Medium 2001 Articles

• • ISU Survey Points Out Bunker Concerns page: 43
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  During 2000, member salvors of the International Salvage Union (ISU) responded to more than 300 marine casualties where there was a possibility of a pollution event arising. The Union reported that there was a significant increase in both the number of services provided and the total volume o

• • Size Matters page: 42
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  The bunker industry is changing. Bunker buyers want bigger stems, broader choice of grades, more delivery locations, higher standards, additional services, and consistency. Port authorities also want consistency, along with no pollution, more monitoring, increased regulation, heightened bench

• • Yachting Consult Offers MasterShip page: 37
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  Yachting Consult is a fast growing player in the field of work preparation and engineering process services for shipbuilders. The Dutch company provides experience and skills in CAD/CAM engineering and software, as well as logistic services such as transport and just-in-time delivery of ship

• • Autoship Systems Software: Ruling The Waves page: 36
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  For 20 years Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) has helped to rule the unruly waves in the marine CAD/CAM software industry, providing products and marine engineering services to customers worldwide. The company is enjoying good success currently with Autostructure, an advanced internal stru

• • The Tribon Ml Developer's Toolkit page: 36
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  In order to allow its customers to create specific developments to the Tribon Shipbuilding system to extract even greater competitive advantages, Tribon Solutions has created the "Developer's Toolkit" of the Tribon Ml Shipbuilding system on Windows NT based on Tribon M1 Vitesse and Oracle techn

• • Ensolve Develops Innovative Oily Water Separator page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  EnSolve Biosystems has developed and is offering the PetroLiminator, a biomechanical oily water separator for the marine industry. In fact, the Raleigh, N.C., company was recently presented the Seatrade Award for countering marine and atmospheric pollution "The PetroLiminator was developed to o

• • Online Design, Drafting Offered page: 32
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  Shipyards and marine and offshore fabrication facilities across North America are being offered a new way to fill their design and drafting requirements. Genoa Design International Ltd. has launched a unique web-based system that facilitates the delivery of detail design and drafting services

• • R o - C l e a n D e s m i Sets W o r ld R e c o r d For L a r g e s t O il C o n t a i n m e n t B o om page: 31
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  Ro-Clean Desmi A/S of Denmark has been officially awarded the Guinness World Record for developing the largest offshore oil containment boom in the world. Known as the R0- BOOM 3500 this boom has an overall height of 11.5 ft. (3.5 m). Traditionally offshore booms have only been around 6.5 ft.

• • L-3 Communications Delivers Premiere Production HVR page: 29
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  L-3 Communications' Aviation Recorder Division has delivered its first production Hardened Voyage Recorder (HVR) to Consilium Navigation — a manufacturer of high technology equipment for the maritime industry. In joining forces with Consilium, L-3 Communications' HVR is scheduled to be insta

• • N a v y Honors Propeller Expert page: 28
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  Senior naval officers and government officials will recognize the career of Dr. William B. Morgan in a naming ceremony April 27 at the U.S. Navy's Large Cavitation Channel (LCC). This unique engineering test facility will bear the name of the former head of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, C

• • Unauthorized W e l d i n g Caused Carnival Ecstasy Fire page: 17
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  Unauthorized welding on laundry room equipment triggered a fire aboard the cruise ship Ecstasy off Miami in 1998, injuring 22 people and causing more than $17 million in damages, U.S. safety investigators concluded. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that sparks from the we

• • Cathedral Power page: 8
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  After a rash of containership design and propulsion system initiatives aimed at extending the reach of the most potent engines already in production, the industry has now been presented with a powering option offering an unprecedented output from a single-engine plant. Wartsila Corporation has

• • Nichols Brothers Delivers 39-knot Catamaran page: 4
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 2001

  The transit between Long Beach and Catalina Island will be reduced to "well under" one hour when the "Jet Cat Express" joins the Catalina Express fleet. "This will take place before Memorial Day," according to G r e g Bombard, president of the California company. The 381-passenger, 145-ft. (

• • Leading Societies Launch Sweeping Safety Initiatives page: 73
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  American Bureau of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas and Lloyd's Register have developed a series of initiatives to further improve the safety of international shipping. The three leading classification societies have agreed on 10 actions that will strengthen the classification profession and m

• • Wartsila, Marioff To Cooperate On Emission Control Technolgy page: 65
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  Wartsila and Marioff, agreed earlier this year to cooperate within the area of emission control technologies for reciprocating engines. Marioff is a specialist in creating humidity, while Wartsila needs humidity for reduction of NOx in diesel, and perhaps gas engines. The introduction of wate

• • Voith Adds To Its Innovative Range page: 58
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  Voith Schiffstechnik has introduced a pair of new technologies to its already innovative range of Voith Schneider propulsion products. The Voith Turbo Fin is a rotating cylinder at the leading edge of the stabilizing fin which influences the flow acting on a tug's hull. According to Voith, th

• • First Order For Dolphin Propulsion System page: 54
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  Seven Seas Voyager, the new 50,000-gt cruise ship under construction by T. Mariotti at its Genoa yard for delivery to Radisson Seven Seas in 2003, will be among the first ships to be equipped with the new Dolphin podded propulsion system, a system which was jointly developed by STN ATLAS Marine

• • Bollinger Wins K-Sea DH Barge Contract page: 52
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  The rebuilding of the U.S. petroleum carrying fleet to OPA 90 standards continues, as Bollinger Gretna, Harvey, La., and K-Sea Transportation Corp. of New York have signed a contract for the construction of four double hull, ocean service, OPA '90 oil barges. The barges will have capacities o

• • Clamp Supplier Dives Into Project page: 49
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  Bluefin Robotics Corp. called on Clampco — a manufacturer of stainless steel T-bolt band clamps and V-band couplings — when it needed help "testing the waters." Bluefin specializes in manufacturing underwater robotic equipment for offshore survey, military, and scientific research customers.

• • CWWS Delivers 200 Separators To Tidewater page: 38
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 2001

  Tidewater Marine L.L.C. has put new muscle behind its commitment to protecting the environment with a decision to extend a program of bilge water treatment to virtually its entire fleet. Heli- Sep Oily Water Separators manufactured by Coffin World Water Systems LLC (CWWS) are helping the comp

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