2004 Articles
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- Great Ships of 2004 page: 18
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on December 2004Name Alaskan Frontier Type DH Oil Tanker Owner BP Oil Shipping Co. Builder NASSCO National Steel and Shipbuilding Company delivered the Alaskan Frontier, the first of four Alaska-class double-hull oil tankers being built for BP Oil Shipping Company, USA. These state-of-the-art ships are des
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- U.S. Ocean Dumping Act page: 10
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on December 2004As this article is being written, the chief executive officer of an American ocean carrier is on trial for alleged participation in the discharge of contaminated wheat into waters of the South China Sea. The charges were brought under the somewhat obscure U.S. Ocean Dumping Act. In 1999, a U
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- Allied Systems Tapped by Coast Guard page: 35
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on December 2004Allied Systems Company's DC-8600CTS, a single point 7-meter rigid hull inflatable rescue boat davit system, will equip the USCG Maritime Security Cutter Large. Allied Systems Company's model DC- 8600CTS, a 7-meter rescue boat davit system with an 8,600 lb safe working load, will be installed on
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- NorMar Introduced page: 34
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on December 2004Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS has developed a new, complete program of lifeboats and rescueboats. The program is currently introduced to the market under the brand name NorMar, and embraces a full scope of enclosed lifeboats, free-fall lifeboats, semi-enclosed lifeboats and rescueboats. Enclose
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on December 2004Four 12.500 dwt/766 TEU multipurpose/ container ships commissioned from Kyokuyo Shipyard in Japan by Switzerland-based Enzian Shipping are scheduled for delivery in 2005. MacGregor was tapped to supply complete hatch cover sets for both weather and tweendecks, deck cranes, and securing syste
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- Ardenne Venture, A 318,000 DWT VLCC page: 27
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on December 2004The 318,000 dwt VLCC Ardenne Venture built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) was delivered to Wah Kwong Shipping, Hong Kong on September 8, 2004. The ship has one continuous freeboard deck from stem to stern with sunken deck-type stern deck, transverse bulkheads and four longitudinal
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- New Towing Module page: 32
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on December 2004Eastproject s.r.l. is an Italian company specialized in marine engineering, offshore consulting, development of innovative project applications and brokerage. The company's Managing Director, Sandro Foce, was scheduled to attend the International Workboat Show in New Orleans to present an inn
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on December 2004Maersk Durban (Jennifer Rickmers) is the series vessel adopting a new panamax length design of 964.7 ft. (294 m). Hanjin has developed and designed the vessel themselves, and have attracted orders 32 units, making it one of the most popular design in its class. The ship has been designed to m
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on December 2004Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.. Ltd. (HHI) will deliver a 140,000 cu. m. LNG carrier to Golar LNG of Norway in December 2004. Golar Viking is 918 x 141 x 85 ft. (280 x 43 x 36 m) with a designed draft of 37.4 ft. (11.4 m). Equipped with four Mark membrane cargo tanks, the ship is of flush decker
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- Meeting the Ballast Water Challenge page: 31
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on December 2004Increasingly, environmental demands from governments and groups - large and small - will continue to shape the way in which the marine business is conducted. Pressure on ship and boat owners to keep the waters in which they work as pristine as possible has been building for years, but has built
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on December 2004The 8,200 TEU class containership CMA CGM HUGO built at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was delivered to Conti Reederei, Germany on July 29. 2004. The vessel is the first of five 8,200 teu container ships and has an overall length of 1095 ft. (334 m), width of 140.4 ft. (42.8 m) and depth of
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- Mark Your Calendar page: 15
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on December 2004On the heels of success in Washington, D.C., the SNAME Annual Meeting & International Maritime Exhibition is set to expand to 200 booths and is scheduled for October 20-21 in Houston, Texas. Watch these pages in the coming months for new developments regarding this crucial maritime event, or visi
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- Continuous Flooding Simulation page: 14
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on December 2004Due to a number of severe accidents involving RoRo ferries in recent years, there is an increased interest in modeling continuous flooding within marine vessels. For many years, safety regulations have been prescriptive rather than being based upon individual vessels. This is changing. Within
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on December 2004Heavy lift specialist Jumbo enters its heavy lift vessel MV "Jumbo Javelin" newbuild into service this week after having been mated with cranes successfully and passing final sea trials in the North Sea. With its 1,600 tons lift capacity, a hold space of 19,000 cu. m. and a main deck of 2,65
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on December 2004Izar Sevilla delivered the ferry Tassili II to Algeria's Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV). Tassili II is the first of the two sister vessels for ENTMV, with the second, dubbed El Djazair, scheduled for delivery in May 2005. The 475-ft. (145 m), 2,900-dwt ship is
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- Electronic Charting Aboard APL China page: 93
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on November 2004Guiding a giant containership over an arduous, 35-day Trans-Pacific trade route is serious business, as American Ship Management, LLC (ASM), which operates 11 large high-speed containerships on behalf of APL, Ltd., knows too well. To ensure the journies are conducted in a safe, efficient manner,
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on November 2004Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, La., signed a contract to design and build five 297.5-ft., 30,000-barrel (BBL), double hull, hot asphalt tank barges for Horizon Maritime LLC. Houston. They are being built at Bollinger's Marine Fabricators (BMF), Amelia, La., with deliveries planned for
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- B+V Wins Passenger Ship Contract page: 88
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on November 2004Germany's Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH (B+V) signed a contract with Norway's Red Band AS. Oslo, for the repair and extensive alteration work onboard the 28,670-grt passenger ship Black Watch. The 1972-built vessel will arrive at B+V during April 2005, the first time she has visited the yard since
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on November 2004Tidewater said that certain provisions of the newly enacted "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004" could have a significant positive effect on its future earnings and cash flows. The Act. which has been approved by both the United States Senate and House of Representatives, was at press time
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on November 2004James (Jay) A. Harkness was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rigdon Marine. Harkness is responsible for the financial management of the company, including fiscal controls, insurance placement and claims management and financial reporting. "Jay is a very capable individ