2002 Articles
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on February 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation's Newport News sector announced the appointment of Matthew J. Mulherin as sector vice president of the CVNX program, which includes design and engineering work associated with the new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the United States Navy. Mulherin is
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- Cove Point LNG Proposal Under Review page: 50
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on January 2002The Coast Guard recently held meetings with local, state and federal officials as part of its ongoing review to help evaluate the suitability of the Chesapeake Bay for importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) aboard tankships. The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Baltimore received a lette
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- Hagglunds Drives Makes Major Changes page: 49
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on January 2002Hagglunds drives is kicking off the new year with, what it dubs, a radical image change that includes a new slogan "Our Drive is your Performance," the emphasis on red as the brand color and a mascot named Max. "We hope our customers will take our new mascot Max to heart," said Per Nord
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- RK280: Cutting A New Path page: 48
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on January 2002The RK280 from the MAN B&W Diesel stable offers the best of both worlds, in that it was designed and built using the accumulated experience garnered since Rudolf Diesel introduced the diesel engine in 1893, melded with modern engine making methodologies which include predictive engineering tech
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- The Marine Engine Elixir page: 46
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on January 2002Pictured next to this MAN B&W Diesel Ltd, Paxman, I8VP185 engine for a High Speed ferry Fraser Toyne. Fraser, who is the son of Roy Toyne, the Head of Engineering of Regulateurs Europa. has been a devotee of all things Marine since a very early age. Starting at an early age, Fraser has develope
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on January 2002RTM STAR Center (Simulation, Training, Assessment and Research) has installed what it dubs the world's first Full Mission Diesel Electric Simulator - DE III. The simulator is located at STAR Center's Dania Beach. Fla., facility and is based on a previous design by Kongsberg Maritime Ship Syst
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- Thrustmaster Adds New Personnel page: 45
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on January 2002Thrustmaster of Texas, manufacturer of marine propulsion systems, has added three new personnel in key positions. Jeff Miller has joined the company as marketing manager. Miller, who has more than 25 years of experience in marketing communications (including 15 in the oil and gas, manufactu
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on January 2002P&O Princess Cruises will utilize Wiirtsila Enviro- Engines, which employ electronically-controlled common- rail fuel injection to provide optimum combustion over the entire load range, to give the particular benefit of no visible smoke at any load and when starting or during transient load cha
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on January 2002Wartsila, in conjunction with the Finnish research project SEATECH 2000+, has been developing some new machinery solutions for RoPax vessels. A promising concept is a semidiesel electric machinery, where mechanical propulsion is combined with a diesel electric power plant. This new RoPax conce
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on January 2002Imagine being able to take something as a simple as a barge, and convert it into a highly sophisticated dynamically positioned vessel. Now, imagine this conversion being done dockside, in the water, in a week's time. Thrustmaster's deck-mounted Portable Dynamic Positioning System (PDPS) elimina
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on January 2002When heavy ships are maneuvered in rough waters with a small crew, or oil tankers are escorted through narrow confined channels, the strength and reliability of a tug boat's towiine is paramount to safety and efficiency. Tugboats require ship-assist ropes that are extraordinarily strong, yet li
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- Bridge of the Future page: 41
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on January 2002Seen by Audrey Vorobiev, Manager of the Navigation Product Unit, Transas In the light of the overall tendency in the industry towards the integration of information into single interactive solutions, Transas feels that integration technologies will also be dominant on the ship's bridge. Toda
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- Safer Sea Passages page: 38
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on January 2002A new system, developed to reduce risk for cargo and hull damage, has proven to secure safer and more efficient sea passages for ships and cargo. Seaware Onboard is designed as a user friendly sea keeping guidance system with the intention to give ample warning when risk occurs for cargo and hu
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- Navy Honors Engineering Pioneer page: 32
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on January 2002A ceremony was held on November 19, 2001, to rename the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station's (NAVSSES) Surface Ship Systems Engineering Complex, the Richard C. Cunningham Engineering Complex. The building (77H) was renamed to honor Cunningham's pioneering work and engineering innovations i
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on January 2002A new record for the fastest sea passage between Canada's East Coast and Australia has been established by the Incat's The Cat. The Cat set out on its 10,294 nautical miles passage to Hobart, Tasmania from Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy on November 13. Just 15 days, two hours and 30 minutes late
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on January 2002GE Marine Engines said its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine will power five new Royal Norwegian Navy F310-class frigates, ships to be built in Spain at the IZAR Construcciones Navales, S.A., naval shipyard in Ferrol. This is the first naval Combined Diesel And Gas Turbine (CODAG) configuratio
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on January 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ship Systems sector reports that it has successfully tested the Low Observable Multifunction Stack (LMS) designed to demonstrate two different advanced exhaust suppresser systems for surface combatants. The exhaust systems, enclosed in a low signature composite s
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- Teams Prep For DD(X) Challenge page: 30
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on January 2002When the Navy announced in November its plans to scrap the DD-21 program and introduce the DD(X), the scramble was on by the two primary teams bidding the project — Blue and Gold — to shift gears on the fly and re-think the entire concept. The team of General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin - Blu
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- Happy Birthday Navy page: 29
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on January 2002The U.S. Navy recently celebrated a birthday. The following message, posted to the official U.S. Navy Website, are remarks from the Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Gordon R. England. As we celebrate the United States Navy's 226th year of defending this great republic, it is fitting that
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on January 2002The Bollore Maritime Division (BMD) is investing $5 million in a new software management system called iQ-Ship. As a group company OT Africa Line (OTAL) will benefit from this system, which is designed to enhance the quality of service provided to its customers worldwide. Qiva Inc, a leading p