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DECK MACHINERY/ CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
—A Review— Faster turnaround in port means increased profits for all vessel operators. To meet that need, designers and manufacturers of cargo handling equipment and access and stowage systems continue to improve their products and to introduce new,
B IW Announces M a j o r R e o r g a n i z a t i on
A major reorganization is being implemented at Bath Iron Works Corporation that will strengthen the overall management team and provide a framework required to optimize the business's performance and growth, according to William E. Haggett, chairman and chief executive officer.
Third ARS Keel Laying At Peterson Builders
The detail design and construction contract Peterson Builders Inc., of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., previously signed with the U.S. Navy has led to a succession of ARS keel layings at PBI. First the ARS-50 Safeguard in 1982; then the ARS- 51 Grasp earlier this year,
A Tradition Carried On
On Friday, April 30, 2004, the SUNY Maritime College Alumni Association distributed the first scholarship awards of its second century. Founded in 1903, the Alumni Association, a privately funded, volunteer managed, charitable association of graduates
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $769-Million Navy Contract To Build Four Aegis Cruisers
The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton, Pascagoula, Miss., a $769.1-million contract to build four additional Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class Aegis guided-missile cruisers. This award brings the total number of Aegis cruisers
Austal Delivers Lilia Concepcion To Venezuela
Ferry services to Venezuela's Margarita Island will be improved with the delivery of a second 282-ft. (86-m) vehicle/passenger catamaran to Conferry. Built by Austal Ships, Lilia Concepcion will join a fleet that already includes a similar Austal fast ferry, Carmen Ernestina.
DNV Maritime: Changing of the Guard
Rapid-fire change is the only thing that stays the same in today's increasingly regulation-heavy, litigious maritime industry. Norway's Det Norske Veritas is there to help smooth out the curves. It is no overstatement to say that the marine business
MRIS Publishes Cumulative Index For 1970-1976
The Maritime Research Information Service (MRIS) is sponsored by the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, for the benefit of the U.S. maritime industry through the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. In operation since 1970,
New Decrees Will Free Brazilian Ship Operators From Previous Regulations
Brazilian infrastructure minister Ozires Silva recently signed decrees freeing Brazilian ship operating companies from regulations that previously limited their activities in international and cabotage, or coastal, transport, in port services and in offshore oil platform support services.
Ocean Specialty To Charter U.S.-Flag Product Carriers From OMI, Hvide Shipping
Ocean Specialty Tankers Corporation (OST), a newly formed Houston- based company, recently announced an agreement in principal to long term charter three modern U.S.-flag parcel vessels from OMI Corporation and Hvide Shipping, Inc. The vessels,