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- Fincantieri Delivers Westerdam page: 10
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on May 2004On April 17 Fincantieri. based in Marghera, delivered the Westerdam cruise ship to Holland America Line, part of the Carnival group. The ship is the third of a total of four ships to be completed by early 2006. The deadline set by Fincantieri for its delivery has been met despite a fire that
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- Chinese Yard Logs Strong Month page: 55
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on May 2004As high freight rates continue, Shanghai's Huarun Dadong Dockyard (HRDD) is undergoing a busy period with a total of 12 vessels being repaired in January and 13 vessels in February. This is a 10 percent increase of production value in the first two months compared with 2003, and a 25 percent incr
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on May 2004Barbours Cut Terminal recently purchased 10 "super" cranes, and the Port Commission has approved five more. The original 10 cranes replace - and outperform - six older cranes that Barbours Cut had used. "In the first few months, we've gained efficiency and capacity," said Jeff Davis, containe
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on May 2004Seven special winches were supplied by Hatlapa in December 2003 after being tested and demonstrated in the factory. These winches are intended for the new research vessel Maria S. Merian, which will support the vessel Polarstern during operations in the Arctic. Hatlapa has escorted this project
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- Schlueter Promoted to VP page: 17
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on May 2004Crowley Maritime promoted Ed Schlueter to vice president of its Vessel Management Services subsidiary. Schlueter will remain in Seattle and report directly to Tom Crowley Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. Schlueter joined Crowley in 1976 and has held positions of increasing responsibility
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on May 2004Despite a new volume record in 2003 and an 11% improvement of net profits before extraordinary items, Hempel's CEO Ditlev Engel is not fully satisfied with the result. The major fall in the dollar is the reason that the group was unable to live up to its own expectations for greater progress. H
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on May 2004German engineers have strengthened the Schottel offering through the development of a propulsor which melds technical design and performance features of the company's proprietary, azimuthing Rudderpropeller series with those of electric podded drives. The resulting hybrid system, known as the
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- Misplacing the Place of Refuge page: 20
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on May 2004On December 30, 2000, the tanker Castor was underway in the western Mediterranean Sea en route from Constanza, Romania to Lagos, Nigeria, carrying 29,470 tons of unleaded gasoline. During a fierce winter storm, the ship developed a 22-m long crack across its main deck between frames 72 and 73
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on May 2004Holyhead Towing has added another boat to its diverse fleet of tugs and workboats. Like most of the vessels in the fleet, the Afon Alaw is named after a river on the Island of Anglesey where the company's home port is located. (Afon is Welsh for river.) This is the third vessel built for the
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- Not Just Another Dam Ship page: 12
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on May 2004In 2003, Holland America (HAL) added another "Dam" ship to its fleet in the form of the 82,000-gt MS Oosterdam. Oosterdam — built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy — is the second 1,848 passenger Vista-class ship for the company, joining sister ship ms Zuiderdam, which debuted in D
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- Damen Delivers Pair of Tugs page: 10
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on May 2004Damen Shipyards Gorinchem recently delivered a pair of Stan Tug 2608s — Ilha de Sao Luis and O Bravo — in fulfilment of its contract with Adminstracao dos Portos, which was signed in June 2003. The vessels are for operation in the Port of Horta and the Port of Praia da Vitoria. The first vess
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on May 2004Bay State Cruise Co. ordered a 149-passenger highspeed ferry from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding for service between Boston and Provincetown, Mass., due for delivery in June. The new, all-aluminum ferry, designed by Incat Designs is 98 ft. (29.8 m) long, 29.5 ft. (9.1 m) at the beam, and draws 6
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on May 2004Heavy lift specialist Jumbo enters its heavy lift vessel MV "Jumbo Javelin" newbuild into service after having been mated with cranes successfully and passing final sea trials in the North Sea. With its 1.600 tons lift capacity, a hold space of 19,000 cu. m. and a main deck of 2,650 sq. m., M
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- Cool Technology page: 62
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on April 2004While debate continues on whether or not fuel cell-based power generation can be a viable proposition for the commercial marine market, its advocates in the engineering industry are making headway in giving practical form to the technology. The installation of a fuel cell power unit aboard a
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on April 2004The first vessel certified by DnV to comply with the new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code by IMO. Berge Boston, has installed a new integrated Ship Security System by Norway-based Hernis Scan Systems A/S. Hernis is offering three alternative standardized ISPS packages
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- ConCat Survey Cat Trolls for Buyers page: 55
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on April 2004Kongsberg Maritime and Uniteam International are pursuing new clients by placing them directly on the ConCat Survey Catamaran, with the intent of delivering a first-hand experience of the innovative boat's capabilities. Demonstrations of the turnkey survey platform ConCat have now started acr
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on April 2004Farstad Shipping ASA is an Aalesund, Norway-based company that operates a fleet of 49 supply-vessels, AHTSs and PSVs. In December Farstad received two new PSVs from Ulstein Verft AS. Immediately after delivery Far Symphony took over a contract for Norsk Hydro from Far Scandia. Far Scandia le
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on April 2004Deploying Joint Forces into a challenging and uncertain future poses many unanswered logistic questions for Joint Health Service Support, (JHSS), functions. These challenges are described in terms of the revolution in military affairs (RMA). The first revolution, system of systems, already wo
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- The Rules are About to Change page: 60
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on April 2004A seminal approach to class following the landmark decision by three of the classification societies two years ago to develop common edicts governing oil tanker hull structures, a complete draft set of new. unified rules is to be circulated for industry comment in June 2004. Drawn up by Ameri
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- Kongsberg Maritime: United, Diverse page: 57
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on April 2004Kongsberg Maritime can provide complete integrated systems and solutions across the board. The systems available range from hydroacoustic survey solutions and subsea autonomous vehicles and transponders, through DP, Automation, Navigation and Simulation. The company has enjoyed recent succes