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on August 2002ChartCo, a supplier of marine information via satellite, recently concluded what it termed to be successful sea trials for delivery of weekly Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs), in conglomeration with Primar and the Stolt Nielsen shipping company. The successful trial has proven Chart- Co's
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on August 2002Derecktor Shipyards held a plate cutting ceremony on July 15 at its Bridgeport, Conn., facility for the first piece of plate cut for the high-speed ferry Fairweather. With Joe Perkins, Commissioner of State of Alaska's Department of Transportation & Public Facilities kicking off construction of
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on August 2002Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA of Italy and Arab Bridge Maritime Company of Jordan have signed a contract for a TMV 84 high-speed monohull to operate on their route from Aqaba, Jordan to Nuweiba, Egypt. The ship is scheduled to be delivered in less than a year from now. This route is currently
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on August 2002pair of self-dumping hopper barges are shaping up in one building shed at the Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan Shipyard on the shore of the Pearl River, while a 62 x 15 ft. (19 x 4.5-m) patrol launch for the Hong Kong Immigration Department awaits the installation of a pair of Cummins QSK19 engines wit
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on August 2002Austal USA has signed a contract with Cloud Nine of New York to construct a 135-ft. (41-m) dinner cruise monohull for operation in the Manhattan-Queens area. This is the second sale by Austal USA to the New York market this year and will further showcase the company's ability to deliver a hi
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on August 2002USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305), the sixth of seven Bob Hope-class strategic sealift ships being built by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ship Systems sector, was delivered to the U.S. Navy at the company's company's Avondale Operations in New Orleans on July 12. Participating in the delivery were r
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on July 2002The U.K. Royal Navy, Marine Fluid Power Fire Fighting & Mechanical Handling Integrated Project Team (MFFMIPT) Submarine Division, implemented a tailor made version of the recently launched portable Valve Seat Lathe, type VSL, from Swedish manufacturers Chris-Marine. As a result, the MFFMIPT cla
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on July 2002Richard Griffith, VP, Operations of Totem Ocean Trail Express, Inc. (TOTE), and Jim Scott, VP, marketing and business affairs, of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, pose at the keel-laying ceremony for the North Star, the second of
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on July 2002Zodiac unveiled Armorflate (patent pending), a system it is touted as the world's first bullet-resistant system for Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC). The innovative product, undoubtedly created to fulfill the burgeoning need for combat and security craft in the wake of previous terrorist at
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on June 2002Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. has won a $270 million order to build a liquefied natural gas carrier and refit three other LNG carriers for Exmar N.V. of Belgium for delivery by 2005. The vessels are capable of carrying 4.83-million cu. ft. of liquefied natural gas each and will b
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on June 2002Seahorse Shuttling and Technology LLC, a wholly owned entity of Conoco, has completed the functional design of a new tanker for shuttling crude oil from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to shore. The 80,000-dwt double-hulled "GoMAX 550 shuttle tanker will be capable of transporting 550,000 barrels
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on June 2002Viken Shipping in Norway has ordered a 6S70ME-C electronicallycontrolled engine from MAN B&W Diesel A/S. The engine, which was ordered for a highly specified Suezmax "shuttle light" tanker with upgraded specification, will be housed in this vessel that will be delivered from Samsung in Korea
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on June 2002A keynote agreement was signed in Oslo, between Jotun A/S (Jotun) and NOF Kansai Marine Coatings Co.. Ltd. (NKM). The new company, which will be known as SeaStar Alliance will serve the worldwide marine and offshore coating market. NKM is a joint venture between Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. And BAS
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- Bidding War Comes to an End page: 6
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on June 2002The heated bidding war for what was left of American Classic Voyages' Delta Queen Steamboats abruptly came to an end at the beginning of May with Delaware North Companies sealing the deal for the vessel pair. As originally reported in the May 2002 issue of MR/EN, (see Delta Queen Makes A Comeba
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- Austal USA Enters Repair Market page: 96
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on June 2002Following an accidental collision by a large OSV while in port, the Seba'an was taken to the Austal USA facilities in Mobile, Ala., for an extensive but quick repair. The damage was to the starboard side at window height breaking all of the windows and damaging some of the fitout and interna
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- Titan Re-Floats IMaersk La Guaira page: 96
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on June 2002On March 7, 2002 the 19,520-dwt, 515 x 78 x 42 ft. (157 x 23.7 x 12.8 m) Maersk La Guaira, fully laden with containers, lost power and ran aground while entering Guayaquil Harbor in Ecuador. Titan Maritime immediately responded with a two-man survey team from Panama, who boarded the vessel
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- Owners Approve White Rose Oilfield page: 91
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on June 2002Husky Oil Operations Limited, operator of the White Rose oil field project and its co-venturer, Petro-Canada have decided to proceed with the development of the White Rose oilfield located offshore the East Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The White Rose development plan is focuse
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on June 2002Halifax Shipyard has laid the keel for the first of two large Offshore Supply and Anchor Handling Vessels for Atlantic Towing Ltd. Known as hulls 88 and 89 for the yard, the vessels have been identified as UT 722 L type, and are similar to Atlantic Eagle and Atlantic Hawk - both of which wer
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on May 2002Superior Energies Inc. (SEI) offers Temp-Set Removable/Reusable (R/R) insulation covers, and is in fact one of the largest and oldest manufacturers of these products. SEI is established as the largest provider of R/R insulation covers for engine manifolds. The company offers patterns for EMD,
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on May 2002One of the common items found on almost every vessel constructed that is frequently overlooked is thermal insulation material. As vessels increase in age. it is safe to say that the insulation systems start to degrade with time and abuse. In fact, if moisture is ever introduced to the insulat