Maritime Reporter, April 2005

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Floating LNG Units MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERINGNEWS Marine Science Hunting for Oil with Microfossils Government Update Canadian Shipbuilding Offshore Technology Annual Power Solutions When the Stakes are High Photo Credit: Navy NewsStand MARITIME EDUCATION & TRAINING United S The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New FOR SCHEDULING AND PRICING INFORMATION Global Maritime and Transportation School Marine Engineering Training QMED FOWT Diesel Training Steam Training Auxiliary Systems Programmable Logic Controllers Supply Chain Integrity Program Business Logistics Management Facility & Vessel Security Program Intermodal Freight Transportation Introduction to the Maritime Industry Nautical Science GMDSS ARPA STCW Associate Publisher Senior Maritime Counsel, Holland & Knight International Maritime Associates PRODUCTION ADVERTISING SALES Vice President of Sales National Sales Manager North American Sales Manager Classified Ad Sales Sales Administration Manager Manager, Accounting Services Manager, Public Relations Sales Assistant Manager, Information Technology Services CIRCULATION PUBLISHERS International Sales Operations Managing Director, International Sales TONY STEIN Germany/Switzerland KATSUHIRO ISHII Scandinavia NEW YORK MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERINGNEWS Government Update Offshore Technology Annual Investment in Design Immersion Suit MED Communications Klein Associates of Salem, Leading Off Maritime Meanings Taking One for the Team First Seafloor Maps of Tsunami Earthquake Zone North Puget Sound, Tacoma, Oakland, Los Angeles/Long MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERINGNEWS Business Publications Editor’s Note On the Cover Coming in Maritime Reporter & Engineering News The Index PAN-STEEL Self-Locking Stainless Steel Ties on the Ferrol Estuary (Ferrol and Fene), the Bay of Cadiz (Cadiz, Puerto Real Spain Introduces New Military Shipbuilder Color Line, Aker Yards Sign for Cruise Ship Grimaldi Orders Four From Fincantieri Meridionale (INARME) and Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione (GRINAVI) New Diesel Science MAN B&W Diesel A/S and Danish SEA GUARD SEAPILE & SEATIMBER Composite Piling & Timbers SEAFLOAT SEA CUSHION Offshore Fenders Seaward’s Sea Guard Seaward’s Sea Guard MAN B&W Diesel Ltd MAN B&W Diesel, Peter Sunn Tanker Alliance Formed Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Limited Smiths Detection HCV-MOBILE SMITHS DETECTION Exmar Signs Contracts at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Euroceanica Acquires Seven Chem Tankers Euroceanica (UK) Limited Name Year Built DWT GlobalWatch YOUR ULTIMATE WAY OUT ACR Electr ed by UL A Chelton Group Company Establishing Compliance Standards International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) Port State Control Measures GE Transportation Dependable Long Lasting Power Government Update Lemons, Tiles & False Assumptions Counsel at the law firm of Holland Understanding (MOU) on Port State Government Update Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System Government Update is a Our CONGRATULATIONS to Sause Brothers on Rapp Hydema McLelland’s M/V Bucentaur Towing, Mooring, Umbilical, Partial Solution ERRATA Government Update Two New Construction Yards Two Repair Yards Gulf Coast and East Coast Locations Full Service Shipyards New Construction Repair and Conversions Alabama Shipyard HORNBECK'S Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville, FL Mobile, AL ATWOOD OCEANIC'S ATWOOD HUNTER Atlantic Marine-Mobile Mobile, AL Dunkerque Pilots Get New Boat NASSCO Delivers BP Oil Tanker National Steel and Shipbuilding Service Card Main Particulars International Maritime Organization Jiafu, President and CEO of COSCO CEO of Seabulk International and ACP Drakos, President of Connecticut Barrancos, Deputy Judge of First Watson, President of the American Pilot International Maritime Pilot Navy Materials Expert Honored American Society of Materials Tamburrino is New NAVSEA Exec Director Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA and the Program Executive Authorities Mull Panama Canal Expansion Cartagena-Colombia-SouthAmerica BOCAGRANDE SHIPYARD SERVICES BENEFITS: Superbolt Tensioners Ship Rudder he World LNG & GTL Report, The Development of the LNG Sector Offshore Technology Annual Stability & Strength Assessment Cargo Management & Load Planning Ship Design & Production World-Wide Service & Support Latin America Middle East North America Historical Development of LNG Liquefaction Capacity Number of LNG Vessels In Service Development of the LNG Carrier Fleet LNG Carriers Spherical System, the Gaz Transport Capital Expenditure: Trends and Forecasts StratosITek Offshore Technology Annual LNG Export Facilities LNG Carriers LNG Import Terminals Offshore Technology Annual MARFLEX DEEPWELL PUMPS SEMCO Embarks on Big FPSO Tow About The Author Gamechanger Report, The World Offshore Drilling Institute of Petroleum and the Society for Underwater Import Terminals LNG Carriers Liquefaction Plants Capital Expenditure on LNG Western Europe Middle Eas t Latin America FSU & Eastern Europe Million Tons per Year of Prospective LNG Output New Plants Expansion Projects Additions to LNG Output Capacity INDUSTRY LEADER IN QUALITY & SERVICE MARINE FABRICATION & DRYDOCK WWW.RRMARINE.COM Offshore Technology Annual Incentives to Drive GOM Production for a Decade Offshore Resource Evaluation Gulf of Mexico OCS Region at the Minerals Management Service Uncompromised Control WaterJet Bow/Stern Low Submergence Small Hull Penetrations Effective Thrust In Currents Proudly Made Offshore Technology Annual Hunting for Oil with Microfossils Airtime Cost Comparison Management Service) Simplex-Compact Sales, Spares & Service in North America Offshore Technology Annual FLNG Focus: Cabrillo Port HYDROACOUSTICS THE FULL PICTURE LOGBOOK: WE ARE DETERMINED TO PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH INNOVATIVE AND DEPENDABLE ELECTRONICS THAT MAXIMIZE MARINE BY UTILIZING OUR SIX CORE COMPETENCIES OUR CUSTOMERS WWW.KONGSBERG.COM Deepwater LNG Port Receives First Discharge Excelerate Energy's Gulf Gateway Rowan Sells Boat Purchase Options Prime Marine Offers Big Cutting Tool Frequency) Acoustic Control System Maritime from Transocean for an ACS Chairman & CEO of Keppel O&M, Seatankers Management Co Ltd Offshore Technology Annual Keppel Fels Cleans Up Offshore Technology Annual Floating Offshore Liquefied Gas Subject Fuel Pipes Tidewater to Sell Six Seventh PSV BURRARD HEAVY DUTY DECK MACHINERY TOWING WINCHES, ANCHOR WINDLASSES, MOORING CAPSTANS, CARGO WINCHES, HYDRAULIC OR ELECTRIC DRIVES BURRARD IRON WORKS LIMITED Offshore Technology Annual Searching for Oil and Gas Prospecting With New Tools CONFERENCE PARTNERS: Conference Program LEADING VOICES Andreas Sohmen-Pao Bergersen D.Y ASA Børge Brende The Norwegian Mrs Lim Hwee Hua CEO of Teekay Shipping Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Chairman of Wilh Wilhelmsen ASA Michael Savory Lord Mayor of London ACCESS THE ENTIRE WORLD ONE CD Offshore Technology Annual Offshore Technology Annual Conrad Aluminum Delivers its First Crew Boat Mary Grace Main Particulars HILANDERS Next Generation Supply Vessels Offshore Technology Annual Port de Cherbourg Imtech Marine & Offshore Technology Principal Sponsor Hamburg, Germany CRUISE•FERRY•RIVERCRUISE CONVENTION EVERYTHING ELSE IS INCLUDED OCEAN GUARD Foam Filled Marine Fenders Marine Hardware ENGINEERED FOR EXCELLENCE MARINE FENDERS Offshore Technology Annual Boat Pride Onboard New Seahorse Marine Supply Boat Builder Bollinger Shipyard Bowthruster Schottel a new PSV for Bourbon Offshore Work Boat AUCTION Bayou Vista, Louisiana Internet Bidding & Registration: Inspection Dates: or Custom Johan Sc Offshore Technology Annual Bourbon PSV Named Bourbon Topaz Main Particulars Cargo Capacities Lo-Rez Vibration Control Aker Marine Country Focus: Canada Unless you are South Korean, A Little History A New Millennium Country Focus: Canada Shipbuilding in Canada Photo Cour RT Steel-Bolted Rubber Couplings Steel-Spring Vibration Isolators Soft Mount System on a BLOUNT Vessel SPOOL BR4T ISOLATORS RT COUPLING BR4T Steel-Spring Vibration Isolators Part Attack HOW TO PREVENT A APRA Officials Report on Federal Restore Operating Efficiency About the Author The Next Five Years New Equipment to Detect Ship Pollution Transport Canada's National Aerial Country Focus: Canada Admiral Model Commander Model PERFORMANCE FOR PROFESSIONAL Airborne Automated Identification Swedish Space Corporation of Solna, Sheriff's Office Accepts MetalCraft Boat The Broward County Sheriff's Office MetalCraft Marine of Kingston, Available in two TXM MARINE TLM MARINE Marine Bearings Trelleborg Orkot Composites Country Focus: Canada Hike Metal Busy Building Vessels, Trimarans, Catamarans, Boats, Supply Boats, Patrol Boats, Pilot Mongoose Set Loose Rutter VDR Country Focus: Canada Canada Metal Richard Summers and Michelle Halifax Shipyards Project, as well as the Drilling Modules and Utility Shafts for the Hibernia Planned Maintenance NAVAL ARCHITECTS MARINE ENGINEERS Aker Marine TECHNOLOGY FOR MARINE PROJECTS Vancouver, BC, 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Group Atlantic (EWTGLANT) Tactical Conning Officer Virtual Environment (TaCOVE) Ship Bridge TEU Containership China Ocean Shipping Corporation WCC Opens African Office World Communication Center (WCC) Vessel Tracking Order Based on Olex, the Norwegian Hinged DoorsHatches Sliding Doors Low Friction Composite Roller Schoellhorn-Albrecht Bartee Promoted to COO at DLBA Martek Awarded Wheelmark Northrop Grumman Restructures Many Areas ESAB Promotes Savage ESAB Welding & Cutting Products Offshore Newfoundland as part of the MICAD Marine System, Yokogawa & Commercial Marine Distributor World Wide Service & Support Network The Official Training Partner of ICSC Helping Assure Devon Liles Descr: Commercial Navigation Distributor Products: Autopilot, Gyrocompass, Speed Log Antenna Products Phil Park Sweden Mats Back Comark Marine Jennifer MacKay Karen Palmer or Richard Simpson Monitoriing, Security and Control Systems Muriel Orr Descr: High Resolution Recording for Tough Marine Environments 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