Short 2003 Articles
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on August 2003Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Whidbey Island and Seattle-based American West Steamboat Company, owned by Henry Hillman, Jr., CEO of Oregon Rail Corp., have launched the newly constructed overnight sternwheeler cruise ship Empress of the North. On June 16, 2003, the 360-ft. (110-m) sternwhe
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- Intermarine Launches G5 Oltramonti page: 17
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on August 2003Known as G5 Oltramonti, the Bigliani Class V Series patrol boat was launched on July 16, 2003 at Intermarine shipyard in Sarzana, Italy. The launching ceremony, which featured the boat's Godmother, Annaniaria Oltramonti, was also attended by representatives from Guardia di Finanza, and Genera
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on August 2003The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved a measure to undertake a demonstration project with the New York City Department of Transportation to retrofit a Staten Island ferryboat with new exhaust emission reduction devices. If the project is successful, a new agreement between the t
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on July 2003Navatek Ltd. has launched a largescale. U.S. Navy technology demonstrator craft incorporating the company's proprietary, underwater "lifting body" technology. The Office of Naval Research. Arlington. Va., is funding the $18-million project, which began in 2000. The 160-ft.. 30+ knot craft, k
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on July 2003Hy-Line Cruises, a division of Hyannis Harbor Tours, Hyannis, Mass., has received a new 300-passenger, highspeed catamaran from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Duclos Corporation. This is the third Incat-designed fast ferry built by the shipyard for the Cape Cod tourism company, and the 27th
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- New FSPV Vessel Unveiled page: 62
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on June 2003FBM Babcock Marine recently unveiled the FSPV, a vessel under development for three years that the manufacturer describes as "a revolutionary new high speed passenger ferry, which promises to deliver pioneering rough condition seakeeping capability, coupled with speeds of up to 40 knots." FS
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on June 2003The Merrimac Ferry, which crosses the Wisconsin River between Sauk and Columbia counties, is Wisconsin's only free ferry. It shuttles WIS 113 traffic between Okee on the east bank and Merrimac on the west. In the 150 plus years that a ferry has operated at this location it has been propelled
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on June 2003A trio of 88.5-ft. (27-m) patrol vessels being built by Southampton based FBM Babcock Marine Ltd. have arrived in the Port of Southampton on the back of a heavy lift mother ship. At press time, the trio was scheduled to undergo final testing prior to delivery. The vessels are part of a six-ve
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on June 2003After 39 years of service to NOAA and its predecessor agency, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the NOAA ship Whiting was decommissioned in May 2003 at its home port in Norfolk, Va. The ship has been an essential part of the NOAA fleet, working in support of NOAA's mission to ensure safe navi
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- Seabulk Contracts for PSV in Brazil page: 22
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on June 2003Seabulk Offshore do Brasil, Ltda.. finalized an agreement with Promar Brazil (Estaleiro Promara I) to build a UT-755L platform supply vessel (PSV) for delivery in the fall of 2004, with an option for a second ship. To be named Seabulk Brasil, the 5,460-hp, 236-ft. (71.9-m) newbuild has a purc
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on June 2003Star Information Systems (SIS) has signed a major retrofit and newbuild software contract with Color Line AS. The Color Line contract covers the installation of new-generation shipboard software for improved fleet management on nine existing ships. Application and database server software are
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on June 2003The annual ceremony will be held on Friday, June 15, 2003, at 11 a.m., in the playground at Tompkins Square Park, East 9th street and Avenue B. Manhattan, by the Slocum Memorial Fountain. The burning of the excursion steamer GENERAL SLOCUM, is the worst peace - time inland water's maritime disa
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- SES Electrical Sees Bright Future page: 39
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on May 2003Sustained interest in diesel-electric propulsion and advanced power generation solutions for smaller ships is reflected in the projects completed or planned in the past year by Bergenbased Scandinavian Electric Systems (SES). Typifying the wide scope of SES' capabilities is a system due for
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on May 2003Bergesen D.Y. ASA in Norway has, for a long time, tested different communication systems to improve data communication between ship and office. Electrical superintendent at Bergesen, Odd Jarle Holtekj0len, confirms that the decision has been made to install CommBox on 16 vessels. "We have tes
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- RoPax Milestone page: 14
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on May 2003A new arrival in the North Sea has provided Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, with its debut reference in the RoPax market, approximately 25 years on from the South Korean yard's construction of the operationally acclaimed Searunner RoRo trailership series. As the fir
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- Camarc, Kvichak Team On Pilot Boat page: 65
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on April 2003Camarc, Ltd. and Kvichak Marine Industries have teamed up to design and build an all-aluminum 72-ft. (22-m) pilot boat. The new boat, Sabine Bank Pilot, was recently delivered to the Sabine Pilots Service of Groves, Texas and will have a pilotage route that extends 20 miles off the Texas coas
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- SeaArk Delivers Patrol Boat to NYPD page: 64
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on April 2003SeaArk Marine. Inc. delivered a 35-ft. (10.6-m) Dauntless Class patrol/rescue boat to the New York Police Department (NYPD) Harbor Unit. The boat is responsible for patrol, search and rescue, port security, diving and anti-terrorism activities in New York Harbor and the waters surrounding New
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- Investment in Design page: 14
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on April 2003System (ECS) controls the timing of the fuel injection through close monitoring of the crankshaft position via a tacho system, regarded as far more accurate and responsive than any mechanical method of control. When compared to conventional designs, the most visually apparent difference in th
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on April 2003This Spring, VT Group will unveil what it touts as Europe's most advanced naval shipbuilding facility, a nearly $60 million investment located within Portsmouth Naval Base. From the start. the facility will be used to build blocks for all the Royal Navy's new 7.500-ton type 45 destroyers, as
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on April 2003Bollinger Marine Fabricators has delivered the DBL 81, an 80,000-barrel ocean service, double hull, oil tank barge to K-Sea Transportation Corp. It is the second of a four OPA '90 barge contract underway at Bollinger for K-Sea. DBL 101, a 100,000 bbl barge, the first of the four was delivered