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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
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- 2004 SNAME Set for Washington, D.C. page: 49
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on August 2004One of the maritime industry's premiere annual events, the 2004 SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Exposition, is scheduled to grace scenic Washington, D.C., scheduled from September 29 to October 1, 2004. Washington, D.C., the center of U.S. political power, is an appropriate host for the
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on August 2004The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Campbell adopted a mixed-breed puppy in 1938. Little did they know that their canine companion would become a world famous Coast Guard veteran. He was, literally, a member of the crew, complete with all the necessary enlistment forms and other official paperwo
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on August 2004Subsea7 travels to some of the world's most remote marine locations to provide construction, diving, pipelay and remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/survey services. Because it operates vessels throughout the world, it is essential for Subsea7 to provide a reliable means for customers and vessel crew
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on August 2004Manises Propulsion and Energy. IZAR's two stroke diesel engines factory has tested and delivered a Mitsubishi engine of 8,670 kW at 127 rpm, that will be assembled in the 25,000 tons chemical ship, that is being built in the Turkish shipyard Celik Tekne for the Italian shipowner Mediterranea
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on August 2004Damen recently delivered three of its ASD Tugs 3110 - Simba III, Kiboko II AND Nyangumi II - to be used in the port of Mombasa. The Damen ASD Tug 3110 hallmark is a round bilge hull with a transom stern and a tapered bow. The transom corners are well rounded and the forecastle gives sufficien
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on July 2004Late last month the MAN Group publicly announced the availability of a new engine which fully embodies the advantages of common rail diesel technology, meaning that it is designed to be particularly reliable, clean, economic and durable. "Now this technology is where we wanted to have it," sa
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on July 2004Rigdon Marine has the Orleans, first of ten 210 x 54.1 x 19 ft. (64 x 16.5 x 5.8-m) diesel-electric ABS Classed DP-2 platform supply vessels's from Bender Shipyards, now working in the Gulf of Mexico. A second vessel, the Bourbon, was to follow at the end of June with a third, the Royal, in Aug
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- USCG Accelerates OPC Program page: 24
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on July 2004The U.S. Coast Guard and Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) announced that preliminary design and final requirements work will commence immediately on the new Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. This effort will lead to a new type of highly capable, cutting-edge, mediumendurance cutter.
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- PCU Jimmy Carter Christened page: 21
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on July 2004In early June, the third last Seawolf-class submarine was christened at General Dynamics - Electric Boat, in Groton, Conn. Mrs. C a r t e r , Former President J i m m y C a r t e r , their daughter A m y and a crowd of more than 4,500, were on hand to witness. "Five years ago, this vessel's disti
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on July 2004Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) has developed a complete CAD/CAM suite to meet the CAD/CAM needs in marine vessel design and construction, including two key programs in the CAD/CAM suite: Autostructure 3.0 and Production Manager 3.0. Autostructure and Production Manager are key components in
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- ARL Releases ShipConstructor2005 page: 16
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on July 2004Albacore Research Ltd (ARL) released ShipConstructor2005, the latest version of its AutoCAD-based 3-D product modeling software for the design and fabrication of complete ships and offshore structures. ShipConstructor2005 was developed under AutoCAD20()5 with backwards compatibility to AutoC
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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