2003 Articles

• • Walform M Plus: Leak Free pipe connections page: 82
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  For high pressure and low pressure applications The Walform M Plus pipe connector system developed by GKN Walterscheid in Germany and marketed exclusively in Great Britain by Stauff UK is designed to deliver a new dimension of safety and reliability to pipework systems for British Warships.

• • Safety Not Optional page: 81
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Regulations such as the new SOLAS and Fire Safety Systems Code (FSS Code) are not to be dismissed, as anything but full compliance can lead to myriad legal and financial troubles for ship owners. Fugro's new and unique geotechnical drill ship D/S Fugro Explorer; ABS-Classed, was one of the first

• • VENTIQ Offers Innovative Approach to Cargo Tank Venting page: 82
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Ventiq's new range of high velocity relief valves for tankers vessels, VQHVISO, are designed to prevent passage of flames into cargo tanks carrying oil, product and chemical cargoes. The VQHV-ISO is also designed to prevent over- and underpressure in a safe and simple way. Ventiq has taken th

• • Vosta Debuts Universal MK3 Bow Coupling Installation page: 81
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  It occurs regularly that several dredges are co-operating within a dredge contract and use the same discharge line. To enable coupling of the floating discharge line, it used to be necessary that the bow coupling installations on the dredges were of the same make. With the universal Vosta MK3 bow

• • BP's Shafts are Oil-Free page: 80
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Four 185,000 dwt Alaskan-class tankers that will soon be carrying oil along the U.S. West Coast feature the latest innovations in safe-ship design, including Thordon COMPAC waterlubricated propeller shaft bearings. During the design phase of the vessels — which are being built by NASSCO for

• • SES Launches "Smart" Solution page: 77
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  With the development of the new software product Smart Radical Innovation, Greek marine IT specialist SES has underlined its long-term commitment to the ship management software and services sector. Smart is a multi-user technical, purchasing and cost-control software that can be installed i

• • Urethane's Products Are Thick-Skinned page: 76
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Proven in its field of monopile donut fenders, Urethane Products, based in Bellflower, Calif., provides Marine Guard Fenders Skin, which is a thick, tough protective polyurethane elastomeric skin material. Engineered by Urethane, this "skin" works as a capturing agent to hold the foam core o

• • Juniper's Hinges Go Low and High page: 68
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Special Advertising Section for Juniper Industries • www.juniperindustries.com As a diversified company. Juniper Industries, which has been operating out of its headquarters in Middle Village, N.Y. since 1928, has been dubbed the premier independent m a n u f a c t u r e r and developer of

• • Long Beach Pilots Go Far Out With New Boat page: 72
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Jacobsen Pilot Service Inc., Long Beach Calif. Received a new 54-ft. (16.4-m) welded aluminum pilot boat from Hike Metal Products Ltd. in Wheatley, Ontario, Canada this past July. Hike Metal was approached in the early summer of 2002 after Jacobsen Pilots services owner Tom Jacobsen had conduc

• • World Maritime Tech Exhibition Set for San Francisco page: 66
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has taken its annual meeting to a worldwide venue by not only partnering with The Maritime Group, publishers of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, but by staging a truly international conference and exposition. From October 17- 20,

• • A Legacy Spanning Three Generations page: 64
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Mention M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. (MR&S), to anyone who has been involved with the marine industry since the mid-20th Century and one would think of the naval architecture and marine engineering firm that has held court from its homebase in New York City since just after the heydays of WWII.

• • CNG Carrier One Step Closer page: 61
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  EnerSea Transport LLC, in association with its maritime partners, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K"Line) and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), announced that its VOTRANS gas carrier achieved "Class Approval in Principle" (AIP) from ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). This is a major mi

• • More Power to the Dredgermen page: 60
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Belgian dredge contractor Jan De Nul is putting down new markers for an industry that has invested in major advances in vessel scale, power and performance in recent years in line with intensifying competitive pressures and the evolving nature of project demands. The company's recent recommis

• • JJMA on LSC Team page: 63
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  John J. McMullen Associates (JJMA) is a member of the Raytheon LCS team recently selected by the US Navy to develop the preliminary design of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the next generation surface combatant. Designs are to be finalized in seven months. In addition to Raytheon as the prime

• • Nupas-Cadmatic Offers Versatile Shipbuilding Applications page: 57
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Nupas-Cadmatic is a joint venture of Cadmatic Oy and Numeriek Centrum Groningen B.V. , a combination of resources designed to create a solution that exceeds the level of traditional software offered to the maritime market. Nupas-Cadmatic is a unique CAD/CAE/CAM solution for shipyards and con

• • Provide Solutions Introduces 3D Laser Scanning page: 56
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  LIDAR-based 3D laser scanning allows designers and builders to view structural and machinery units already fit as a final product before construction and assembly are finished. Quick dimensional comparison can be made between drawings and constructed units, checks for accuracy and alignment c

• • Maxsurf Links with ShipConstructor page: 54
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Formation Design Systems and Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL) have announced that Formation's Maxsurf suite of naval architecture and ship construction software now links with ARL's ShipConstructor software suite to provide shipyards with a complete end to end solution for ship design, detailing an

• • Autoship Continues To Make Waves page: 54
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) is making waves in a host of maritime industries — they remain a leading software supplier with a range of products that include complete CAD/CAM suites, Stowage Planning Systems (SPS), real-time Hydrostatic Engines, and real-time Structural Strength simulatio

• • Nauticast AG page: 51
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Following the company strategy to expand its global business, Nauticast's SOLAS Class A AlS-Transponder was recently granted two further regional approvals: The USCG/FCC-approval for the North-American market and the CCS-approval for the emerging market of the Federal Republic of China. "AIS

• • Radio Holland page: 51
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on October 2003

  Radio Holland Group presents several 'breaking' novelties in maritime electronics at Europort 2003, as usual in an eyecatching major stand presentation (Stand No. 01.1077, Europahall RAI). In co-operation with Furuno (Japan), Radio Holland will launch the new series of Furuno blackbox deepse

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