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on March 2000Oslo-based INTERTANKO is well regarded for its work with government and international regulatory bodies in ensuring that rules and regulations pertaining to the design, construction and operations of tankers is consistent with factual data in regards to the industry's record. In the wake of the Er
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on March 2000Brusco Tug & Barge, Inc. of Longview, Wash, has awarded of the construction contract for a new 78 ft. (23.8 m) Z-drive tug to Diversified Marine, Inc. of Portland, Oregon. This new tug is the seventh in the series of the ASD 23/35 high-performance, lowmanning tug design developed by Robert A
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on March 2000Located in Harahan, La., Blessey Marine Services has taken delivery of a 65 x 24 ft. (19.8 x 7.3 m) pushboat, David F. Stone, built by Sneed Shipbuilding of Orange, Texas. Powered by a pair of Cummins KTA19M main engines delivering a combined 1,000-hp through Reintjes WAF363L main gears, the
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- AMT Marine To Construct Utility Boat page: 59
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on March 2000AMT Marine expects to take delivery in May of a 136 x 34 x 12 ft. (41.4 x 10.3 x 3.6 m) mini-supply boat from Hope Services, Dulac, La. The boat, which is being designed by Frank Basil's Entech and Associates, will be powered by a pair of Cummins V-12 KTA38 MO main engines rated for 850- hp
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on March 2000Danish Company Fiberline Composites A/S has a long history in the production of gratings, stairs, railings and load-carrying constructions in GRP (glass reinforced fiber). The materials have been incorporated in a number of references throughout the maritime realm, with notable performance in
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on March 2000Based in Northern Sweden, Glasis AB has developed, and is marketing a unique product called Recore. a material to be utilized in marine construction, which is designed not only for ease of use but also for strength and durability. The product (Recore S) has been classified by DNV as a non-combu
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on March 2000The task of designer ships, which are increasingly fuel efficient as well as environmentally friendly, is the marine industry's constant challenge, today and forever. While hull designs and propulsion systems continually evolve, a new development from Knud E. Hansen A/S shows promise in takin
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on March 2000Last autumn leading researchers gathered at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference to discuss, among other things, the properties and possibilities of increasing the utilization of lightweight honeycomb sandwiched between curved composite panels in marine applications
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on March 2000European maritime administrations signed an agreement to set up a central shipping safety database aimed at eradicating dangerous vessels. According to the EC Maritime Safety Unit, the Equasis system will bring together in one Internet site most of the current diffusely available safety relat
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- BIMCO Introduces Millennium Software page: 55
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on March 2000The new BIMCO Voyage Estimator 2000 and BIMCO Laytime Calculator 2000 have been released, boasting various new features designed to lighten the daily workload of shipping offices. BIMCO Informatique A/S has taken into consideration its experience, as well as customer comments to improve upon
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on March 2000Theodore Tugboat, the star of a live-action a n i m a t e d c h i l d r e n ' s t e l e v i s i o n series for p r e - s c h o o l children, is going live at a shipyard in Canada. A lifesize replica of Theodore Tugboat — dubbed Theodore Too! — is currently under construction at Snyder
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on March 2000Washburn & Doughty Shipyard of East Boothbay, Maine is preparing to launch Tracy Moran, the fourth in a series of six Z-Drive Tugs under construction for the Moran Towing Corporation of Greenwich, Conn. Tracy Moran will join its sisterships in Norfolk, Va. where they are contracted by the Mi
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on March 2000The operators of many of the riverboat casinos along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are likely to enjoy smooth sailing as growing demand, limited new supply, and relaxed regulations support stronger operating results and possibly rating upgrades, Moody's Investors Service reports. The ratin
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on March 2000Litton Marine Systems has received orders to supply a broad spectrum variety of equipment for two new RoRo passenger ferries in Japan. The ship duo (Hulls 1065 and 1068) are being constructed for P&O Ship Management (Irish Sea) Ltd. at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yard in Shimoneski. Sche
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on March 2000With the Navi-Sailor 2400 ECDIS becoming the world's first type approved ECDIS, the company's latest development — Navi-Sailor 2500 — goes even further in the automation of full bridge navigation. Navi-Sailor 2500 is equipped with a number of innovative functions that bring this product to t
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- SKYbolt Enables Real Time Processing page: 38
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on March 2000SKY Computers, a subsidiary of Analogic Corp., said that U.K.-based BAE Systems has utilized SKY's comprehensive SKYbolt II multicomputer for the development of a new radar signal processing system for naval surveillance and target indication. BAE has tapped SKY to lessen the size of its syst
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- JRC Radar Offers Plotter System page: 34
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on March 2000Equipped with a 15-in. color CRT display and an optional chart plotter, JRC has developed a new long range professional radar system. Known as the JRC 3900 series, the product offers 1/8- to-96 or 120 mile range, 10 or 25 kilowatts of power, as well as the ability to display radar or C-Map
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- Seacoast Delivers Package To Halter page: 34
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on March 2000Seacoast Electronics supplied an integrated electronics package to Halter Marine for the Foss Delta Mariner rocket booster transport ship. Seacoast was chosen by both Halter and Foss to provide a complete package encompassing systems design, communication and navigation electronics, machinery
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on March 2000A summer day in July proved to be unfavorable for Color Line, whose passenger ferry, Prinsesse Ragnhild experienced a fire in its engine room en route from Kiel to Oslo. The vessel's fire was apparently caused by a defective fuel pipe. The job of repairing the ship was granted to the German tea
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on March 2000With 22 drydocks in service, Bollinger Morgan City, L.L.C. recently stretched its newly expanded dry dock (see a c c o m p a n y i n g photo) to the limit with the docking of former sulpher vessel (now bulk carrier) Otto Candie COV Zeus measuring 505 ft. (153.9 m). The vessel was laid up