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on February 2002Nichols Brothers Boat Builders has been selected to build the Empress of the North, a 360 x 60-ft. (109.7 x 18.2- m) sternwheeler that will be the Whidbey Island, Wash, yard's largest singleboat contract. The vessel, which will accommodate 236 overnight cruise guests and 84 crewmembers, will
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on February 2002FBM Babcock Marine has been awarded an order for six 86-ft. (26.2-m) aircrew training vessels by SMIT International (Scotland) Ltd. The order follows the U.K. MOD award of a contract following competition under the Public Private Partnership Program to SMIT International for the provision of
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on February 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation's Newport News sector announced the appointment of Matthew J. Mulherin as sector vice president of the CVNX program, which includes design and engineering work associated with the new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the United States Navy. Mulherin is
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- Cove Point LNG Proposal Under Review page: 50
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on January 2002The Coast Guard recently held meetings with local, state and federal officials as part of its ongoing review to help evaluate the suitability of the Chesapeake Bay for importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) aboard tankships. The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Baltimore received a lette
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- RK280: Cutting A New Path page: 48
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on January 2002The RK280 from the MAN B&W Diesel stable offers the best of both worlds, in that it was designed and built using the accumulated experience garnered since Rudolf Diesel introduced the diesel engine in 1893, melded with modern engine making methodologies which include predictive engineering tech
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- The Marine Engine Elixir page: 46
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on January 2002Pictured next to this MAN B&W Diesel Ltd, Paxman, I8VP185 engine for a High Speed ferry Fraser Toyne. Fraser, who is the son of Roy Toyne, the Head of Engineering of Regulateurs Europa. has been a devotee of all things Marine since a very early age. Starting at an early age, Fraser has develope
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- Thrustmaster Adds New Personnel page: 45
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on January 2002Thrustmaster of Texas, manufacturer of marine propulsion systems, has added three new personnel in key positions. Jeff Miller has joined the company as marketing manager. Miller, who has more than 25 years of experience in marketing communications (including 15 in the oil and gas, manufactu
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on January 2002P&O Princess Cruises will utilize Wiirtsila Enviro- Engines, which employ electronically-controlled common- rail fuel injection to provide optimum combustion over the entire load range, to give the particular benefit of no visible smoke at any load and when starting or during transient load cha
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- Safer Sea Passages page: 38
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on January 2002A new system, developed to reduce risk for cargo and hull damage, has proven to secure safer and more efficient sea passages for ships and cargo. Seaware Onboard is designed as a user friendly sea keeping guidance system with the intention to give ample warning when risk occurs for cargo and hu
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- Navy Honors Engineering Pioneer page: 32
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on January 2002A ceremony was held on November 19, 2001, to rename the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station's (NAVSSES) Surface Ship Systems Engineering Complex, the Richard C. Cunningham Engineering Complex. The building (77H) was renamed to honor Cunningham's pioneering work and engineering innovations i
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on January 2002GE Marine Engines said its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine will power five new Royal Norwegian Navy F310-class frigates, ships to be built in Spain at the IZAR Construcciones Navales, S.A., naval shipyard in Ferrol. This is the first naval Combined Diesel And Gas Turbine (CODAG) configuratio
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on January 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ship Systems sector reports that it has successfully tested the Low Observable Multifunction Stack (LMS) designed to demonstrate two different advanced exhaust suppresser systems for surface combatants. The exhaust systems, enclosed in a low signature composite s
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- Teams Prep For DD(X) Challenge page: 30
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on January 2002When the Navy announced in November its plans to scrap the DD-21 program and introduce the DD(X), the scramble was on by the two primary teams bidding the project — Blue and Gold — to shift gears on the fly and re-think the entire concept. The team of General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin - Blu
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- Happy Birthday Navy page: 29
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on January 2002The U.S. Navy recently celebrated a birthday. The following message, posted to the official U.S. Navy Website, are remarks from the Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Gordon R. England. As we celebrate the United States Navy's 226th year of defending this great republic, it is fitting that
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on January 2002Seastreak America Inc. has added another catamaran ferry to its service within the New York City commuter market with the December 10, 2001 launch of M/V Seastreak New Jersey. The 141-ft. (42.9-m), 400 passenger high speed catamaran will provide daily commuter ferry service from Atlantic Hig
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on January 2002This year's European Council meeting of European industry ministers, which occurred on December 5 focused on shipbuilding and the Commission that was presented to the Industry Council in May 2001 on the situation of world shipbuilding. Once again, the conclusions pointed to anticompetitive pr
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- Kvaerner Delivers Carnival Pride page: 12
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on January 2002Carnival Pride, the third cruise ship in a series of new Panama-Max size cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corp was delivered to the cruise line last month at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Helsinki shipyard. The vessel will be operated by Carnival Cruise Lines and Costa Crociere. The fir
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on January 2002A lightweight Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) has been launched by the S G Brown Division of TSS (U.K.) Ltd. which is part of the Vosper Thorny croft group. The new VDR is reportedly the lightest and most compact VDR on the market. Its design has set a new standard for the industry and is ex
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on January 2002On December 7, 2001, two ferries were christened and one was launched by German Shipyard Flender Werft. K a t e r i n a Panagopulos, who is the National Ambassador of Greece to the Council of Europe for Sports. Tolerance and Fairplay, and is also the wife of Pericles Panagopulos, Chairman of Attic
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- Nichols Brothers Delivers Catamaran page: 12
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on January 2002Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., of Whidbey Island, Wash., delivered a Cummins- powered, 112-ft. (34.2 m) vessel for service between Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco this past November. The 315-passenger catamaran, M/V Peralta, will be operated by the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service,