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- VT Concludes Sandown Class page: 20
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on June 2001Vosper Thornycroft (VT) has once again, completed a successful shipbuilding project for the Royal Navy with the launch of the last minehunter in the Sandown Class at its Southampton shipyard. HMS Shoreham, which was sponsored by Lady Perowne, wife of Admiral Sir James Perowne, Deputy Supreme
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on June 2001Freeport Shipbuilding, Freeport, Fla., delivered a 163-ft. (49.6-m), 32-knot aluminum monohull research vessel, which was designed by DeJong & Lebet — marking DeJong's entrance into the high-performance workboat field. This new design is a milestone in establishing DeJong & Lebet as a design
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on June 2001Italian specialist shipyard Rodriquez Cantieri Navali launched the Federico Garcia Lorca on April 28 — its largest vessel ever built. Subsequent to its inaugural festivities, the ship was towed to Savona, Italy for final outfitting, commissioning and then sea trials. The vessel will then be d
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on June 2001Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA won an approximate $57 million contract to build seven 148-ft. (45-rn) double- ended Catamarans (type HC 18) and three 92-ft. (28-m) Catamarans (type MC 25) from Barcas S.A. in 16 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The contract was signed on May 4. and construction of the bo
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on June 2001Derecktor signed a contract with the Sandy Hook Pilots Association for the supply of the third of a series of new pilot boats as part of the fleet modernization effort of one of the busiest Pilots Associations in the country. Scheduled for delivery in fall 2001, these 53-ft. (16.1-m) boats ar
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on June 2001Detyens Shipyard continues to expand its dredge work, with numerous contracts at all three of its locations; the Main Yard in Charleston, S.C., the Wando Yard in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and its Jacksonville, Fla. yard. Last year Detyens completed work for six different operators. Great Lakes Dre
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on June 2001Unless things change dramatically, I am writing as the last Deputy Administrator of the Maritime Administration (MarAd). At least the MarAd we have known, sometimes loved, but always needed for the last 50 years. As I look at the Administration's budget proposals to transfer management of the
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on June 2001Not since the heady days o:r the late 1970s has the outlook for shipbuilding in U.S. yards looked brighter, but that outlook is tempered somewhat by the threat of federal budget cuts that could jeop- ardize many present and future shipbuilding projects. The L.S.'s decision to unilaterally el
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- Camacho Returns to His Roots page: 30
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on June 2001December 7, 1941, "A day that will live in infamy," is undoubtedly a defining moment in U.S. history. The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor is again in the public eye with the recent release of Touchstone Pictures' epic Pearl Har bor this past Memorial Day weekend. While the movie provides
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on June 2001Due to a revised ownership structure for a recently opened ship repair yard in Freeport, Grand Bahama, the yard, which had been previously known (on two separate occasions) as Freeport Ship Care Facility and Lloyd Werft Grand Bahama, has been renamed Grand Bahama Shipyard. The yard commenced
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- Hydrex Breaks Ground with Repair page: 13
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on June 2001A 262 ft. (80-m) containership from Antwerp had an unfortunate collision in Boston, Mass. with some rocks and ended up with a large number of tears, ranging from one to seven meters, to its flat bottom. Hydrex was called in to propose solutions for the major repair. A team of eight was sent fr
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- ASRY Converts Heavy-Lift Crane Ship page: 12
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on June 2001Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) is currently carrying out a multi-million dollar conversion contract for the Iran Offshore Engineering Company (IOEC) — a first for the yard. Previously, ASRY has performed a total of four modification projects of conventional tankers to Floati
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on June 2001MariTel, The Marine Telephone Company, has successfully completed field testing of its "Next Generation" wireless DSC (Digital Selective Calling) marine VHF radiotelephone Network. For the first time in the U.S., users have the ability to place direct-dial, private, automatically routed VHF tel
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- Galician Grit page: 8
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on June 2001Independent Spanish shipbuilder Hijos de J Barreras has again showed its mettle by delivering two specialized vessels within the space of just a few days, and by landing a three-ship contract to take its orderbook into mid 2003. Three years after being spun-off from the former Astilleros Espa
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on May 2001American Classic Voyages Co. recently christened the U.S.-flag C/V Cape May Light, the first vessel in its Delta Queen Coastal Voyages' fleet, in an historic ceremony in Alexandria, Va. This is the first christening of a cruise ship in the Washington, D.C. area in the modern era. The 224-pass
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on May 2001Imagine you're onboard a cruise ship and a fire breaks out and you realize that you are trapped in your stateroom — left to inhale the fatal smoke and gas wafting through the vents. Contrary to popular belief, more than 85 percent of fire related deaths occur, not from burns, but from this ty
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- Meet Me In Oslo page: 48
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on May 2001Without a doubt, Oslo, Norway is one of the finest places a person would want to be during early June of any year. The nearly endless days, with light never quite conceding the sky to night, the vibrant social activities enjoyed equally by visitors and locals, and breathtaking scenery second
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on May 2001During 2000, member salvors of the International Salvage Union (ISU) responded to more than 300 marine casualties where there was a possibility of a pollution event arising. The Union reported that there was a significant increase in both the number of services provided and the total volume o
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- Size Matters page: 42
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on May 2001The bunker industry is changing. Bunker buyers want bigger stems, broader choice of grades, more delivery locations, higher standards, additional services, and consistency. Port authorities also want consistency, along with no pollution, more monitoring, increased regulation, heightened bench
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- Yachting Consult Offers MasterShip page: 37
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on May 2001Yachting Consult is a fast growing player in the field of work preparation and engineering process services for shipbuilders. The Dutch company provides experience and skills in CAD/CAM engineering and software, as well as logistic services such as transport and just-in-time delivery of ship