June 2001 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Galician Grit page: 8
• MariTel Completes Field Test of Wireless DSC VHF page: 10
• ASRY Converts Heavy-Lift Crane Ship page: 12
• Transfer of Ownership Commences at Grand Bahama Shipyard page: 12
• Hydrex Breaks Ground with Repair page: 13
• Detyens Shipyard Profits From Dredger Work page: 14
• Derecktor Signs Contracts For Two Vessels page: 15
• Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Wins $57M, 10-Boat Contract page: 16
• Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Launches Largest Fast Ferry page: 18
• Freeport Shipbuilding Delivers Aluminum Research Vessel page: 18
• Image Marine Delivers Aquacat To Blackbeard's Cruises page: 19
• VT Concludes Sandown Class page: 20
• VT Reaches Milestone With New RN Survey Ships page: 20
• EuroFerrys Takes First Auto Express 101 page: 22
• Caterpillar Introduces Compact Marine Propulsion Engines page: 24
• Jotun Expands U.S. Presence page: 26
• Maritime World Joins Together at Asia Pacific Maritime 2001 page: 28
• Camacho Returns to His Roots page: 30
• U.S. Shipbuilding Industry: A Bright Future Tempered with Challenges page: 34
• No Leg Left to Stand On - An Obituary for MarAd? page: 36
• Bordelon Marine To Christen First of Three Utility Boats page: 38
• SeaStreak Launches New High-Speed Catamaran page: 39
• Lassen (DDG 82) Commissioned In Florida page: 40
• Future Requirements for Shuttle Tankers in the Gulf page: 42
• MARCO Shipyard Delivers Ahead Of Schedule page: 47
• Shipbuilding Prices Firm Up page: 48
• Strong Market Continues page: 50
• Frozen Gas Market Heats Up page: 50
• Freight Rates To Fly High In Coming Years page: 51
• Greasing the Skids page: 56
• State of the P&I Market: As Stocks Drop, Rates Will Rise page: 58
• Innovators Recognized At Patent Ceremony page: 62
• New Launching Platform For Navy page: 63
• Tests Prove CLT Prop Characteristics page: 67
• Texas Maritime Academy Ship Simulator Attracts All Levels page: 68
• World Industry Drives Freight Rates Up page: 70
• MITAGS Chooses STN Atlas For Major Upgrade page: 73
• Superior Diesel and ALGAE-X Sign Distributor Agreement page: 78
• Incat Takes Top Honors At Cruise & Ferry page: 80
• Portland Remains New England's Largest Tonnage Port page: 81
• An Artistic Interpretation page: 84
• Rolls-Royce to Supply Podded Propulsion For QM2 page: 90
• BV Proposes 12,500-TEU Mega Containership page: 92
• Piracy Hits New Heights page: 95
• New Welding Process Put To The Test page: 96
• Analysts Predict Hutchison Whampoa Expansion Will Offer Long Term Potential page: 97
• Osprey Maritime To Sell LNG Operations For $635 Million page: 97
• Norwegian Line Unable to Remedy Leaky Sprinklers on the Norway page: 98
• Analysts Speculate Possible Carnival / Hapag-Lloyd Deal page: 98