Medium 2003 Articles

• • DNV's Five Points Fight Substandard Ships page: 55
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Dedicated "Flying Squads" with experienced surveyors is one element in a Five Point Plan launched by DNV to step up the efforts to remove substandard shipping. "DNV considers quality the single most important factor to improve safety and serious quality cases the biggest threat to the public

• • Rough Water "New RIB on the Block" page: 40
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Rosborough Boats of Halifax Nova Scotia recently introduced its line of 40 semi custom Heavy Duty Rigid Hull Inflatable boats. The Rough Water line was developed to meet the new and growing demand for Rigid Hull Inflatables with more personnel carrying capacity, workability space and operati

• • Wartsila: A Fountain of Ideas page: 33
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  A new concept for powering large passenger vessels, the combined diesel-electric and diesel-mechanical (CODED) system, is the latest outcome of a broader co-operation between leading lights in the Finnish maritime industries. CODED has been developed by Wartsila Corporation to address the needs

• • Power to the Surveyor page: 32
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  In a bold move to simplify and expedite the entire ship surveying process. Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has implemented a new, information technology (IT) tool for use by its stations around the world. Heralded as a revolutionary step forward in surveying, the customer- driven initiative is known

• • SENESCO Provides Major Facelift for NOAA page: 31
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  The Southeastern New England Shipbuilding Corporation (SENESCO) began its a major overhaul on the Albatross IV at the company's Quonset Point headquarters in December 2002. Launched in 1962, the Albatross IV is the second oldest in a fleet of 15 research vessels used by the National Oceanic an

• • Evergreen Orders 10 Post-Panamax Containerships page: 24
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  The Evergreen Group has placed orders with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Japan for 10 post- Panamax vessels, each with a capacity of 6.724-TEU. The first vessel is due for delivery in September 2005 and subsequent vessels will be delivered at the rate of approximately four per year. To b

• • Hempel Extends Range page: 18
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Globic: Designed as a highly efficient, TBT-free, self-polishing and self-smoothening antifouling with very high volume solids, which can be specified for up to 60 months. Globic is available in four different polishing rates ensuring optimum specification. Oceanic: Designed to be a cost-effectiv

• • Concordia Again Leads Tanker Innovation page: 16
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Four P-MAX new building contracts confirmed Concordia Maritime of the Stena Group has again taken the head of the industry helm with its decision to sign contracts for or an innovative new series of 49,900 dwt tankers dubbed P-MAX. The contract, which was agreed to at an undisclosed pr

• • Bollinger Delivers Supply Boat to Seacor page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, La., has delivered the Seacor Madison, the first of three 207-ft., 4,750 bhp supply boats to Seacor Marine, Inc., Houston, Tex. It will be followed by two others of Seacor's new President Class offshore support vessels (OSV), Seacor Washington and Seacor Jefferso

• • Carrier for a New Energy Source page: 11
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on August 2003

  High costs and dependability on imported hydrocarbon fuels, along with environmental considerations, have spurred government agencies in certain Asian countries to develop research programs focusing on the recovery of gas from marine hydrates. Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is a chemically stable,

• • Guascor Engines Make Serious Inroads page: 45
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Guascor Inc, a manufacturer of diesel and gas engines, power systems and marine reduction gears based in Northern Spain and distributed throughout the Southeastern United States by Reagan Equipment Company, Inc. has accumulated a number of interesting references in the past six months, installa

• • Xantic Enables P&O Nedlloyd to Upgrade at Low Cost page: 40
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  P&O Nedlloyd Container Line is the world's third largest container shipping company, operating 157 vessels, a cumulative 407.000 tons on 84 routes with 235 direct call ports. With a fleet this massive and the growing need to communicate with ships, P&O Nedlloyd was expecting an increase in t

• • HM Bark Endeavor: Cook's "Vessel" Brought Into 21st Century page: 38
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  In 1768 British-born explorer Lt. James Cook and his crew set sail on the HM Bark Endeavour on one of the most significant maritime voyages ever. After observing the transit of Venus across the sun in the Pacific, they headed southwest to New Zealand, traveling up the east coast of Australia,

• • EMS Enters the SatCom Fray page: 38
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Advances in communication services for ships and boats is expanding rapidly, keeping pace with development cycles of landside installations. Last autumn. Inmarsat unveiled Fleet F55 and Fleet F33. the two new members of the Fleet family designed to meet the communication needs of small to med

• • Royal Caribbean Looks to Order New Ultra-Voyager page: 35
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., along with Finnish shipbuilder Kvaerner Masa-Yards, has developed a design for a new and even more spectacular ship, the "Ultra-Voyager," and that both parties have signed an agreement that could lead to a firm order. The conditional agreement anticipates one new

• • Austal Unveils HSV-M page: 24
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Developed in response to existing naval requirements and incorporating advanced hull and propulsion technology, the Austal High Speed Vessel - Multipurpose (HSV-M) is an example of the potential effectiveness of high-speed vessels for future naval and other military roles. Austal's HSV-M desi

• • Austal Ships To Build Massive High-Speed Multihull page: 16
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Austal Ships and Fred. Olsen. S.A. have signed a contract for what the company dubs the world's largest high-speed multihull vessel which will be based on a new hullform. When delivered in the second half of 2004. the 416-ft. (126.7- m) cargo-vehicle-passenger fast ferry will also be larger t

• • GTRC Campbell Behind New Set of Orders in China page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  GTR Campbell, the designers of standard design ships like Freedom, Fortune, Friendship, Fantasy, Fortune MKII, Festiva, Valiant and Galaxy in cooperation with their associated concept design firm; Algoship Designers Ltd. of the Bahamas are behind the recent wave of new building orders of the Tr

• • Bollinger Delivers ATB for Bouchard page: 10
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on July 2003

  Bouchard Coastwise Management Co., Hicksville. NY, has added to its fleet a double-hull articulated ocean-going tug/barge units (ATB) with the delivery from Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.. Lockport. La., of the 130-ft. tug Jane A. Bouchard and the 430-ft„ 110.000 barrel (BBL) class double-hull oil B

• • SSS: Separate Storage Shuttling page: 62
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on June 2003

  The advent of FPSO and Shuttle Tankers serving the deepwater fields of the Gulf of Mexico is drawing closer, as oil companies study the most economical means to move product from point A to B, particularly from remote and deepwater portions of the Gulf of Mexico. The GOM region, which has one o

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