Short 2000 Articles
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on December 2000The crew of Royal Caribbean International's Splendour of the Seas was honored for its heroic efforts in rescuing 11 crew members of a sunken cargo ship in stormy seas. The crew received the New York Council Navy League's AMVER Award (Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System) at the L
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- STN Atlas Debuts PPB System page: 40
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on December 2000STN Atlas Marine Electronics has introduced a new Primary Power Bus (PPB) distribution system designed for ships of all types, and conforming to major classification society standards. The system — which is operational in an introductory variant version aboard Star Cruises' Norwegian Sun — feat
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on December 2000Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has already established a name for itself with its finite element analysis (FEA) work that has enhanced designs on a variety of vessels on a broad-spectrum range — from passenger vessels to offshore oil platforms. The Seattle-based design firm recently set its
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on December 2000Cammell Laird has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to drydock and upgrade the RFA helicopter support ship Argus. This award follows the successful refit of the RFA Fort Rosalie earlier this year. The RFA Argus is designated as a helicopter support vessel and plays a vital role in t
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on December 2000GE Marine Engines will install LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbines in Combined Diesel And Gas (CODAG) turbine configurations on four Grand Princess-class cruise ships currently on order from Princess Cruises. One LM2500+ gas turbine will be used on each vessel in conjunction with medium-speed
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- DH Tanker Launched page: 19
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on December 2000Exxon Mobil Corp. announced that M/T Kestrel, a new double-hull very large crude oil carrier (VLCC), was delivered for leasing to a Trust established by Marcare Shipping Co., a joint shipping venture among subsidiaries of ExxonMobil, the Onassis Group and Petros J. Goulandris Sons Group. Kes
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- CSO Deep Blue Launched page: 16
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on December 2000CSO Deep Blue, an ultra deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel being built in Korea at Hyundai Mipo Dockyards in Ulsan for Coflexip Stena Offshore, was launched late this summer and is expected to begin operations in mid-2001. The vessel's laying system is designed around a powerfu
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on November 2000A page was added in the history books of U.S. shipbuilding on October 11 when the keel was laid for a new 1,900- passenger United States Lines' ship the largest ever to be constructed in a U.S. shipyard. The ceremony marked the groundbreaking partnership between the Line's parent company, Ame
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- New Safety Technology Unveiled page: 26
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on November 2000D&B Technologies Group, Inc. has entered into an exclusive distributorship agreement with EMX, Inc. makers of commercial grade thermal imaging cameras. D&B Technologies Group, Inc. is now the worldwide-authorized dealer for all non-military applications of EMX, Inc.'s products. D&B Technologi
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on November 2000Keppel Shipyard, a member of the Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group, has secured a $3.9 million jumboization contract from Baggermaatschappij Boskalis bv (Boskalis), an operating arm of the Royal Boskalis Westminister Group in the Netherlands, to upgrade its Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger, Seaway f
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- FBMA Babcock Secures TriCat Order page: 19
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on November 2000FBMA Babcock Marine has agreed with ferry operator Dae A Express Shipping Co. of Pohang, South Korea, for the construction of a 171 ft. (52 m) Tri- Cat fast passenger ferry. The award is subsequent to the successful acquisition by Babcock Engineering, demonstrating further the group's presenc
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on November 2000Tribon Solutions has signed a $ 4.5 million, 3-year contract with Daewoo Heavy Industries to supply and implement the Next Generation of the current Tribon M1 product on Windows NT. This Tribon Mx Series development will lead to Tribon M2 and Tribon M3 systems. Tribon Mx Series development wi
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on November 2000The consulting naval architectural firm Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C. has been chosen by the City of Los Angeles, Calif, to design a replacement for the City's major fireboat the 75-yearold Ralph J. Scott. Currently celebrating their 70th consecutive year of operations, Robert Allan Lt
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on November 2000European shipbuilders last month complained to the European Union about alleged South Korean state aid to its shipbuilders, an action which could conceivably open the door for the EU to bring a case against South Korea at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Committee of EU Shipbuilders' A
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on November 2000An international group of major energy, shipping and IT companies have joined forces to set up an independent shipping exchange: Worldfixture.com with operations based in Oslo and offices in Stockholm and Amsterdam. The group consists of U.S.-based energy group Enron (www.enron.com); Norwegia
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- Flat Screens, Big Images page: 88
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on November 2000The latest in navigation systems, machinery monitoring and control, internal and external shipboard management and communications feature flat screen displays, many of them from- Jakob Hatteland Instrument AS of Nor- way. Jakob Hatteland Instrument AS (JH1), part of the Hatteland Group, was
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- The "Wired" Ship page: 88
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on November 2000Saving space and weight onboard any vessel is tantamount to efficient operation and ultimately profitability. Telenor Fiber, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telenor, last month at SMM introduced a fiber-optic solution for ships and maritime installations, a solution which replaces traditional co
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on October 2000Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding has delivered the first of two new pilot boats for the Charleston, S.C. pilots. This brings the number of pilots' boats built by the Somerset, Mass. shipyard for Charleston Navigation to seven within the past 40 years. The increased size and performance of the 76
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on October 2000Kvichak Marine Industries delivered Chinook + a 72 x 21 ft. (21.9 x 6.4 m) all aluminum pilot boat — to the Columbia River Bar Pilots Association of Astoria, Ore. The vessel replaces the 30-year-old Peacock that had previously been used on the River. Designed by Camarc, Chinook transports th
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on October 2000A new 60 ft. (18 m) fast Pilot boat is being constructed at Hike Metal Products, Ontario, Canada for the Atlantic Pilotage Authority. Responsible for Pilotage operations on the east coast of Canada, the Authority will be receiving a new boat that will be used to serve the Placentia Bay distric