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on April 2002Transas expanded its range of Liquid Cargo Handling simulators with the LNG tanker simulator. The LCHS/LNG system realistically imitates the fourth tanker type in the Transas simulator range, which also includes Chemical Tanker, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier and Large Crude Oil Carrier models
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- Dresser-Rand Equips Petrobras FPSO page: 76
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on April 2002A new floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) facility being built to extract oil and gas from offshore Brazil will include gas compression modules worth approximately $35 million from the Dresser- Rand Company. The FPSO. which will operate in the Petrobras Albacora Leste field, is
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on April 2002Crowley Marine Services' Energy and Marine Services business unit has successfully moved the 312-ft. (9.5-m) square concrete island drilling structure Orlan from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Sovietskaya Gavan in the Russian Far East for Sakhalin 1 Project operator. Exxon Neftegas Limited (ENL), a
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on April 2002When BP signed a Letter of Intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company, Ltd. of South Korea for the Crazy Horse project in the Gulf of Mexico, it would never have expected that the project would stir up a pot of controversy regarding its name. The project, which was named
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- Hernis 400 System Is Safe And Sound page: 69
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on April 2002Increased safety and operability continues to be the driving force behind the V.I.S. concept, which both Hernis and Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems had in mind when they collaborated on their latest deliveries to Radiance of the Seas and The World of Residensea. The Hernis 400 CCTV System con
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on April 2002Norway's M/F Nordfjord is reportedly the world's first ferry that fulfills requirements for the "Clean Design" classification. Among the strict demands of clean design are low-level emissions to water and air, as well as a high level of reliability against environmental impact in the event of
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on April 2002The new supply vessel North Mariner is the first British-ordered vessel to be built to DNV's new environmental class. Companies, organizations and the public at large are now realizing the importance of limiting ships' emissions to the air and sea that have the potential of adversely affectin
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on April 2002Speaking via a roundtable discussion at the annual Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Exhibition 2002 on March 19, Intertanko managing director Peter Swift summed up — in just a fewwords — the position that the organization has established since the terrorist attacks of September II. Swif
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on April 2002Proving the depth of efforts to internationalize business, the Advanced Frigate Consortium (AFCON) announced its intention to design, develop and market a new class of corvette-size ships to meet the emerging needs of international navies. The main players in the consortium include IZAR of Spai
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- Information: The Real Power page: 33
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on April 2002While much of the focus on the Streetfighter concept focuses on the physical vessels being conceptualized, developed and tested, the underlying technology that makes the move to small acceptable is not found in a shipyard or a machinery space. Work on the Expeditionary Sensor Grid is a critical
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on April 2002Timing, it is said, is everything. Boston Whaler Commercial & Government Products has combined timing with a sterling reputation in introducing a pair of new products touted as a plank in the war to keep terrorism from U.S. shores. According to Eric Caplan. director of Boston Whaler Commercia
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- HSV Gets Marines There Faster page: 33
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on April 2002Experimenting with high speed, high capacity, shallow draft vessel is off to a resounding success on another front, as Austal USA last month announced a three-year, $31 million contract with the U.S. Military Sealift Command Chartering its 330-ft. (100.5-m) high speed catamaran. As reported re
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on April 2002The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced its participation in the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Security for the Maritime Transportation Committee (MTC) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Government and industry leaders will be open and encourage an inter
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on April 2002IMO Secretary General William O'Neil has highlighted the need for widespread and concerted efforts to improve bulk carrier safety. Speaking at the opening of the 45th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) O'Neil said, "Bulk Carrier Safety has been a priority on our ag
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on April 2002The Department of Transportation (DOT) is considering establishing a nationwide transportation worker identification system under which workers in all transportation modes would carry "smart cards" to verify their identity and control their access to vessels and transportation facilities. A DO
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on April 2002As part of the Coast Guard's ongoing port security mission, extra Coast Guard boats and personnel provided armed escort and enforcing the Naval Vessel Protection Zone (NVPZ) surrounding the USS Roosevelt Battle Group during its return to Hampton Roads, Va. on March 27. "We're very proud of w
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on April 2002A Remotely Piloted Surface Vessel (RPSV) was unveiled at the Navy League Air Sea and Space Exhibition in Washington D.C. from March 26-28, 2002 by Boston Whaler Commercial and Government Products Inc, a Brunswick Corporation boatbuilding division. Developed jointly by Boston Whaler, Global A
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on April 2002Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises named industry veterans Dietmar Wertanzl and Rod McLeod, to two new posts created to build service quality and improve outreach to travel agents. Wertanzl will lead Celebrity's Fleet Operations, assigning him responsibility for the brand's hot
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on April 2002Kvaerner has launched a new company with 18,000 employees in 17 countries and on five continents. The new company, to be known as Aker Kvaerner, will supply products, services, tech- nology and solutions worth $2.2 billion a year to the global oil and gas industry. Aker Kvaerner is the result
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- No Substitute for A Strong Navy page: 28
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on April 2002The President is proposing a much needed, and long overdue increase of $49 billion in his fiscal year 2003 budget for National Defense. What is astonishing is that this larger budget proposes slashing the Navy's shipbuilding procurement account below that recommended by the previous Administr