Medium 2003 Articles

• • Team UMC Helps Navy Ship With Innovative VSP Switch page: 33
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  UMC International Pic recently supported the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) to successfully complete the afloat replacement of a 7.5-ton Voith Schneider Propulsor (VSP) unit, while the Royal Navy ship was operating over 3,000 miles from its UK base port. The VSP waterborne exchange is, repor

• • Bollinger Completes Major Conversion of Ned Ferry page: 27
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., has completed a major conversion of the Crescent Towing tug, Ned Ferry that transformed the boat from a single engine vessel with 3,500 hp, to a twin-engine vessel with 4,000 hp. It is the third of eight Crescent Towing 105-ft. (32 m) sister ships to undergo the same

• • Financier Calls for a New Approach on Standards page: 26
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Calls for a new Maritime Standards Board came from ship financier Paul Slater, speaking at the Maritime London event. Addressing the IMarEST and RINA debate on the single / double hull issue. Slater said that there is no standard established for the design, construction and operation of doubl

• • LPG Tanker Repaired, Modernized and Converted page: 24
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The 977-ft. (297 in) LPG tanker Matthew was docked in mid-August into drydock Elbe 17 of Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH to be repaired, modernized and converted in 33 days. The ship was berthed at the quay for an additional 12 days so that tests could be carried out and the equipment set to work in c

• • B+V Reports Busy Repair Docks in August page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Despite the difficult market situation Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH has been able to book new orders so that the docks are quite busy in August. In addition to the conversion of the LNG tanker Matthew, which is discussed on page 24 of this edition, B+V found itself flush with work, including the

• • Varian, PARC Receive Security System Funding page: 22
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) have been awarded a $5.87 million federal grant to develop ultra-sensitive X-ray inspection technology for cargo screening at airports and seaports. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, as part of the N

• • Grimaldi-Naples Launches RoRo Grande Amburgo page: 14
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The launching ceremony for the Grimaldi-Naples new RoRo occurred on September 6 at Fincantieri with Iliana Grimaldia. the wife of Emanuel Grimaldi the managing director of Grimaldi-Naples Group, serving as the vessel's Godmother. Grande Amburgo is the fifth of a series consisting of Grande E

• • Sibu: Ferries for Asia page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The town of Sibu developed its vibrant fast ferry building tradition in the decades after World War II. But it is only more recently that the vessels' fame and their designs have grown to the point that the little town on Sarawak's Rejan River is supplying fast ferries for much of southeast A

• • 10,850-HP AHTS Joins Seabulk Offshore Fleet page: 11
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The Seabulk Offshore group of companies added a new UT-710 Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) to its fleet, making the 226-ft. Seabulk South Atlantic the fifth newbuild vessel in Seabulk's 2003 fleet renewal program. Built by Brevik Construction AS in Norway, the 10,850-hp Seabulk South

• • Blount Delivers 130-ft. CAT page: 10
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The 442-passenger, fast catamaran Atlanticat was delivered to it's hailing port of Portsmouth, NH. recently. The vessel, built for B.B.O., LLC will be operating as Acadian Whale Adventures out of Bar Harbor, Maine and used for off shore whale watching during the summer months and commuter ser

• • Monitoring Technology...Advanced page: 45
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  As the information age firmly roots onboard vessels of all shapes and sizes — from tugboats to tankers — there is a glaring need for enhanced information processing and handling to ensure that crews maintain their focus on the safe and efficient operation of the vessel. Today's modern wheelho

• • PGS Geophysical Renews With Telenor page: 43
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  Norway's PGS Geophysical renewed its global satellite communications agreement with Telenor through June 2005. The current agreement calls for Telenor to continue to provide its fully managed Sealink service to a PGS Geophysical fleet of 14 high-tech 3-D seismic vessels operating around the

• • SeaWave Family Designed for Ease of Use page: 42
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  SeaWave LLC's family of products include voice and data marine communications, weather, tracking and billing. SeaWave Integrator 3.0 and SeaWave Navigator 2.0, the core of the marine communications suite, include both hardware and Microsoft Windows-based software. Both products use Throughput

• • MAN B&W Flexibility With Two Strokes page: 31
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  Long term service experience has confirmed the effectiveness of the inherent design measures embodied in MAN B&W Diesel MC/MC-C and ME/ME-C two-stroke engines for direct coupling to controllable pitch propellers (CPP) or de-clutchable propellers. Ensuring operational flexibility and high saf

• • Generators And Synchronous Condensers page: 27
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  At the same time, AMSC has begun fabrication of a prototype for a 10- MVAR SuperVAR dynamic synchronous condenser (DSC) ordered by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). DSC's ensure proper VAR levels are maintained in electric power transmission and distribution systems, thereby allowing the

• • The Chairman's Influence on Design page: 24
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  One of the most enduring business relationships has been reinforced by the Evergreen Group's decision to entrust construction of an extensive new series of post-Panamax containerships to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The project is distinguished not only by its scale, in calling for 10 S-class

• • Thrane & Thrane Offers the Capsat Fleet33 page: 42
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  Thrane & Thrane now offers the TT- 3088A Capsat Fleet33, a product which the company dubs the smallest, lightest maritime Fleet terminal ever. The new terminal completes Thrane & Thrane's previous introductions of maritime highspeed terminals, the Capsat Fleet77 and the Capsat Fleet55. The C

• • HSV 2 Swift Delivered to U.S. Navy page: 17
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  The new Catamaran HSV 2 Swift was delivered to the U.S. Navy on August 13, 2003, during a celebration in Hobart, Australia. High ranking U.S. Military officers joined with invited guests to witness the handover of the 321.5-ft. (98-m) Wave Piercing Catamaran HSV 2 Swift, Incat Hull 061. Swif

• • Wallace McGeorge Modified for Deep Dredging page: 11
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on September 2003

  Two Bollinger shipyards teamed to increase the dredging depth of the Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co. dustpan dredge, Wallace McGeorge, from 62- (18.8-) to 75 ft. (22.8 m), enabling it to dredge at higher river stages and dispatch sooner on a falling river. In the process, Bollinger Quick Repa

• • Strength Through Unity page: 55
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Classification societies face one major issue today. That is to define the scope of class and to ensure that the great reservoir of technical strength which class represents is put firmly behind a drive towards ever safer shipping. The challenge for all of us is to harness the strength of cla

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