri Navali has built and maintained a stable of some of the most impressive high-speed vessels in the world. It's South American affiliate, Rodriquez Cantieri Na

• • Coral Princess Debuts With Unique Propulsion System page: 35
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  on February 2003

  Coral Princess' propulsion system is the first in the cruise industry to fully utilize a new development of the diesel engine known as an EnviroEngine, as well as the first in the Princess fleet to incorporate gas turbine power generation. This innovative combination uses technology proven t

• • Deltamarin Expands to China to Thwart Cruise Downturn page: 34
  pablished in:
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  on February 2003

  Finnish design specialist Deltamarin is synonymous with advanced cruise ship design and construction. The company, as has many of its colleagues in this country, have built a formidible empire of accrued cruise shipbuilding knowledge and experience which it has used to remain a key player in

• • Three PacifiCat-class Fast Ferries to be Sold page: 18
  pablished in:
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  on February 2003

  Three 400-ft. (122-m) PacifiCat-class fast ferries capable of carrying 1,000 passengers and 250 vehicles at speeds of up to 34 knots will be sold at an international, unreserved public auction at 11:00 a.m. PST on March 24, 2003 at Canada Place, Vancouver, by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. The al

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