Medium 2004 Articles
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- New Debis Clearing Vessel Design page: 22
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on October 2004Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA) completed its contract from the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) to design and supervise the construction of a 32-ft. barge that will remove debris from the Blanco and Guadalupe rivers and their tributaries as they flow through south and southeast Tex
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on October 2004Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) plans to continue its newbuilding program. Having already designed, built, owned and operated almost 70 new generation offshore vessels servicing the deepwater oil and gas industry over the past decade, the company plans for 11 new vessels, with options for an ad
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- BC Ferry Contract Stirs Controversy page: 14
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on October 2004A contract to build three double-ended RoRo Ferries for the Canadian Shipping Company British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. has been won by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. The total value of the contracts is approximately $325 million Canadian. The new ships are called "Super Cclass" type
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on October 2004ABS surveyors, onsite at Junoverken AB yard in Uddevalla, Sweden, monitor and inspect the fabrication of industry's first offshore LNG deepwater port buoy, designed by Advanced Production and Loading AS of Norway (APL). The port buoy will be ABS-classed as an XA1 Single-Point Mooring (SPM).
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on September 2004During a recent 10-day project in the Gulf of Mexico for a major E&P company, the use of inertial navigation technology reportedly reduced vessel time by three to five days over the course of the deployment and positioning of seismic data acquisition modules. Prior to this sea-trial, precise unde
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on September 2004Following the introduction of the TCA axial turbocharger two years ago, MAN B&W Diesel Group announced an expansion of the range to include a completely new radial turbocharger. The TCR turbocharger will replace the current NR series that has been in production for nearly 50 years culminating
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on September 2004"It is exciting to see our vessels coming and going through the harbor. I particularly enjoy that fact that we appear to be one of the busiest, and best looking fleets on the water," says Island Tug and Barge Ltd. President Bob Shields of the view from his harbor side office in Vancouver, BC.
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- Clean Concept for Brostrom Tankers page: 54
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on September 2004MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Alpha, Denmark won the contract to supply a twin medium speed main engine package to drive AziPull propellers for a series of 14,500 DWT Oil Products and Chemical tankers. MAN B&W Holeby GenSets will be supplied by a Chinese licensee. The vessels are under construction fo
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on September 2004The first 12-cylinder Sulzer RTflex96C low-speed marine engine developed by Wartsila Corporation has successfully completed its official shop test. With a maximum continuous power output of 68,640 kW (93,360 bhp) at 102 rpm, it is reported to be the most powerful engine so far to employ commo
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on September 2004Long gone are the days when companies could profitably compete with a single service or product. Today's evolved satcom provider is not simply selling airtime. rather the trend is to • Meet the IMO requirements for SSAS • Additional communication services • Only standard subscription cost
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on September 2004Becker Kort nozzles are designed to give increased propulsive efficiency from the propeller that is surrounded by the nozzle. This results from the water being directed towards the propeller in a more uniform stream. Compared with what happens with a free propeller, the static pull can be up t
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on September 2004Dr. Hans G. Payer was recently presented with the Federal Republic of Germany's Cross of the Order of Merit by Hamburg's Senator for Economy and Labor, Gunnar Uldall. The award recognizes Dr. Payer for his distinguished services, sustained over many years, to the cause of improvements in ship
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on September 2004The 768.8 x 111.7 x 32.8 ft. (234.3 x 34 x 10 m), 48,454 dwt LNG tanker Methane Artie visited Blohm + Voss Repair dock in the late spring. Besides general overhaul work to the tanker, the cargo tanks were serviced and checked for consistence, the discharge pump controlled, as well as the moor
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- Blohm + Voss Repair Wins Business page: 38
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on September 2004Earl ier this year, the Black Prince ot the Fred. Olsen Cruises Line shipping company docked into Dock 10 of Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH. The cruise liner was originally constructed in such a way that it was able to be employed on the one hand as a passenger liner and cargo ship, and on the othe
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- Voith to Exhibit VWT Baut at SIMM page: 37
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on September 2004At this year's SMM in Hamburg, Voith Turbo (Hall 5, Stand 212) will highlight the new Voith Water Tractor (VWT) Baut (pictured right) which has been put in service by Bukser og Berging A/S in Oslo. It is the fifth VWT of the Bukser fleet, but the first fitted with optimized blades. In additio
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- Flensburg Makes its Mark Again page: 36
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on September 2004In a further display of hard-earned competitiveness tempered by pure industrial will, Flensburger Schiffbau- Gesellschaft has brought another export shipbuilding contract to Germany at a time of ever-more determined incursions by oriental yards into the European market. The Flensburg yard's
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- BMT Aims to Improve Vessel Evac page: 32
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on September 2004Trials measuring the ship evacuation performance of passengers in conditions including smoke and rolling motion are being conducted as part of a research project led by British Maritime Technology Ltd. (BMT) and co-funded by the European Union. The goal: produce a FIRE-EXIT simulation tool t
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- German Shipyards Propose Merger page: 37
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on September 2004On May 16, 2004 ThyssenKrupp and One Equity Partners (OEP) signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine ThyssenKrupp Werften and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in a new group under the control of ThyssenKrupp Werften GmbH. The alliance will create a systems house with strong position
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on September 2004Merwede Shipyard has been busy of late, announcing two significant jobs from the military and commercial sectors. On the military side, the company announced a contract for the design, engineering and building of one Multi- Role Vessel, for Tenix Defence of Australia. The vessel will meet or
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- NASSCO Delivers Alaskan Frontier page: 17
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on September 2004National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) delivered the Alaskan Frontier, the first of four Alaska-class double-hull oil tankers being built for BP Oil Shipping Company, USA. Touted as state-of-theart ships and environmentally friendly — backed by an innovative diesel-electric propuls