View non-flash version
Investment in Design (Continued from page 8) open-hatch bulkers, which used two 40- ton Konecranes-Munckloader gantries manufactured and fitted in Finland. The ships came from Stocznia Szczecinska. Stocznia Gdynia ordered a total of 14 cranes from Konecranes for a series of seven 40,000-dwt vessels due to be delivered to Westwood Shipping Line of the U.S. during 2002-2003. The age profile of the world fleet of open-hatch bulkers, reckoned to number 159 ships, suggests a steady replacement newbuild demand over the next 10 years. Standards for A New Era One of the most respected names in the development of vessel designs suit- ed to volume demand and series pro- duction, and still widely identified with the 'Liberty' ship replacement era, GTR STOP MARINE RUST* & EVEN SALT WATER WON'T EAT THROUGH POR-15 ! Stop rust PERMANENTLY with POR-15® MARINE, a rock-hard yet flexible coating that won't crack, chip, or peel. NOTHING ON EARTH compares to POR-15® MARINE for durability. We guarantee it unconditionally! and it's Hammer Toush"!' CALL TODAY FOR rREE CATALOG 1-800-457-6715 Shop our on-line catalog: www.porl 5-marine.com RESTO MOTIVE ATORIES, INC. A DIVISION OF POR-15, INC. P.O. Box 1235 • Morristown, NJ 07962-1235 MMR01 In NJ: (973) 887-1999 • FAX: (973) 887-8007 Circle 265 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Next time you think of steering steer to Jastram! North American Shipbuilding chose Jastram steering when building this 260ft. anchor handling tug and supply vessel. Jastram Hydraulic Steering Systems are the ideal choice when designing a new vessel or planning a retrofit. ENGINEERING LTD. 467 Mountain Highway North Vancouver, B.C. Canada V7J 2L3 Tel: (604) 986-0714 Fax: (604) 986-0334 Web: www.jastram.ca e-mail: marketing@jastram.ca FILTERS & TANKS Optimal Fuel Quality MORE POWER - LESS SMOKE Zero Maintenance Lifetime Warranty C^iUfiAtllL 1-877-425-4239 Before Cleaning Tanks or Replacing your Fuel Dealer Inquiries: 1-877-425-4239 Fax: 941-463-7855 www.algae-x.net e-mail: algae-x@algae-x.net Circle 203 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Marine Deck Hardware and Equipment • ANCHORS: • 50 to 60.000 Lbs. - New and Used Stockless • Danforth • L.W.T. • Halls • Snug Stowing • CHAIN • to 5'/s" - New and Used Stud Link - Cast Steel • Grades 2 and 3 - Oil Rig Quality tor Moorings, Towing, Barge Handling, Ship's Replacement • WINCHES - WINDLASSES - CAPSTANS • Vertical or Horizontal Hand, Electric, Diesel, Hydraulic or Repowered to your specs • HATCHES - WATERTIGHT DOORS MANHOLE COVERS - SCOTLES PORTHOLES • All Sizes - New or Reconditioned • PANAMA CHOCKS - DOUBLE BITTS SINGLE BITTS CAST STEEL CLEATS AND KEVELS • GIGANTIC Aii S'zes Available, New & Used INVENTORY •_™DERS FOAM FILLED and PNEUMATIC • For Rent or Sale All Sizes, New & Used SERVING THE MARINE 6 OIL INDUSTRIES FOR OVER 50 YEARS WE ARE DIRECT FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS & IMPORTERS m rATERMAN SUPPLY CO.. I IMC. aI P.O. BOX 596 WILMINGTON. CA 90748 PH: (310) 522-9698 FAX: (310) 522-1043 10 Circle 238 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Circle 285 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Campbell Marine Consultants has fostered new links with the industry in China. The recent opening of new headquarters for the Canadian firm and its associated com- pany Algoship Designers in Nassau, Bahamas, was accompanied by a first deal for the latest addition to its stan- dard ship portfolio, a 700-dwt inter- island ferry. While the bulk carrier bloodline is perpetuated in a host of new projects involving Chinese and South Korean yards, the extension of the GTR Camp- bell concept to the ferry domain involves a combined passenger and cargo carrier dubbed the Fiesta type. Ordered by FastMail Shipping Compa- ny from Xinhe Shipyard, and incorpo- rating accommodation for 100 passen- gers, she will be placed into service between Florida and the Bahamas. The ferry initiative complements the GTR Campbell imprint on bulker new- build schemes currently under way at four other Chinese yards, and totaling 20 ships. The extent and scale of activi- ty is a measure of the continuing influ- ence of a design house that made such an important contribution to the Japan- ese shipbuilding industry's earlier rise to international prominence. Indeed, the new standard types have a distinguished pedigree, since GTR Campbell Marine Consultants and Algoship Designers spring from the same organization which originated the 13,600-dwt Freedom, 21,500-dwt For- tune and 22,500-dwt Friendship designs, acclaimed 'maids-of-all-work' for the dry cargo tramp trades. GTR Campbell International had been formed in Halifax, Canada, in the late 1940s by Scottish naval architect George Campbell, who moved the company to Japan in 1950. After a peri- od of reduced involvement in shipbuild- ing, the firm returned to the standard ship sector in 1994 under its present name, headed by Antony Prince. The re-emergence was heralded by the intro- duction of the 29,500-dwt Fantasy design, reflecting close reading of the market's needs on the part of Prince, who has been with the organization for 29 years. He had been the 'right-hand man' to the late George Campbell. Currently, a new breed of GTR Camp- bell-developed wide-hatch bulker, the Festiva, is being turned out at Jingjiang Shipyard for Dockendale Shipping and the Clipper Group. Delivery of the first pair of 27,000 dwt newbuilds in a six- ship series was imminent at press time. The company is also constructing the 52,000-dwt, double-skin Galaxy Handymax bulker type, a four-ship pro- gram at the Jingjiang yard to the account of Clipper and Dockendale. Circle 71 on Reader Service Card www. maritimereporterinfo. com Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
