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- Air Emissions from Ships page: 14
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on November 2004Environmental advocacy groups have alleged that ships are major contributors to air pollution. Such groups have also brought suit - albeit unsuccessfully - against the federal government, alleging insufficient regulation of air emissions from ships. Avoiding the issue of the possible merits (
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on November 2004Austal has launched what it is claiming to be the largest aluminium ship ever built, the 417 ft. (127 m) trimaran ferry Benchijigua Express. Benchijigua Express is the outcome of collaboration between Fred. Olsen, S.A. and Austal involving more than three years of R&D to produce a new vessel
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- Kramek, Liu Snare Top SNAME Honors page: 97
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on November 2004The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) awarded its Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal for outstanding accomplishment in the marine field to ABS President and COO Robert Kramek at the society's Annual Banquet during the SNAME Marine Technology Conference and Expo in Washington,
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on November 2004The shipbuilding and repair industry faces many challenges given the mission- critical complexities of maritime projects, as well as some misperceptions. The industry faces a challenge: how to find more efficient ways to build new ships as well as to repair and upgrade aging ships. One leadin
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on November 2004Capt. Fred Kosnac was the first tugboater I ever met. If a career can be considered in spiritual or symbolic or abstract terms to be "a life," then Fred Kosnac would rightly be called the patriarch of mine, as a writer and photographer and admirer of tugboaters and tugboats. The matriarch was
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- A High-End Global Satcom Presence page: 82
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on November 2004The marine satellite communication business has many earmarks suggesting it is set to expand rapidly, with a recent run of corporate consolidations and a seemingly endless offering of new products and services designed to emulate the speed and reliability of landbased services at sea. Marine
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- Xantic Offers New Web-Based Tool page: 79
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on November 2004At the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Xantic displayed many new products and services aimed at making marine communications more seamless and cost-effective. A new web-based tool designed to make it easier for ship managers to manage vessel mailboxes from the office. It can be used anywhere inter
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- New AIS Targets U.S. Workboat Market page: 80
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on November 2004Nauticast presented an AIS solution specifically targeting the U.S. workboat market at the recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg. Nauticast Navigationssysteme GmbH has been diversifying its AIS business throughout the past year, based on the success of the X-Pack DS - the SOLAS Class A Transponder.
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on November 2004Bureau Veritas launched VeriSTAR Newbuildings, designed to be a one-stop project management tool which allows BV clients, yards, owners, equipment manufacturers and BV surveyors and offices to manage the design review, product certification and survey at site of all aspects of a newbuilding p
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- Transas Demonstrates New Tech at SMM page: 77
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on November 2004Transas, as is its custom, rolled out new technology at SMM, technology aimed at its core mission to increase Safety of Navigation. Two central items November 2004 on display comprised three new ergonomic consoles, with multi-functional workplaces allowing visitors to operate Navi-Sailor 300
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- MAN B&W Records Busy Hamburg Show page: 77
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on November 2004According to the company, more than 5,000 guests visited the stand of the MAN B&W Diesel Group at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg. "The high number of visitors and the great interest in professional advice proved once again that the SMM is one of our most important windows to the world," said Dr.
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on November 2004American Superconductor Corp. announced that its prototype 5- megawatt (MW) High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor has been demonstrated successfully at full load, under steady state operational conditions, at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State
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on November 2004Langh Ship's innovative tweendeck invention has now been patented in the U.S. The system has previously been granted a European patent, as well as patents e.g. in Taiwan and South Africa. "This transportation method has also proved efficient in practice," said Hans Langh. Managing Director of
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on November 2004In close cooperation with the Norwegian system integrator. Offshore & Marine ASA, Vacon will deliver four liquid-cooled 2.5-MW AC drives to an accommodation support unit with a capacity for 400 persons, to be stationed in the Gulf of Mexico. Vacon AC drives will control four azimuth thruster
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- ALSTOM Wins $102M Navy Deal page: 73
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on November 2004ALSTOM has won a second order of around $102 million to supply an integrated electric power and propulsion system for the Royal Navy's Anti-Air Warfare Type 45 Destroyers. Following on from the first contract in April 2001 for batch one, this order is for batch two vessels and was awarded by
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on November 2004Lloyd's Register has certified the first ever bolt on bilge polishing system designed to bring poorly functioning shipboard oil/water separators (OWS) into compliance with the strictest discharge requirement. The Mycelx Technologies "SUB 5" Systems were awarded a LR Type Approval Certificate
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on November 2004Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA has ordered Thordon COMPAC propeller shaft bearing systems for a new cruise ship (Hull No. 6100) being built for Princess Cruises at the Monfalcone Shipyard in Italy for 2006 delivery. This will be the seventh Princess Cruises vessel fitted with water
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- Crane Materials Launches TimberGuard page: 70
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on November 2004Crane Materials International (CMI) launched the TimberGuard product line, an innovative patent pending coated wood system. TimberGuard is designed to pair nature and technology by combining standard treated wood timbers and pilings with a polymer encasement to create a durable and long-lasti
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on November 2004A&P Tyne re-delivered the FPSO Haewene Brim to Holland's Bluewater following an extensive upgrading to its process plant and hull maintenance period refit. The vessel will now return to the Pierce Field in the U.K. sector of the North Sea under charter to Shell U.K. The contract was won in a
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on November 2004Keppel Batangas completed repairs to the Attwood Falcon, a semi-submersible rig owned and managed by Atwood Oceanic Inc, Houston. This yard has also been involved in the repair of two ships involved in a collision off the Philippines coast. The Sea Celebrity, a cargo ship owned by Sinsimon N