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64 MTR September 2005 parting shots Advertiser’s Index For Fast, Free Information from Advertisers visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt Company Page RSC# American Society of Naval Engineers . . . . . . .5 200 Geometrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 201 Herrin Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 202 Maritime Security Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 203 Mar-Vel International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 204 Oceans 2005 Hotel and Conference . . . . . . . .1 205 Posidonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C2 209 SNAME 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 206 SNAME 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 207 Telenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C4 208 Europort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C3 210 COMING IN THE NOVEMBER 2005 EDITION Feature SeaFloor Engineering Discovering and Recovering information from below the ocean requires increasingly advanced engineered sys- tems and products. Profiled are the top five new devel- opments in the works. Product Report: Salvage Vessels & Equipment Directory Underseas Vehicles & Imaging Plus, BONUS DISTRIBUTION at: • The International Workboat Show, Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, New Orleans National Maritime Salvage Conference 2005, Nov. 1-3, New Orleans, Offshore Communications, Nov 1 - 4, 2005, Houston, TX Floating Production Systems 2005, December 8-9, 2005, London, UK 35th Annual Conference of the Underwater Mining Institute November 1-6, 2005, Monterey, CA BP Thunderhorse Saved BP’s Thunder Horse semi-submersible platform, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 778 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles southeast of New Orleans, is shown listing following the passing of Hurricane Dennis. While the platform was even- tually righted, pictures of rigs in peril could be abundant in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which swept ashore at press time and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. Dress in Layers! Increasingly the search for natural resources is leading to some of the earths most harsh areas. Severe weather conditions call for severe marine technology, such as this artist rendition of a new 70,000 dwt double acting Arctic shuttle tanker. Aker Arctic Technology of Finland and the St. Petersburg based FSUE Admiralty Shipyards signed a contract for a license and design. The yard is building for ZAO Sevmorneftegaz for the Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Arctic Ocean. MTR#2 (49-64).qxd 8/31/2005 3:54 PM Page 64
