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- Vessels Make Pit Stop At Bay Ship page: 30
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on March 2000Traditionally Alaskan cruise vessels are known to make regular stopovers at Bay Ship & Yacht Co.'s Alameda, Calif, shipyard and drydock facility for routine maintenance and repairs. The yard has served as host to clients, such as Special Expedition Marine, which brought in its Sea Bird and Se
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on March 2000Irving Shipbuilding's ship repair facilities in Nova Scotia, Canada at Halifax Shipyard and Dartmouth Marine Slips have been very active during the last few months. The yard has attained a variety of work involving containerships, RoRos, OSVs, tugs and Government vessels. M/V Sanderling, M/V C
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on March 2000New orders received by South Korean shipbuilders in January totaled 1.06 million- gt, up 164.7 percent from the same month a year earlier, provisional figures from the Korea Shipbuilders' Association showed. South Korean shipbuilders received orders for 16 ships in January, the association sa
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- STN Introduces New Speed Log page: 60
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on February 2000STN Atlas Marine Electronics has introduced a new integrated satellite navigation and speed log system with combined 24-channel GPS-Glonass positioning. Providing simultaneous or separate position and speed calculations via GPS, Differential GPS and/or Glonass satellites, the Debeg Satlog 41
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- Furuno Introduces CH-37 Sonar page: 60
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on February 2000New from Furuno is CH-37, the world's only phased array sector scan sonar. Measuring 15-in., this highperformance daylight viewing unit allows the operator to choose from forward, vertical or searchlight scan modes. Incorporating Furuno's phased array technology, CH-37 scans a full 360-degre
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- GD Appoints Welch As Snr. VP page: 60
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on February 2000General Dynamics (GD) has named John K. Welch as senior vice president of the corporation and head of the marine systems group, which includes all of the company's shipbuilding and marine service operations. Welch will report to Nicholas D. Chabraja, GD chairman and CEO. at the company's Fal
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on February 2000Schoellhorn-Albrecht delivered two of the largest high holding power anchors for installation onboard USNS Charlton — the fifth of seven Sealift New Construction ships. Built by NASSCO. the vessels are part of the Strategic Sealift Program. The AC- 14 Type anchors were proof tested to 272,0
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- GDHS Launches Friobox Express page: 56
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on February 2000Dubbed as the world's new way to "keep the temperature controlled" for perishable goods in transit, GDHS has launched Friobox Express — the world's only flat packed temperature control unit. In development for approximately three years, Friobox Express is comprised of revolutionary flat packe
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on February 2000Allied Systems of Sherwood, Ore. recently tested and delivered its premiere SOLAS certified rescue boat davit. Since supplying almost 200 similar davits to a variety of U.S. and foreign governmental agencies, Allied is in preparations to offer boat davit systems to the global commercial secto
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on February 2000Finland posted a record monthly trade surplus for October, boosted by a major deal by one of its shipyards and accelerating economic recovery. The customs board's preliminary data for October showed a trade surplus of a record $ 1.4 billion, with exports up 14 percent yearon- year at $4.1 bil
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on February 2000SeaArk Marine of Monticello, Ark., delivered its 27 ft. (8.2 m), all-welded aluminum Commander model to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners of Newark. N.J. Named R.V. Passaic River, the vessel will be utilized for water quality sampling and general environmental cleanup work in the Pas
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on February 2000Bollinger Shipyards began the new millennium with the christening and launching of Ocean Intervention II on New Year's Day. Measuring 254 x 54 x 19 ft. (77.4 x 16.4 x 5.7 m), the 4,000- hp multi-service vessel (MSV) built for Oceaneering International is scheduled for a spring 2000 delivery.
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on February 2000National Steel and Shipbuilding Com- I pany (NASSCO), a General Dynamics Company, received $2 million for the first phase of an estimated $25 million contract to convert a U.S. Navy Strategic Sealift Program vessel to meet the readiness capabilities of the U.S. Marine Corps. Included in Phase
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- BT Unveils E-Commerce Site page: 48
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on February 2000Known as mE-World, BT launched this innovative PC-based e-commerce environment for the merchant marine industry at the Europort Exhibition this past November. Mobile electronic world (mE-World) puts a powerful suite of information, messaging, tracking and transaction services readily availabl
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- Cadkey 99 Offers Powerful Features page: 48
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on February 2000Cadkey has released Cadkey 99, a major version of its flagship mechanical PC-CAD product available for Windows 95/98/NT 4. Cadkey 99 delivers product features designed for interoperability excellence, such as the introduction of powerful solid body healing and tolerant edge functionali
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on February 2000The Italian line of marine diesel engines built by Isotta Fraschini are now available through Marine Matrix Northwest, Inc. MMNW selected Isotta Fraschini to complement its Volvo Penta line, since the well-respected Isotta Fraschini engines range from six cylinder in-line 600-hp, to V-16 3,20
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on February 2000MaK Motoren's latest addition to its engine offerings, the M 43 Series, has made an essential contribution to the record number of orders received by the German-based MaK Sales Organization. With its headquarters located in Hamburg and branch offices in Bremen and Rostock, the organization re
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- Superseacat Service To Be Launched page: 35
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on February 2000Sea Containers will launch its $30 million Superseacat Four fast ferry ser- vice operating between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland beginning April 2000. Measuring 328 ft. (100 m), with a capacity for 752 passengers, the Italianflagged vessel will provide three sailings a day (four duri
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on February 2000Marine interior contractor James P. Colie & Associates has completed installation of its Internet Cafes for Royal Caribbean cruise vessels, the most recent on the Legend of the Seas, which was scheduled for a December 1, 1999 completion. Dubbed Royal Caribbean Online, the new areas boast IBM
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on February 2000MSC (Europe) Ltd., the European subsidiary of Maritime Services Corporation, Hood River, Ore. is currently handling various projects throughout the U.K. and Europe, mainly a $2 million conversion of a fast ferry into a casino vessel for Israeli-based Athissa Shipping. MSC provided ship units,