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- Dolphin Finds A Home page: 9
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on March 2001A growing appreciation of the benefits of podded electric propulsion is widening the concept's market reach, although business for such systems has remained concentrated among just a handful of suppliers. The recent deal for the Dolphin system, while denoting the commercial breakthrough for t
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on March 2001Special Advertising Section Just as today's maritime industry is currently experiencing technological advances, the equipment that will be used to produce and adhere to these changes must follow the same beat — specifically in the arena of fendering systems. Bellflower, Calif.-based Urethan
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- ASRY Grabs Hold Of UL/VLCC Market page: 35
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on March 2001The last quarter of 2000 proved to be an exceptionally active one for ASRY — the yard was filled to capacity during the last year. This upswing, which had been projected prior to the fourth quarter, has proved to be true with the company's 300 percent increase in the ULCC and VLCC market dur
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- (Fuel) Cells of Endeavor page: 10
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on March 2001German high-speed diesel maker and power systems supplier MTUFriedrichshafen showed its willingness to push back the technological bounds when it announced at last year's SMM Exhibition in Hamburg that it had started development work on fuel cell marine propulsion. German propensity for fron
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on March 2001Notwithstanding the hysteria surrounding it, Y2K turned out to be a non-event, but it did produce an unintended consequence. Business-to-Business (B2B) ventures that would have been introduced in the second-half of 1999 were postponed until the effects of Y2K could be determined. Thus, there w
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on March 2001Beginning this summer, passengers traveling from Point Judith to Block Island, R.I. will be able to complete their travel in about half the time it normally takes to perform this voyage - thanks to a 99 ft. (30.1 m), 250-passenger high speed catamaran under construction at Gladding-Hearn. Th
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on March 2001Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc. recently delivered Belle Watling, a 72-ft. (21.9 m) Z-drive tug to Dixie Towing of Jacksonville, Fla. The first azimuthing tug to be built at the Bayou La Batre shipyard, Belle Watling was delivered 30 days ahead of its contractual delivery date. Glowacki Engineerin
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on March 2001With its 14,600 LT drydock completely booked until the end of April, which has been utilized to the fullest since it was put into operation last summer, Atlantic Dry Dock has myriad of projects scheduled at its yard. The company's 4,000 LT Marine Railway is back in operation after an extensiv
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on March 2001Seven Seas Voyager, the new 50,000-gt cruise ship under construction at T. Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy for Radisson Seven Seas, will be among the first ships to house the new Dolphin podded propulsion system jointly developed by STN Atlas Marine Electronics and John Crane- Lips. The ves
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on March 2001This past summer marked the entrance of large crane vessel Saipem 7000 into Botlek Harbor of Rotterdam. Within hours of its arrival, Hydrex's diving and repair crew boarded the vessel to carry out underwater servicing work, which required extensive dismantling of the vessel's thrusters. The
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- Diesel renaissance in Italy page: 8
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on March 2001At a time when the South Korean heavyweights have signaled their determination to capture more than 50 percent of the global market for low-speed diesel engines, an Italian renaissance in two-stroke production testifies to a determination in one of the European camps not to bow to oriental i
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on March 2001Houston Marine Training Services has partnered with MGI International Inc., of Vancouver, BC, Canada, to provide Computer Based Training (CBT) delivery of the classroom-theoretical portions of STCW-Basic Safety Training. An impetus for this deal is the urgency for mariners to comply with in
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- The Practical Lifeboatman page: 48
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on March 2001The standing joke in the lifeboatman practical portion of the AB class is "...The good news is that you will only have to row and learn the oar commands ... The bad news is that the instructor wants to water-ski." Finding a ship with gravity davits, that will invite an outsider to participate
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- Leading a Sea of Change page: 46
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on March 2001The Marine industry, and especially the world shipping industry, has seen many changes in the past three decades. These changes have come about partly as a result of the economic crises in the world and partly because of the very rapid advancement of technological innovations. The world recess
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on March 2001Luminous Technologies Ltd. has, after 12 years of research, developed an optically active additive (OAA) that when introduced into an existing coating formulation enables easier inspection during application and through life of the coating — without degrading the performance of the existing co
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on March 2001Lt. Col John U.D. Page Newark Bay, owned and operated by Maersk Line Ltd, for Military Sealift Command (MSC), was renamed MV Lt. Col. John U.D. Page during a ceremony at NORSHIPCO on February 21, 2001. Brad Sauer, president of Maersk Line, Ltd., served as the master of ceremonies for the eve
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on March 2001Syncrolifit, a Rolls-Royce company, has been chosen by the Suez Canal Authority to supply a shiplift and transfer system valued at more than $7 million for the dry docking of Nile River cruise ferries. Delivery of the 3,420 ton-lift-capacity Syncrolift is scheduled for the Armant Shipyard on
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- Titan Is Challenged In Persian Gulf page: 31
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on March 2001Titan Maritime recently had its expertise put to the test with the wreck removal operation of a 426 x 105 x 28 ft. (130 x 32 x 8.5 m), 7,279 grt materials barge. The vessel was transiting the area of Mina Saqr Port in Ras A1 Khaimah, United Arab Emirates on February 3 when it capsized and sank
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on March 2001Bollinger Quick Repair (BQR), the ship repair and conversion facilities of Bollinger Shipyard has gone online with its new service, which aims to save vessel owners and operators money, as well as helping vessels to run more efficiently. The service is available via any of Bollinger's 14 ship
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on March 2001Craft used its standard split roller bearing (the same bearing that is popular for use on marine drive shafts, rudder shafts and lifting equipment) to transform a couple of standard 2.5-in. schedule 80 pipes into precision drive shafts for critical positioning equipment in the United States N