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on October 2000Touted as the only recognized international event designed for the ship repair market, this year's ShipRepair & Conversion Exhibition will be the focal meeting point for a variety of companies involved in the industry. Scheduled for November 15-16 at London's Grand Olympia Hall, the exhibiti
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- Corrosion Control Electronically page: 34
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on October 2000Applied Semiconductor is a new technology company pioneering the use of non-chip based semiconductor technology that offers Zeta, which is designed to control marine antifouling with no environmental ramifications. Zeta is based in part on NASA technology first used on lunar mission, and it s
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- Ohio Innovator page: 34
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on October 2000Last month's new product unveiling by Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC), at the SMM gathering in Hamburg, should give fresh impetus to the Ohio company's rapid marine business growth with its performance-enhancing MarineLine cargo tank coating series. First introduced in early 1993, MarineLine
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on October 2000Hempel recently launched worldwide its Globic SP-ECO range of 2003 IMO-compliant antifoulings, a high-performance, self-polishing antifouling with a unique fiber composite structure. The innovation is being touted by the manufacturer as revolutionary as the fibers incorporated in the paint
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- South America Gets "Kit" Traelers page: 27
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on October 2000Wales-based, high-tech boat building company, Steel-Kit (U.K.) Ltd. is working with South American prawn fishing companies and repairers to provide "state-of-the-art" computer generated steel and aluminium building kits for on board processing, prawn fishing vessels. A recent project has been
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on October 2000Virginia Republican Rep. Herbert Bateman, 72, a nine-term congressman and strong military supporter who planned to retire at the end the year, died in his sleep, reportedly of natural casues on Monday, September 11. according to a spokesman. He had battled a series of health problems in rece
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- Marine Employment Resource Debuts page: 13
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on October 2000Last month marked the debut of one of the marine industry's more exciting new e-commerce offerings — www.MaritimeJobs. com — which, as its name suggests, is positioned to provide all marine industry companies with a venue to find and hire the best talent available. As the world, and particula
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- Powering-Up the Finnish Range page: 10
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on October 2000Costa Crociere's impressive new Costa Atlantica gives first form to the so-called Panamax-Max generation from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, embodying the 8000-class design concept developed in conjunction with the Italian operator and its parent Carnival group. While providing a further, prestigious
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on September 2000The recent award from the Japanese Defense Agency for its two newest Coastal Mine Sweepers secures Omnithruster's position as one of the leading designers and manufacturers of advanced, low noise, shock hardened thrusters. The Omnithruster JT575AM, designed from the ground up for the Japane
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- SMM 2000 Set For Hamburg page: 47
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on September 2000Reporting this year's SMM 2000 Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology Exhibition as "booked out," Hamburg Messe is dubbing the exhibition as one that is multi-cultural and lingual — the biannual conference is predicted to attract more than 1,000 exhibitors from 42 countries. Designati
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- Ties that bind page: 44B
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on September 2000Nearly a quarter-century on from landing an order for what proved to be one of the industry's most remarkable series of RoRo vessels, the Hyundai yard has struck a new deal with the Stena organization for RoPax tonnage. The 11 Searunner-class vessels commissioned out of Ulsan between 1977 and 197
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on September 2000The USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), the first of the Arleigh Burke Flight 2A Aegis destroyers and the 17th Bath Iron Works-built, was commissioned in Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday August 19, 2000. Ship sponsor Dianne Reason, wife of retired admiral Paul Reason, brought the ship to life. Retir
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- PBCF Aids Propulsion Efficiency page: 44A
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on September 2000Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) is a propeller enhancing device, which is designed to cut fuel consumption and exhaust gases by up to five percent while incurring no additional maintenance cost once installed. The unit, according to H. Yumoto Manager of PBCF Div. Mitsui O.S.K. Techno Trade, Ltd
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- Millennium Slated For NNS Visit page: 44A
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on September 2000After evaluating several alternatives, Celebrity Cruises has decided to drydock its innovative gas turbine propelled ship, Millennium, this November to perform work on the vessel's stern hull design. Newport News Shipbuilding has reportedly won the contract, as announced at www.marinelink.com on
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- Welcome "Lo Jack" For Ships page: 44
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on September 2000Epic proportions of automobile theft in the U.S. led to the creation a few years ago of an innovative product dubbed Lo-Jack, which is essentially a hidden transmitter placed in the vehicle which, when activated by a call of a stolen vehicle to the police, allows them to track the vehicle rat
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- U.S. Footprint In Germany page: 34
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on September 2000Integration of the showcase production hall of former eastern German engine builder Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock (DMR) into the MaK manufacturing system has provided a timely boost to output capacity for the medium-speed market. The conversion of the Warnemunde facility from its original twostro
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- The Many Modes of Hinge-Ship page: 42
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on September 2000Hinge-Ship is designed as a multi-functional and convertible vessel, which will help ship owners and operators meet a variety of needs in a safe, efficient and costeffective manner. The following are details of the vessel types designed to date. m Dry Bulk Carrier Each cargo hold has a larg
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- Pods for a rising market page: 31
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on September 2000The design and operating benefits conferred by podded electric drives are finding increasing favor throughout the industry, as manifested in the growing application list involving cruise ships. icebreakers, offshore vessels, specialized tankers, and, most recently, RoRo passenger ferry and i
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on September 2000Crowley Marine Services has delivered Aware — the third in a series of three 140-ft. (42.6 m), 10,000-hp Prevention and Response Tugs (PRTs), to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in Valdez, Alaska. Aware and her two sisterships — Attentive and Alert — have been specifically designed and devel
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- Bahamas Receives New RoPax Service page: 23
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on September 2000Ten years ago, a RoRo passenger service called Sealink, commenced in the Bahamas — operating from Nassau to port of Governor's Harbor on the adjacent island of Eleuthera. The vessel that performed this service was an aging 14- knot Greek ferry, which established a solid market within the RoRo