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on July 2003Overloaded dry docks are not a pretty picture. They crack, buckle, flood, sink, damage the ships they are trying to lift - and sometimes even cause accidental deaths. Dry dock accidents are not common, but they do happen, usually resulting in dramatic photographs and disastrous physical and fin
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on July 2003On June 15, 2003. Lester Rosenblatt passed away at the age of 83. MR/EN remembers this industry icon, who through his ambition and wealth of industry knowledge founded what would become one of the world's most successful naval architecture and marine engineering firms. Lester Rosenblatt, (al
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- EMS Enters the SatCom Fray page: 38
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on July 2003Advances in communication services for ships and boats is expanding rapidly, keeping pace with development cycles of landside installations. Last autumn. Inmarsat unveiled Fleet F55 and Fleet F33. the two new members of the Fleet family designed to meet the communication needs of small to med
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on July 2003Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., along with Finnish shipbuilder Kvaerner Masa-Yards, has developed a design for a new and even more spectacular ship, the "Ultra-Voyager," and that both parties have signed an agreement that could lead to a firm order. The conditional agreement anticipates one new
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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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- Austal Unveils HSV-M page: 24
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on July 2003Developed in response to existing naval requirements and incorporating advanced hull and propulsion technology, the Austal High Speed Vessel - Multipurpose (HSV-M) is an example of the potential effectiveness of high-speed vessels for future naval and other military roles. Austal's HSV-M desi
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on July 2003Austal Ships and Fred. Olsen. S.A. have signed a contract for what the company dubs the world's largest high-speed multihull vessel which will be based on a new hullform. When delivered in the second half of 2004. the 416-ft. (126.7- m) cargo-vehicle-passenger fast ferry will also be larger t
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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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on July 2003GTR Campbell, the designers of standard design ships like Freedom, Fortune, Friendship, Fantasy, Fortune MKII, Festiva, Valiant and Galaxy in cooperation with their associated concept design firm; Algoship Designers Ltd. of the Bahamas are behind the recent wave of new building orders of the Tr
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- Stepping Out in Oslo page: 36
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on July 2003The Nor-Shipping Exhibition concluded June 6, 2003. Following were some of the major announcements during the week in Oslo. Kongsberg won a contract for the control systems for four LNG tankers scheduled to be built in Japan. The ships will carry LNG from the Snohvit field to the U.S., Spain
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on July 2003It was a Memorial Day Weekend tragedy onboard the famed 50-year old S.S. Norway, when an explosion rocked 2,000 passengers from their bunks, an accident which killed eight and injured 22. While thoughts immediately turned to terrorism, reports indicate that the explosion eminated from one of N
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- A New Chapter in Naval Shipbuilding page: 28
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on July 2003As a resounding endorsement of its long-term commitment to shipbuilding in the U.K., Vosper Thornycroft (VT) has created a state-of-the-art ship production facility within Portsmouth Naval Base. Having recently attained preliminary operational status through steel cutting on 295-ft. (90-m) tr
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- Is More Drilling on the Way? page: 26
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on July 2003"Deep" Gas in Shallow Water, Increased Deepwater Activities are Positive Signs for Recovery There has been a steady stream of bad news recently in the marine press regarding the health of the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Much of this bad "press" is fueled by boat operators who
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- Show Me the (Grant) Money page: 17
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on July 2003Following the mandates to enhance maritime security throughout the United States, programs were developed to make federal funds available to partially offset the costs being imposed on the private sector. The programs, which started off with great fanfare, are in danger of collapsing due to l
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- Bollinger Delivers ATB for Bouchard page: 10
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on July 2003Bouchard Coastwise Management Co., Hicksville. NY, has added to its fleet a double-hull articulated ocean-going tug/barge units (ATB) with the delivery from Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.. Lockport. La., of the 130-ft. tug Jane A. Bouchard and the 430-ft„ 110.000 barrel (BBL) class double-hull oil B
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on June 2003For years, general manufacturing companies have enjoyed the benefit of laser cutting systems for producing complex or simple parts in batch volumes as low as one, and as high as tens of thousands. The laser is an incredibly powerful tool that remains unsurpassed in manufacturing activities ac
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on June 2003S a l v a g e response in the United States, and to a considerable degree throughout the world, has evolved to become essentially a new industry as measured by historical precedent. There are five principal factors, which have forever changed maritime casualty response to the point whe
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- NOx Emissions from Merchant Ships page: 68
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on June 2003Pollutant emissions produced by the global merchant fleet has always been suggested to represent a considerable contribution to anthropogenic emissions, with nitrogen and sulfur compounds being currently in the focus of public's interest. Emissions such as nitrogen oxides, NOx (the sum of NO an
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- Tuna Farming Goes Offshore page: 64
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on June 2003Izar Fene Shipyard, in collaboration with Itsazi Aquaculturehas, has developed an Offshore unit for the breeding, fattening and transport of the bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynuus). Sailing at eight knots, the unit is able to transport (e.g.) living tunas from the Mediterranean to Japan. The propos
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on June 2003MR/EN had the opportunity• to speak with Admiral Robert Natter, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, Fleet Forces Command, who is not only responsible for one of the largest fleet of Navy ships in the world, but directs the effort to design the Navy of the future, including development of the Littoral