Medium Maritime Reporter 2003 Articles

• • Littoral Combat Ship Takes One Step Closer to Reality page: 10
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on February 2003

  The push for a new class of U.S. Navy ships, vessels able to operate in shallow draft, near to shore environments, has taken a step closer to reality. The Navy is currently reviewing plans from half a dozen teams, and is expected next month to award additional dollars to three teams for furth

• • Old Dominion Gets New Research Vessel page: 37
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  The new research vessel, delivered to Old Dominion University's Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, is expected to commence a growing trend in research boat design — toward smaller, faster and more versatile vessels — equipped to study a variety of sea cha

• • Workboat 2002 Round-Up Bollinger to USCG: 50 Boats and Counting page: 46
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  What first began in 1996 as a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to Bollinger Shipyards to construct one 87-ft. (26.5- m) Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB) with options, has since led to the delivery of 50 of these same vessels — all of which are named after marine protected sp

• • Halmatic Building World's Tallest Yacht Mast page: 26
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  295-ft. (89.9-m) Mast to support 2,900 sq. m. of Sail Halmatic is manufacturing a 295-ft. (90-m) mast that will be fitted on the world's biggest sloop, currently under construction by its parent Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding, part of the VT Group. Mirabella V will be around 246 ft. (75 m)

• • Cygnus Thickness Gauge Designed for VideoRay page: 25
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  VideoRay announced that the Cygnus Instruments Mini ROV Thickness Gauge has been specially designed for mounting on the 8-lb. VideoRay Pro ROV. Proven inside the USS Arizona battleship, the gauge is less expensive than the cost of diving excursions to measure thickness underwater and is espe

• • SeaWave Makes Maritime Communication Seamless page: 19
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  SeaWave LLC's marine communications suite includes SeaWave Navigator 2.0 and SeaWave Integrator, the latter is a hardware device that comes bundled with SeaWave Communicator 3.0. SeaWave Navigator 2.0 is Windows based software bundled with a DSP modem and works with most existing SSB radios spe

• • Bollinger Delivers Ms. Sara Jane page: 11
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. last month delivered the latest in a line of innovative vessels — and the first of Bollinger's new 220 'super shelf series. Ms. Sara Jane is the first of two new 207 x 53 x 19-ft. (63 x 16.1 x 5.7 m) supply boats to MNM Boats, a subsidiary of C&G Boats, Golden Meadow

• • Scanjet's Tank Cleaning System Reduces Vessel Turnaround Time page: 46
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  Based in Norway, Scanjet is a world-leading supplier of tankcleaning-machines (guns) to the marine market with deliveries to VLCC's, product tankers, chemical tankers, drilling rigs and supply vessels. The machines, which cover the tank surface completely by vertical and . horizontal rotation of

• • AMSC Passes Milestone page: 44
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) completed the manufacture and testing of the rotor assembly for what they dub the world's first high temperature superconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor. AMSC, which is manufacturing the prototype motor under a contract from the U.S. Navy's Office of

• • Emission-Reduction Test a Success page: 44
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  New emission reduction technology was recently proven in a joint test with Holland America and RINA. The test was conducted aboard Veendam. Pictured is sistership Zaandam. Reduced emissions from diesel engines at sea has become a rallying cry from legislators to ship owners to diesel engine m

• • Cummins Introduces the QSK60 page: 44
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  Cummins literally unveiled its QSK60 powerplant to the marine market at the Workboat Show in New Orleans, ushering in a new. more powerful age for the surging diesel engine manufacturer. "This engine will take Cummins into new markets," said Geoff Conrad, general manager, Cummins Marine. "But i

• • LSA Enjoys Strong Orderbook page: 40
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 2003

  Liferaft Systems Australia (LSA) recently won many contracts to supply locally designed and manufactured Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) worth approximately $3 million. Orders have been received for Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) from Derecktor Shipyards in New York, Rodriquez Cantiere Nava

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