Short 2002 Articles
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- " T a x i ! ? " page: 16
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on September 2002New York Water Taxi (NYWT) has accepted the delivery of Mickey Murphy — the first in a series of 53-ft. (16.1-m) passenger ferries constructed by Derecktor Shipyards. The bright yellow boats, which sport a black and white checkered trim, they will enhance waterborne transportation for New Yor
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on August 2002Ultra Dynamics has agreed to supply FBM Babcock Marine with 14 UltraJet 305 waterjets for a new military project According to Mike Lane, managing director, "The UltraJet 305 is the highest selling unit in the UltraJet range of marine jet drives and although successfully exceeding the specifie
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- McNeece Unveils Unique Hull Concept page: 52
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on August 2002With John McNeece recently departing the company to "pursue other interests," the McNeece reputation is now led by Mark Hilferty. Destination Brisbane is touted as a breakthrough, advanced concept for a radical cruise vessel embodying the vibrant spirit of Australia. Destination Brisbane has a
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- M/V Tanner Christened In Texas page: 49
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on August 2002The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District recently christened a unique 48-ft. (14.6-m) vessel for use at its moorage facility. The 48-ft. utilizes the uniquely innovative Stolkraft hull form, and will be put into service surveying the coastal waterways in the Galve
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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