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cargo vessels, to specialty cargo providers. I work very closely with Apollonia, a sailing vessel that is delivering a variety of cargo along the Hudson river. Apollonia is doing an amazing job at opening the long- forgotten New York harbor region waterborne trade, but even my friends on Apollonia agree
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Feature Passenger Vessel Safety Any upcoming meetings? inspected passenger vessels in the U.S-? ag ? eet. • Of these, 530 are already required by domestic In early January, NTSB was asked about its working re- law to have SMSs, in accordance with lationship with the USCG. International Maritime
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two coats over an SSPC-SP 10 Figure 7. The M/V Mark W. Barker – blast to the tanks. After a one-year survey, no signs of rust or built to navigate the rivers and ports failure had occurred. of the Great Lakes with distinctive cargoes – is docked at a shipyard. Outer Protection The M/V Mark W. Barker’s
COATINGS Figure 1. The M/V Mark W. Barker is speci? cally designed to navigate the occasionally narrow rivers and con? ned ports scattered across the Great Lakes region. All images courtesy of The Interlake Steamship Company Figure 2. Distinguished by its Figure 3. The Interlake Steamship square-shaped
10 Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Wisconsin, this bulk carrier Great Lakes vessels and is headquartered in the Cleveland is designed to navigate narrow rivers without compromising area. “It has a special ability to navigate rivers and ports – and capacity (Figure 1). The vessel also features square, ?
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SEAFLOOR MAPPING All images courtesy Curtin University Digital 3D model of WA Shipwreck he underwater remains of a ship built in Fremantle in reconstruction,” Professor Woods said. 1876 and which sunk off the coast several years later can “The new 3D model of the Star allows the wreck site to be now be
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