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- Delta Queen Makes A Comeback page: 3
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on May 2002Following the decision to enter into bankruptcy this past October, American Classic Voyages has agreed to sell two of steamboats — Delta Queen and Mississippi to Chicago-based investment firm Waveland Investments LLC for $3.75 million. The company, which is privately-held, plans to take over
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on May 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to complete system design for the Navy's advanced, 21st century surface combatant, DD(X). The initial design contract, which spans over four years has a total value of approximately $2.9-billion. Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems
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on May 2002Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar). has confirmed its acquisition of Varna shipyard, which has been in administration since January. Payment of the purchase price of $16.1 million was completed on April 8 and gives Navibulgar ownership of the assets of the yard. The asset purchase tran
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on April 2002Vessel Extractions LLC (VessEx) has launched a service to free ships from hostile situations and sail them to safety. Although the company focuses on repossessing ships for mortgagees, it also assists owners whose ships have been seized, detained, abandoned or stolen. Freeing strategies range
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on April 2002This past February, Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., signed a contract for three 145-ft. (44.1-m) supply/utility boats with Edison Chouest Offshore. The vessels, which will meet new regulatory standards and will be less than 100 gt and less than 500 gt registered tonnage, will each have a
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- Halliburton Brings Viking To GOM page: 42
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on April 2002Halliburton Subsea, a business unit of Halliburton's Energy Services Group, is deploying its ultra modern multi-purpose support vessel, MSV Subsea Viking, to the Gulf of Mexico on a longterm basis. The vessel, which arrived in U.S. waters in early February 2002, will be available for a wide v
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- Jane Tide Makes An Impact page: 41
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on April 2002Tidewater Inc. has taken delivery of the 260-ft. (79.2-m) M/V Miss Jane Tide. The Miss Jane Tide, which is Tidewater's first VS 480 platform supply vessel, was built by the company's own Quality Shipyards, L.L.C. in Houma. La. The ship, designed by the Norwegian firm Vik-Sandvik, is the first
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on April 2002Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has completed the world's largest class diesel engine (MITSUI-MAN B&W 1198MC type: 69,920kW) at its Tamano Works and delivered the engine to Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in October 2001. The engine has been installed on a 6,000 TEU container
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- industrial Heritage Is Retained page: 38
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on April 2002After plant closure had been earlier mooted, part of the fabric of Europe's marine diesel engine industry now looks set to be retained following a new proposal for the restructuring of Wartsila's operations in the Netherlands. Wartsilii is now prepared to outsource manufacturing of engine com
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on April 2002Transas expanded its range of Liquid Cargo Handling simulators with the LNG tanker simulator. The LCHS/LNG system realistically imitates the fourth tanker type in the Transas simulator range, which also includes Chemical Tanker, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier and Large Crude Oil Carrier models
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- Dresser-Rand Equips Petrobras FPSO page: 76
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on April 2002A new floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) facility being built to extract oil and gas from offshore Brazil will include gas compression modules worth approximately $35 million from the Dresser- Rand Company. The FPSO. which will operate in the Petrobras Albacora Leste field, is
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- Hernis 400 System Is Safe And Sound page: 69
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on April 2002Increased safety and operability continues to be the driving force behind the V.I.S. concept, which both Hernis and Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems had in mind when they collaborated on their latest deliveries to Radiance of the Seas and The World of Residensea. The Hernis 400 CCTV System con
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on April 2002The new supply vessel North Mariner is the first British-ordered vessel to be built to DNV's new environmental class. Companies, organizations and the public at large are now realizing the importance of limiting ships' emissions to the air and sea that have the potential of adversely affectin
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on April 2002Proving the depth of efforts to internationalize business, the Advanced Frigate Consortium (AFCON) announced its intention to design, develop and market a new class of corvette-size ships to meet the emerging needs of international navies. The main players in the consortium include IZAR of Spai
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on April 2002The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced its participation in the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Security for the Maritime Transportation Committee (MTC) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Government and industry leaders will be open and encourage an inter
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on April 2002Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises named industry veterans Dietmar Wertanzl and Rod McLeod, to two new posts created to build service quality and improve outreach to travel agents. Wertanzl will lead Celebrity's Fleet Operations, assigning him responsibility for the brand's hot
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on April 2002Celebrity Cruises will send two ships, Summit and Infinity, into unscheduled drydocks March 29 and April 13, respectively, to repair propulsion pods. Both ships are operating safely but at a lower cruising speed. Summit will cancel a March 29 sailing from Fort Lauderdale, and an 11 -night cr
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on April 2002Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has restructured its business operations, dividing its two main operating areas into maritime services and indus- trial services. In a press meeting in Hamburg on March 4, executive board members Dr. Hans Payer and Consul Rainer Schondube said. The new structure
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on April 2002U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta named Rear Admiral Richard E. Bennis, USCG, (ret.) as the Associate Under Secretary of Transportation for Maritime and Land Security at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Admiral Bennis, who led Coast Guard response in New York to
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- LR: Hearing is Believing page: 32
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on March 2002Lloyd's Register has developed jointly an acoustic emission monitor providing a unique approach to crack detection and monitoring. When cracks in a structure grow, they produce ultrasonic stress waves, known as acoustic emissions (AE). Detection technology, based on AE, has been know for man