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15 Jan 2003

Navy:Aircraft Carrier of the Future

8 Minutes ... Pause for eight minutes, and experience how long it feels. Now imagine that same eight minutes spent pinned down by someone trying to kill you. The…

22 Jul 2003

Austal USA Team Moves onto Next Stage for LCS

The U.S. a preliminary design for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). teams that was down-selected in the competition to build the first two ships of this class. Dynamics-Bath Iron Works.

02 Jul 2003

Is More Drilling on the Way?

There has been a steady stream of bad news recently in the marine press regarding the health of the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Much of this bad…

15 Jan 2003

Australian Maritime Report:Speed to Spare

The Australian marine industry is noted for building large, fast, efficient vessels, primarily for commercial ferry purposes. But as coastal patrol needs grow, so…

15 Jan 2003

Marine Electronics:Thales Prepares to take the Market by Storm

Whether your philosophy is "less is more" or "bigger is better", Thales (pronounced "TAL-less") Navigation delivers both. Thales Navigation emanates from parent company Thales…

10 Jan 2003

News:Mandatory AIS on St. Lawrence Seaway

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway issued a Notice

10 Jan 2003

News:Crowley Memorial Scholarships Presented

Crowley Maritime Corporation presented the Thomas B. Crowley Sr., Memorial Scholarships to three midshipmen from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.

10 Jan 2003

News:Marine Television Antennas May Interfere with Nav Systems

The U.S. Coast Guard warns all mariners that certain marine television antennas may interfere with the performance of Global Positioning System receivers. The interference…

10 Jan 2003

News:Verret Delivers Push Boat to Blessey

In mid-December, Blessey Marine of Harahan, La., took delivery of another new push boat from, the Verret Shipyard at Plaquamine, La., a few miles up river from New Orleans.

10 Jan 2003

News: King Named CEO for VT Halter Marine

Boyd E. (Butch) King was appointed CEO of VT Halter Marine Inc. at the beginning of the month. "King brings tremendous experience to his new position," said General (Ret.) John Coburn…

07 Jan 2003

SMIT Finalizes Preparations for Refloating Vermontborg

SMIT Salvage has made progress for preparations to refloat the Vermontborg. A helicopter is scheduled to transport the required pumps and generators to the stricken vessel.

10 Jan 2003

London Club Urges Members to Review Security Plans

Security (ISPS) Code. Organizations for the auditing and certification of security plans. the vessel's employment and business. which is also the date on which the ISPS Code comes into force.

10 Jan 2003

News:Hope Services Readies Another Push Boat

Hope Services of Dulac, La., is putting the finishing touches on the 20th in the series of their popular 72x30-ft. pushboats. The last two, the 18th and 19th to the design…

10 Jan 2003

News:NY Firm Building in Louisiana

September 11 set things back all over the world and especially in New York. But now a maritime firm in that city has a new tug building at Thoma-Sea Boat Builders in Houma, La.

09 Jan 2003

SNAME and The Maritime Group Partner on IMExpo

Conference. Center, San Francisco, Calif. offshore industries and their suppliers. all control once the booths are sold. show, handle the Accounting, and plan all of the details.

07 Jul 2003

News: Port Security Funds Released

Some long awaited funding has finally been released from the Federal Government to shore up port security across the nation. Yester, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge…

07 Jul 2003

Feature: New Maritime Security Rules: Will Your Company be Ready?

A new series of seminars, starting in July and ending in September, aims to educate the maritime community on fast developing new rules and regulations, and more importantly…

02 Jul 2003

MARAD Creates Inland Waterways Research Website

The United States Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the creation of the Inland Waterways Research Project Website, a comprehensive…

23 Dec 2002

Pushing the Tugs in Charleston

"Tug boat sinks, spills diesel fuel" declared the headline in the Local section of the newspaper. And, strictly speaking, the headline was correct. In 1906, The Captain Morgan had been built as a tug.

07 Jul 2003

News: New ASD Ship-Handling Tug Designed by Robert Allan

In December 2002, the high performance tug Altug was completed by Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd. of Izmir, Turkey. This tug is the first of the…