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- Chamber Of Shipping Requests Entries page: 77
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on March 2000The Chamber of Shipping of America is currently accepting entries for the Ship Safety Achievement Awards and the Jones F. Devlin Awards — publicly recognizing high achievements in safety at sea. The Ship Safety Achievement Awards are sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Shipping of America an
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- Se-Cliff Enhances With CoreKote 2000 page: 69
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on March 2000Se-Cliff Coatings, LLC, a coatings and technology development company, touts CoreKote 2000, which helps maintain heat transfer so that equipment runs at ideal temperatures and maximum performance. The product, which is electrochemically applied to heat exchangers, such as radiators, covers 10
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on March 2000Brusco Tug & Barge, Inc. of Longview, Wash, has awarded of the construction contract for a new 78 ft. (23.8 m) Z-drive tug to Diversified Marine, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. This new tug is the seventh in the series of the ASD 23/35 high-performance, lowmanning tug design developed by Robert A
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on March 2000Located in Harahan, La., Blessey Marine Services has taken delivery of a 65 x 24 ft. (19.8 x 7.3 m) pushboat, David F. Stone, built by Sneed Shipbuilding of Orange, Texas. Powered by a pair of Cummins KTA19M main engines delivering a combined 1,000-hp through Reintjes WAF363L main gears, the
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- AMT Marine To Construct Utility Boat page: 59
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on March 2000AMT Marine expects to take delivery in May of a 136 x 34 x 12 ft. (41.4 x 10.3 x 3.6 m) mini-supply boat from Hope Services, Dulac, La. The boat, which is being designed by Frank Basil's Entech and Associates, will be powered by a pair of Cummins V-12 KTA38 MO main engines rated for 850- hp
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on March 2000Danish Company Fiberline Composites A/S has a long history in the production of gratings, stairs, railings and load-carrying constructions in GRP (glass reinforced fiber). The materials have been incorporated in a number of references throughout the maritime realm, with notable performance in
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on March 2000Last autumn leading researchers gathered at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference to discuss, among other things, the properties and possibilities of increasing the utilization of lightweight honeycomb sandwiched between curved composite panels in marine applications
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on March 2000European maritime administrations signed an agreement to set up a central shipping safety database aimed at eradicating dangerous vessels. According to the EC Maritime Safety Unit, the Equasis system will bring together in one Internet site most of the current diffusely available safety relat
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- BIMCO Introduces Millennium Software page: 55
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on March 2000The new BIMCO Voyage Estimator 2000 and BIMCO Laytime Calculator 2000 have been released, boasting various new features designed to lighten the daily workload of shipping offices. BIMCO Informatique A/S has taken into consideration its experience, as well as customer comments to improve upon
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on March 2000Litton Marine Systems has received orders to supply a broad spectrum variety of equipment for two new RoRo passenger ferries in Japan. The ship duo (Hulls 1065 and 1068) are being constructed for P&O Ship Management (Irish Sea) Ltd. at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yard in Shimoneski. Sche
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- SKYbolt Enables Real Time Processing page: 38
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on March 2000SKY Computers, a subsidiary of Analogic Corp., said that U.K.-based BAE Systems has utilized SKY's comprehensive SKYbolt II multicomputer for the development of a new radar signal processing system for naval surveillance and target indication. BAE has tapped SKY to lessen the size of its syst
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- JRC Radar Offers Plotter System page: 34
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on March 2000Equipped with a 15-in. color CRT display and an optional chart plotter, JRC has developed a new long range professional radar system. Known as the JRC 3900 series, the product offers 1/8- to-96 or 120 mile range, 10 or 25 kilowatts of power, as well as the ability to display radar or C-Map
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- Seacoast Delivers Package To Halter page: 34
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on March 2000Seacoast Electronics supplied an integrated electronics package to Halter Marine for the Foss Delta Mariner rocket booster transport ship. Seacoast was chosen by both Halter and Foss to provide a complete package encompassing systems design, communication and navigation electronics, machinery
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on March 2000With 22 drydocks in service, Bollinger Morgan City, L.L.C. recently stretched its newly expanded dry dock (see a c c o m p a n y i n g photo) to the limit with the docking of former sulpher vessel (now bulk carrier) Otto Candie COV Zeus measuring 505 ft. (153.9 m). The vessel was laid up
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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