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- Lake Express Vessel Enters Service page: 14
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on July 2004The new Austal Auto Express 58 catamaran Lake Express entered service on June 1. Operating between Milwaukee, Wis., and Muskegon. Mich.. Lake Express provides a crossing time of 2.5 hours, slicing in half the time it would take to drive around the southern tip of the lake, through a congested
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on July 2004A major step forward in tanker operation safety was taken as ABS announced technical guidance for inert gas systems for ballast tanks. Compliance to the guidelines leads to the class notation IGS-Ballast. ABS is the first society to set standards and offer a notation for complying with desig
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on June 2004MR recently sought some safety insights from Jim Ligotti is Vice President, Maritime Solutions, Ingersoll-Rand Security and Safety Solutions, Ingersoll- Rand Company Limited (IR). Q: What does ISPS mean for ports and vessels? A: All of the more than 300 coastal and interwaterway ports in the
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on June 2004One of the more unique conferences — the Multi Agency Combat Craft (MACC 2004) — is set to take place again this month. MACC provides a forum for open exchange and discussion about boat and craft between Government agencies and the maritime community. In addition to topical conferences and a
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- The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 page: 61
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on June 2004The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 (PCA) prohibits the use of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus to execute the laws of the U.S. "POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expre
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on June 2004The Jacksonville Port Authority selected ObjectVideo VEW, intelligent video surveillance software, for its patented "video tripwire" technology. ObjectVideo VEW is designed to protect the waterfront and landside of Blount Island, Talleyrand and Dames Point marine terminals, which in 2003 han-
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on June 2004One hundred and twenty floating production systems are forecast to be installed over the next five years involving capital expenditure estimated to be $32 billion, according to the study The World Floating Production Report from Douglas-Westwood. (see chart previous page) "Annual capital expe
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- IZAR Christens LNG Ship page: 25
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on June 2004Izar's Puerto Real Shipyard christened the LNG carrier Cadiz Knutsen, with representatives of the owners Knutsen OAS and Marpetrol and the final client, Union Fenosa Gas. This ship will transport up to 138,000 cu. m. of gas at - 163°C, and is the fourth LNG carrier built at IZAR, and the seco
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on June 2004Bollinger recently gave new life to an old boat, the 150-ft. Guardian, originally named Gale B., which was built by Southern Shipyard in 1963. It was owned by Midland Enterprises and was part of a tug/barge unit with the hopper barge Martha B. Midland sold the barge to Moran about three years
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on June 2004Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. delivered the 5,000 hp Z-Drive Tug Independent to Marine Towing of Tampa. The 92 x 32 x 13.7-ft. tug is designed for ship handling and built to ABS Class Maltese Cross Al. Maltese Cross AMS, with notation: Towing Service and Fire Fighting Capability. Indep
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- EC: Spanish Shipyards Owe €308.3M page: 11
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on June 2004The Spanish shipbuilding establishment received a financial blow when the European Commission ruled last month that aid provided was not in line with EC rules on State aid to shipbuilding. In a nutshell, Izar owes 6 308.3 million, plus interest, a tall financial hurdle in the face of an alrea
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on June 2004Crowley Marine Services refloated the passenger ferry Le Conte, which had run aground about 30 miles north of Sitka, Alaska on Monday, May 10. Crowley, under contract with the Alaska Marine Highway System, floated the Le Conte off Cozian Reef. The salvage team made internal and external surve
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on June 2004$430 Million Joint Venture to Eye Gas Ships Next '.' Gulf Energy Maritime PJSC, or GEM, is a new $430 million joint venture shipping company, launched last month. Headquartered in Dubai, GEM is owned by Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) (35%); Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Inves
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- Vision FT IBS page: 48
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on May 2004Late last year in Amsterdam Sperry Marine rolled out its vision of the bridge of the future. The Vision FT integrated bridge system (IBS) incorporates the latest advances in marine navigation technology and combines all of the ship's navigation sensors and systems — including radars, electro
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on May 2004The introduction of the electronic chart is a major step forward in improving the safety of navigation at sea, as it save mariners time and effort and improves safety, and offers optimized functionality. ENCs (Electronic Navigational Charts), issued by Hydrographic Offices, are now recognized
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on May 2004In the past decade more than 25,000 accidents have been caused by ships maneuvering under adverse environmental or traffic conditions. A leading cause of many of these accidents - by some estimates up to 70 or 80 percent - are due to "human error," confirmed by the fact that international org
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on May 2004The C-MAP CM-93/3 global electronic chart database helps Royal Caribbean Intl. vessel operators to ensure smooth, safe sailing whether cruising the icy waters of Alaska, or the warm currents of the Southern Caribbean tropics or through the Panama Canal. Arnolf Remo, captain of the Adventure
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on May 2004New challenges lie in store for northern shiprepair yards as a new generation of ultra sophisticated ice-class tankers join the fleet. So far. South Korean builders are in the vanguard of these new vessels' construction, built to carry oil from reserves located in some of the world's coldest
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- BV Launches LNG CAP page: 43
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on May 2004Bureau Veritas launched a unique Condition Assessment Program for LNG carriers. The CAP works in a similar way to existing Harmonized CAP programs for oil tankers, but has special requirements unique to LNG carriers. Speaking at the SIGTTO annual meeting in San Francisco, Bruno Dabouis, comm
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on May 2004When the decision was made to convert Dockwise's Blue Marlin to the world's largest semi-submersible vessel, there were obviously many key considerations, with the re-powering of the new ship topping the list. Wartsila was contracted for the job. which included supplying generating sets, two re