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on October 2000Hempel recently launched worldwide its Globic SP-ECO range of 2003 IMO-compliant antifoulings, a high-performance, self-polishing antifouling with a unique fiber composite structure. The innovation is being touted by the manufacturer as revolutionary as the fibers incorporated in the paint
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- South America Gets "Kit" Traelers page: 27
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on October 2000Wales-based, high-tech boat building company, Steel-Kit (U.K.) Ltd. is working with South American prawn fishing companies and repairers to provide "state-of-the-art" computer generated steel and aluminium building kits for on board processing, prawn fishing vessels. A recent project has been
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- SSPC Reaches Half-Century Mark page: 29
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on October 2000Marking its 50th year of representation for the coatings industry, SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings is hosting its International Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn. at the Opryland Hotel Convention Center. Scheduled from November 12-16, 2000, the convention boasts seminar s
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on October 2000The topic of new technology is the bait being thrown out to potential attendees of this year's Fish Expo and WorkBoat Atlantic show, which is scheduled to take place from October 12-14 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, R.I. Both groups have joined forces to produce the lat
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on October 2000Mid last month. General Dynamics divulged that its National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) unit had won a lucrative and much sought after contract to build three double hull tankers for BP. The deal, worth approximately $630 million, calls for a tanker trio which will carry crude from Va
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on October 2000Virginia Republican Rep. Herbert Bateman, 72, a nine-term congressman and strong military supporter who planned to retire at the end the year, died in his sleep, reportedly of natural casues on Monday, September 11. according to a spokesman. He had battled a series of health problems in rece
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on October 2000MaritimeDirect. an online information and e-commerce marketplace for the maritime shipping industry, has added new executives to its e-commerce team and expanded its global presence, supplementing its existing New York and Tokyo offices with a new office in Hong Kong. Martin Taylor joins Mai
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- Marine Employment Resource Debuts page: 13
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on October 2000Last month marked the debut of one of the marine industry's more exciting new e-commerce offerings — www.MaritimeJobs. com — which, as its name suggests, is positioned to provide all marine industry companies with a venue to find and hire the best talent available. As the world, and particula
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on October 2000The ability of ship repair yards to quickly, efficiently and effectively get ships in and out in the least possible amount of time is cornerstone to their very existence. Southwest Marine in San Diego has recently adopted an advanced, automated floating dry dock control system, which promises to
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- A Helping Hand In Stralsund page: 43
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on October 2000In Stralsund, an ocean-going giant takes to the water with the help of a record-breaking lift. The Stralsund ship lift reportedly breaks all records, as nowhere in the world is there a lifting and lowering facility on a larger scale than this 754 x 115 ft. (230 m x 35 m) lift. Equally impres
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on October 2000In 1988, Congress enacted the Abandoned Shipwreck Act (Pub. L. 100-298, 43 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2106), in an effort to give states more authority to protect the historical provenance of abandoned shipwrecks in state waters. It was one of the more controversial laws Congress passed that year because
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on October 2000Is there an electronic Oil Record Book in the future of the maritime industry? There could be. Will charters be negotiated and signed electronically? They can be, but they do not have to be. Will the new rules of electronic signatures and electronic record keeping change the maritime industry
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on October 2000The failure rate for new ventures in cyberspace is very high, and there is no reason to believe that maritime "dot corns" will fare differently. When e-biz companies fail, the reasons often given are lack of invest- ment ("the money ran out") or failure to find a market ("lots of hits on the si
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- Powering-Up the Finnish Range page: 10
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on October 2000Costa Crociere's impressive new Costa Atlantica gives first form to the so-called Panamax-Max generation from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, embodying the 8000-class design concept developed in conjunction with the Italian operator and its parent Carnival group. While providing a further, prestigious
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- Danish Two-Stroke Bastion page: 8
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on October 2000As part of the drift of heavy industrial activity from Europe to the Far East, production of two-stroke diesel propulsion machinery has become the province of the leading national players in newbuild construction. However, close to the northern tip of Jutland, MAN B&W's Alpha Diesel division
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on September 2000The recent award from the Japanese Defense Agency for its two newest Coastal Mine Sweepers secures Omnithruster's position as one of the leading designers and manufacturers of advanced, low noise, shock hardened thrusters. The Omnithruster JT575AM, designed from the ground up for the Japane
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- SMM 2000 Set For Hamburg page: 47
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on September 2000Reporting this year's SMM 2000 Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology Exhibition as "booked out," Hamburg Messe is dubbing the exhibition as one that is multi-cultural and lingual — the biannual conference is predicted to attract more than 1,000 exhibitors from 42 countries. Designati
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- Ties that bind page: 44B
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on September 2000Nearly a quarter-century on from landing an order for what proved to be one of the industry's most remarkable series of RoRo vessels, the Hyundai yard has struck a new deal with the Stena organization for RoPax tonnage. The 11 Searunner-class vessels commissioned out of Ulsan between 1977 and 197
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on September 2000The USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), the first of the Arleigh Burke Flight 2A Aegis destroyers and the 17th Bath Iron Works-built, was commissioned in Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday August 19, 2000. Ship sponsor Dianne Reason, wife of retired admiral Paul Reason, brought the ship to life. Retir
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- PBCF Aids Propulsion Efficiency page: 44A
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on September 2000Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) is a propeller enhancing device, which is designed to cut fuel consumption and exhaust gases by up to five percent while incurring no additional maintenance cost once installed. The unit, according to H. Yumoto Manager of PBCF Div. Mitsui O.S.K. Techno Trade, Ltd