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on November 2004Keppel Batangas completed repairs to the Attwood Falcon, a semi-submersible rig owned and managed by Atwood Oceanic Inc, Houston. This yard has also been involved in the repair of two ships involved in a collision off the Philippines coast. The Sea Celebrity, a cargo ship owned by Sinsimon N
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on November 2004Denmark's A.P. M0ller-Maersk Group, one of the largest shipowning groups in the world, has established a dedicated company to handle all of the technical purchasing requirements of its extensive fleet. Maersk Procurement, the new company, is now responsible for all coordinated purchasing for
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- ACBL Makes Appointments page: 59
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on November 2004American Commercial Barge Line announced the following appointments: Larry Cornett. Keith White and Reuben R. Bush have joined ACBL as Fleet Managers in the Planning Center; James Benjamin Chandler, Theus Slemmons and Jackie Hansford have been named Dispatcher in the Logistics Department; Do
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on November 2004Citing his "outstanding leadership and vision in new ship design and construction," American Master Mariners named Matt Nichols, "Maritime Man of the Year." The award was given to Nichols, CEO of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, by the Port of Seattle/Pacific Northwest Chapter. He was presente
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on November 2004National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently held a start-of-construction ceremony for NASSCO Hull 487, the fourth of four Alaska Class, double-hull oil tankers being constructed for BP Oil Shipping Company, USA. BP's Site Team Member Richard Blaine activated a robotic welding m
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on November 2004Vallejo/Baylink Ferries latest fast passenger Solano, launched in July, is the second HamiltonJet-powered Vallejo Baylink ferry operating in San Francisco Bay, and to date has logged impressive results. Solano was a significant project for HamiltonJet as it is the first HamiltonJet-powered bo
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- Blount to Deliver MV Isleno page: 10
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on November 2004The 155-ft. (47.2 m) cargo/passenger ferry, M/V Isleno, built by Blount Boats for the Puerto Rico Ports Authority was delivered to Puerto Rico last month. This is the 21st boat Blount has designed and built for the Authority since the 1950's and the 30th OSV type design the yard has launched
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on October 2004SeaArk Marine. Inc. has delivered three distinct mission-specific patrol craft to the Baltimore City Police Marine Unit. Missions include patrolling Baltimore's Inner Harbor, providing search and rescue, recovery and law enforcement. These enclosed cabin boats upgrade the marine unit's fleet
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on October 2004Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. delivered the first of two new design offshore supply vessels to L&M Bo-Truc Rental Inc., of Golden Meadow, La. M/V Cheramie Botruc 38 the first of two identical offshore supply vessels was delivered early this summer and the second vessel, Cheramie Botruc 39, was to
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- NASSCO Starts Second T-AKE Ship page: 8
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on October 2004National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has begun construction on the second ship in the TAKE program, a new class of combat logistics force ships designated the Lewis and Clark class. Mrs. DeAnne Sutton, wife of U.S. Navy Commander George Sutton of the NAVSEA Program Office, made t
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- SSI Concerns Continue page: 5
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on September 2004I recently expressed concern that the regulations promulgated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on May 18, 2004 relating to Protection ot Sensitive Security Information (SSI) are overbroad. Comments were received from some readers stating that the recent USCG Navigation and
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- IR Generates $64M in Orders page: 24
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on September 2004Ingersoll-Rund said its Climate Control Sector, a provider of solutions to transport, preserve, store and display temperature-sensitive products, has received approximately $64 million in orders in recent months for Thermo King-branded maritime transport containers and related technologies. T
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- ABCO Launches Three New Boats page: 20
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on September 2004ABCO Industries Limited, Marine Group — located on the waterfront of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia — manufactures welded aluminum boats to 60 ft. The company has served the marine industry for 57 years, and during the past 15 it has developed a comprehensive line of aluminum boats. Three recent del
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- New Vessels from VT Halmatic page: 19
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on September 2004VT Halmatic expanded its range of hull forms to include the Camarc Ltd. 16m pilot/patrol boat design, already proven in service with Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Humber and the Port of Tees and Hartlepool. The hull — powered by diesel engines driving propellers or waterjets — featur
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- FBM Babcock Wins U.S. Contract page: 19
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on September 2004The U.S. Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) awarded FBM Babcock Marine a contract to commence the overhaul and modernization of its fleet of specialist Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs). The contract to upgrade the existing U.S. Army BEBs of Mkl and Mk2 specification to a new BE
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on September 2004Alabama Shipyard has contracted with Manson Construction Co. to build a hopper dredge at its facility in Mobile, Ala. The 12,000-cu.-yd. hopper dredge, designed by Hal Hockema & Associates of Seattle, Wash., will measure 390 x 76 x 30 ft. Engineering and Planning for the hopper dredge has beg
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on September 2004OMI Corporation, was sentenced to pay $4.2 million for illegally concealing the dumping of thousands of gallons of waste oil and sludge at sea. U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden ordered OMI Corporation, to pay a $4.2 million fine and serve three years of probation. Judge Hayden also awa
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- All Dressed Up ... page: 7
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on August 2004A penguin joins the crew of the Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind during Operation Deep Freeze I. The annual voyages to Antarctica were named "Operation Deep Freeze" for obvious reasons. According to one of the Eastwind's crew, who shall remain anonymous: "this one penguin kept hanging out wit
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- Dredge Vssel Exception Interpreted page: 10
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on August 2004The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a U.S.-documented non-hopper dredge vessel chartered by a company in which Stuyvesant Dredging Company (SDC) has an interest may be used to perform work under a dredging contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In the instant
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on August 2004The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that a shipyard is responsible under products liability for poor construction. In the instant case, the shipyard contracted to enlarge a container ship by fabricating and inserting a new mid-body. Thirteen years later, the sh