2002 Articles
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on February 2002Rautaruukki Group of Finland is the largest steel company in Scandinavia with 13,000 employees and an approximate annual turnover of $2.7 billion. While this is, essentially, a small company among the consolidated behemoths of the steel industry, Rautaruukki comes up big in the important areas
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- Conover Captures Cunard s Essence page: 33
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on February 2002No stranger to the cruising industry, Pamela Conover, president and COO of Cunard Line Ltd. Could undoubtedly be the reason behind the company's continual ability to capture and hold on to the rich British history that it has sustained since its establishment in 1840. More than 150 year
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on February 2002When a naval architect and interior designer sit down to design a commercial vessel, they must blend together a multitude of considerations that delicately balance form and function. The naval architect's job is to ensure that the vessel meets a variety of government safety regulations and mar
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on February 2002Atlantic Marine-Mobile was granted myriad of cruise ship refurbishment contracts throughout 2001, beginning with Holland America's Maasdam, which spent approximately 14 days last January at the Alabama yard's drydock. During this period, the vessel underwent steel prefabrication and installation
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- NORSHIPCO Performs Pod Repair page: 30
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on February 2002Holland America Cruise Lines contacted NORSHIPCO regarding drydocking, repairs and modifications on the MS Amsterdam in late November 2000. The 61,000-ton Amsterdam, which was built at the Fincantieri shipyard and measures 780 ft. (237.7 m), can carry 1,380 passengers. When contacted by Holl
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on February 2002Pamela Conover, Cunard Line's president and COO, made history last month when she pressed the button to start the cutting of the first steel for Queen Mary 2 - slated to be the largest, longest, widest, tallest and most expensive passenger ship ever. Queen Mary 2, the first liner to be built
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on February 2002In an effort to utilize the now defunct U.S. Lines cruise ships, Congress has recommended that the U.S. Navy purchase the vessels, for possible use as replacement Joint Command Ships. The two 1,900-passenger vessels, which were to have been delivered in 2003, at a price of $440 million each,
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on February 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation has named Rear Adm. George R. Yount, USN (Ret.), as vice president of the company's Ship Systems sector, with responsibility for operations at the Avondale facility Rear Adm. Yount, who joined Ship Systems' senior management team in mid-January, will have respons
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on February 2002The Aker Stord subsidiary of the Aker Maritime group has been awarded the main contract for the new platform for Statoil's Kristin development in the Norwegian Sea. Worth approximately $560 million, this assignment covers design and hook-up of the whole installation as well as construction of
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on February 2002IMO has issued advice to port state control officers that, for a period of six months after the February 1, 2002 implementation deadline for the revised Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 95), ships whose officers do not hold STCW 95 certif
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- Algeria Confirms Ferry Order page: 19
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on February 2002Algerian state-owned shipowner ENTMV (Enterprise Nationale de Transports Maritimes de Voyageurs) has placed an order with IZAR to build two RoRo passenger ferries. Instead of initial plans for splitting the order between IZAR and its former subsidiary H.J. Barreras, both 145-ft. (44.1-m), 2,90
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on February 2002On December 19, 2001, Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc., of East Boothbay, Maine delivered Capt. Harry, a 4,200 hp Z Drive tug to Wilmington Tug of Wilmington, Del. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., this ASD 25/55 Class Tug measure 80 x 32 ft. (24.3 x 9.7 m), and will be used primarily for shi
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on February 2002Total container capacity supply by ocean carriers on the three main east/west shipping trades rose by an average of five percent in 2001 despite the recent attempts of several carriers to remove excess capacity, according to a report released this week by ComPair Data Inc., a global ocean shippin
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on February 2002Still more than five months later, the maritime industry continues to feel the effects from the terrorist attacks on America, as the events of September 11 have accelerated hardening market conditions in the marine sector. Prior to September, capital providers were beginning to force the upwa
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on February 2002Nichols Brothers Boat Builders has been selected to build the Empress of the North, a 360 x 60-ft. (109.7 x 18.2- m) sternwheeler that will be the Whidbey Island, Wash, yard's largest singleboat contract. The vessel, which will accommodate 236 overnight cruise guests and 84 crewmembers, will
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- Rolls-Royce Will Propel Ferry page: 12
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on February 2002An order has been placed for the first example of a new concept in doubleended ferries. On delivery, this aluminum vessel will go into service with Rogaland Trafikkselskap on a route between Stavanger and Tau on west coast of Norway. The concept is highlighted by a new Azipull azimuth thrust
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on February 2002FBM Babcock Marine has been awarded an order for six 86-ft. (26.2-m) aircrew training vessels by SMIT International (Scotland) Ltd. The order follows the U.K. MOD award of a contract following competition under the Public Private Partnership Program to SMIT International for the provision of
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- Card-Carrying Members Only page: 24
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on February 2002Imagine having your picture taken as soon as you board any cruise vessel. While cruise lines have been observing this practice for many years for entertainment purposes, a new kind of photo has since come into play — the high speed interactive photo I.D. Developed by Security Identification S
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on February 2002Norwegian endeavors to revolutionize the doubleended ferry concept have reached an important new stage with the confirmation of an opening order for the innovative FerryCat design to serve a busy route on the country's fjord-indented coastline. Developed by Fjellstrand, one of the European foun
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on February 2002Following the attacks of September 11. the Congress and various federal agencies quickly realized that vessels and maritime facilities are vulnerable to largescale acts of terrorism. By their very nature, ports are exposed, accessible and busy and passenger vessels carry increasingly large numb