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Littoral Combat Ship: It's Down to 3
The multi-billion contract to build a new family of Navy ships took one giant step last month with the awarding of development contracts to three industry teams. The fight to win the contract to design and build the family of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) is sure to be fierce,
great ships of 2003
Name White Rose Builder Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Owner Husky Oil Operation Type FPSO For many years now, contracts for ships and floating units to operate in an offshore environment have been much-prized value-added goals at Samsung.
Foss To Order New Tugs With Voith Schneider Systems
Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, Wash., announced it has received approval from the Dillingham Corporation, its parent company, to purchase three new, revolutionary Tractor Tugs, with an option for a fourth, as additions to its West Coast fleet.
Multipurpose Container/Bulk Ships Delivered By Samsung Shipyard
Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of South Korea is constructing four multipurpose, wider-hatch container/bulk carriers for the Jardine Group of Hong Kong and Gearbulk Ltd. of Norway. The first ship in the series, the Hawk Arrow
Marine Hydraulics International Performs Extensive Navy, Commercial Ship Repairs
Marine Hydraulics International, Inc. (MHI), a full service ship repair facility located in the Port of Norfolk, Va., providing repairs and conversions to both commercial and naval markets, continued its growth during 1990, reporting an increase
The Lure of the Electric Drive
In the September 2002 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, a detailed discussion was featured on the advantages of future High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) machinery for propulsion of electric drive ships. Since then, development
Spaarneborg Premieres As First Of Stora Enso's New Series
A member of the Wagenborg trio, MV Spaarneborg Slingewas constructed at German shipyard Flender Werft as part of a key component within a new transport system developed by forestry product company Stora Enso. Modeled after a new intermodal project,
Fincantieri Delivers Rail/Car/Passenger Ferry To Italian State Railways
The Palermo shipyard of Fincantieri recently delivered the rail/car/ passenger ferry Logudoro to the Italian State Railways. The ferry is now in service between Civitavecchia, near Rome, to Golfo Aranci in Sardinia, and between Messina, in Sicily, and Reggio Calabria.
Sulzer Forms Diesel Joint Venture With Italian And German Shipyards
Sulzer Brothers Ltd. has agreed to sell a majority of the shares of its subsidiary Sulzer Diesel Ltd. in equal parts to Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA of Trieste, Italy, and a German consortium of Bremer Vulkan AG of Bremen, and Deutsche Maschinen- und Schiffbau AG of Rostock.
U.S. Ferry Market Prospects Looking Up
The proliferation of sleek, unique and fast ferries on U.S. waterways is slowly becoming the reality that has been much discussed for decades. While the country does not have an inate "ferry mentality" that is so prevalent in the European culture,