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Maritime Reporter February 1999

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Advertising Sales Information

Editorial & Executive Offices

Vice President/Editorial Director

Manager of Information Systems

Marketing Manager

Marketing Assistant

Production Manager

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Production Editor

Production Editor

Elizabeth Malcolm

Technical Editor

International Editor

Editorial Consultant

International Maritime Associates

Circulation Manager

Director of Sales

Lucia Annunziata

Regional Sales Manager

Regional Sales Manager

Angela Criscolo

Regional Sales Manager

Regional Sales Manager

Classified Sales Representative

TM New High Pressure

Representatives

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World Regional Report: Middle East

Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Central America

Port Said, Egypt

Germany/Switzerland

Dreieich, Germany

Hong Kong/Taiwan

Kowloon East, Hong Kong

Ediconsult Internazionale

Portugal/Gibraltar

Finn's Enterprises, Media Marketing Division

Blinkpan, Republic of South Africa

Caribbean Basin

Multilink International

Hayward's Heath,West Sussex

Tracking System

Automatic Satellite Acquisition

Best Gyro Compass

Azimuth Digital Gyro Compass

Best Satellite Television System

Daewoo yard in July and

Middelfart Copenhagen

Full Control at Your Fingertips

Integrated Bridge System BridgeControl

Raytheon Expect Great Things

Raytheon Marine Company

High Seas Products

High Seas Products

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Rederi AB Gotland is now the

Waterman Supply Company

December Winners

Oslo: December Ended

Shipping Index lost

Shipping List Change

Offshore List Change

December Losers

Shipping List Change

Offshore List Change

Northern Offshore

Tanker Navigation

Offshore Pareto Fonds og DnB Markets

Offshore Fearnley Fonds

Offshore Pareto Fonds og DnB Markets

Offshore Pareto Fonds og Bergen Fonds

Shipping Fearnley Fonds

Shipping DnB Markets

Saevik Supply: Acquired by Trico Marine

Discoverer: Merged with ProSafe

Seateam Technology: Merged with Det Sondenfjeldske

World Ship Orderbook Recovery Continues

Kvaerner Masa-Yards

Consolidation of Power

News Shipbuilding (NNS) and

Continental Maritime Industries

as Newport News Avondale

Chairman and CEO of Newport

Schievelbein will be Executive

Vice President, as well as COO of

Kitchen will be Executive Vice

Icebreaker WAGB Healy to the

Technology Center of Excellence

Shipbuilding and Carrier

Dry Dock and Construction

Shipbuilding and Avondale Industries

For ISIS Field In Tunisia

Victoria Oilfield Development

Kelvin Hughes Supplying

Irish Lights Vessel

Commissioner of Irish Lights new

The Revolutionary New Shaft Seal

Keep The Pressure On With

Exclusively Distributed

and Serviced in

Effective in Both

Blue & Brown Water

Frequent Maintenance

Work Boats, Fishing Boats & Pleasure Craft

Satellite Airtime

Inspections and

Regulatory Compliance

Satellite Communication Equipment

Engine Room Equipment

Navigation Equipment

Worldwide Equipment

Installation and Repair

Litton Supplying Fast Ferry

Navigation Electronics

Litton Marine Systems has

NORSHIPCO Proceeds With

USNS Shasta Contract

Military Sealift Command

Sperry Fin Stabilizers

Chosen For Containerships

Fincantieri Launches

Third Jupiter Ferry

USACE Plans Mississippi

The Marine Design Center of

AMS in River Service and will

Philadelphia District, Wanamaker

Southwest Marine

Logicon Signs Two-Year

FirstWave/Newpark

Contracted For Rig Upgrade

Schlumberger/Sedco Forex has

FirstWave/Newpark has also

Moran Sign Tug Contract

Washburn & Doughty

A Mariner's Window To The World

Introducing ECPINS Next Generation

Puget Sound Rope

Complete Marine Refrigeration Systems

Air Conditioning Compressor and Chiller Units

Reefer Cargo Box Installation/Repair

Whatever Your Application It Pays To Contact

Crowley Building Three PRTs

Prevention and Response Tugs

Service Company for use in Valdez

Shipyard in Anacortes, Wash, for

Vessel Management Services, a

Repair Contract Awarded

For Damaged Liner

Royal Caribbean International

for its Monarch of the Seas to

Warehousing and Delivery Agent

OSII Makes Appointment

Voyager of the Seas for Royal

Caribbean from Kvaerner Masa

Deletion Date Planned

Deletion Date Planned

Deletion Date Planned

Feeding The Fire

Disney's First Cruise Ship

Special Advertising Section

Uniservice: Innovative Product Keeps Cruise Ships Running

URICLEAN Concentrate was

A Comprehensive Environmental

Star Cruises Shines With

High Performance

Equipment and Services

Come see us at the

Scatrade Cruise Shipping Convention

Easier Said Than Done

About the Author

in Interior Design from Cornish College in

Voyager of the Seas To Reach New

Heights In Interior Innovation

to Casino Royale may be

Pushing The Boundaries

Passengers, who are the real

Film Laminated Steel Sheet

Cut Life-Cycle Costs

Corporate Office

Dirksland, Holland

Contact Corporate Office for

Low Life Cycle Cost

Maintenance Free

Sawed & Drilled

DataStar Marine Products Inc

System Technologies

Digital Gyro Repeaters

Sales and Services, Future

Ships, Super Yachts, Ferries and Fast Ferries

Crown Point, Indiana, Fort

French Style Sailing Greek

Israel, Cyprus, Rhodes, Kusadasi and

for all Shipboard

Teresa Anderson of Princess Cruises and

Head Assemblies

The Grandest Of Them All

by Lloyds Register of Shipping as well as

Have One-Tenth of an

Inch Level Accuracy

Contact us for your

Cruise Ship Repair: New Size, New Challenges

News Shipbuilding's head of ship

RENK Gear Units

for Fast Vessels

Tunnel Thrusters

Azimuth Thrusters

Control Systems

Exclusive Representative Panel System

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Princess Cruises Helps

Peninsular & Oriental Steam

Growing The Goliath

Fain, Royal Caribbean has

Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland

Video & Info kit

High-Level Alarm

A Revolution In Cruise Ship Design

Beau Mansfield Design and

Sterling Design International are

Application Experience

Engineering, Production

& Manufacturing Capabilities

Engineering and Design Support

To Shipbuilders Around the World

ROUP THE BAILEY GROU

By Jim Barreiro de Leon

Specializing in Deck Equipment

The Netherlands

Building A Partnership

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Hazardous Analysis Critical

Brand Quality Assurance

Fiduciary Responsibility

ACH Engineering

Tunnel Thrusters

Dispelling the Myths

One Ship Manager For All

Hotel Operations & Passenger

Class II and Class

Lloyds, DNV and all

Custom Closures

Marine Bulkhead System

Sterling Design International

& Lotz for Compagnie Des lies du

Sterling Design International Project

Main Particulars

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Thrusters Brunvoll

Couplings Lohmann & Stolterfoht

Coatings International

Radar Krupp Atlas

Compass, Autopilot Anschutz

SATCOM EB Nachrichten

Heat Exchangers Gea-Ahlborn

Lifeboats Harding

Liferafts Vikin

Worldwide Service

Norway: Consolidations Continue To Shape Market

Ulstein Marine, to be run from

Bard Mikkelsen, who will head

Finland, as well as Michell

Both Ulstein and Vickers have

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Ulstein Werft Invests In Productivity Enhancements

as well as Kvaerner Kincaid in

Scotland and KSE's Singapore

Changing the way you

Aker MTW in Germany and Aker

of Kristiansand, Aker Engineering

of Olso, the Aker Stord and Aker

Galley Ventilation

France and Volvo Aero Corporation

Sunnhordlandske (HSD) for the

ago by Ulstein as a test and

Proven Gas Generation Systems

Maritime Protection

Barnacle, Paint, and

Line of Estonia, and a FlyingCat

Nordic Jet on the Tallinn/Helsinki

Standard Design and Components

Westin Stamford Hotel

Grimstad, UECC is of Swedish and

Shipbuilding, and are to be

HEAVY-DUTY SIGNALS by

NSA And SCA Merge

The National Shipyard

Association (NSA) and the

Shipbuilders Council of America

Bent Glass Design

Introduces Marine Glass

P&O Nedlloyd Christens

Fourth Megaship

LSC Resignation

Fleet Technology

Engines Ordered

Mormac Appointments

United States Marine Repair

Pacific Ship Repair and

A Cargo Innovative

Measurement Concept

The Netherlands

New Seaway Administrator

tor of the Saint Lawrence Seaway

South Seas Steamship Gains

Canadian Representative

STCW Team Chartered

Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental

STCW Implementation Focus and

International Convention on

Certification and Watchkeeping

Swedish AIS Transponders

Delivered To MPA Singapore

GP&C Sweden AB has been

AIMU Chairman Elected

International Marine

Directors of the American Institute

Flow International Corporation

NASSCO Completes

Drydock Extension

National Steel and Shipbuilding

the STCW Convention full and

Autoship Complete Systems

Autoship Systems Corporation

of The AutoSHIP Works at

Guangzhou Marine Engineering of

China and Estalerios Sao Jacinto

SNAME Appoints Executive

Society of Naval Architects and

York Metropolitan Section, and as

Offshore Energy and Maritime Services

Operations and National Planning

New Container Vessels

The Washington and New York

Quality Systems-Model for Quality

GE Marine Engines

Appoints Manager

GE Marine Engines has

Virginia Companies

In Joint Venture

Fuji Trading (America) of

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Whessoe Varec Supplying

Korean LNG Carriers

Inmarsat-C Terminals Fitted

RTM Star Center To Assist

Army Corps Of Engineers

Engineers of Vicksburg, Miss, has

of Cape Fear and in Wilmington

Sonsub Vessel Hull

Launched in Norway

The hull of Sonsub

Maintenance, Repair and Subsea

New Director Ship Repairs

IMSA Acquires New

The International Marine

Software Associates (IMSA) has

Golden Ocean Appoints

Financial Advisor

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Stern Flap System Dubbed Technical Breakthrough

Environmental Protection Agency for its role in

An Evolving Revolution

Dominic Cusanelli

led the Stern Flap

The David Taylor

Model Basin is the

DIN, & JIS Stani

Valves, Fittinj

VIKING Davit-Lauched Liferaft

VIKING Marine Evacuation System

Latest System Tests On

Naval Engine Completed

Evaluation and Research Agency

Proteus, SPAR Develop

Shipbuilding Information

Exchange Program

Operate More Efficiently At Lower Cost

With Tranter Heat Exchangers

Special Advertising Section

Sound Powered Telephones and a

Beach, Florida, Hose-McCann

Sound Powered Telephones, Intrinsically Safe Sound

Powered Telephones, Navigation Light Panels, Public

Integrated TV Distribution Systems and Closed Circuit

Army, Military Sealift Command, Mexican Navy and

News Shipbuilding, The

University of Michigan, Avondale

Shipyards and Advanced

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Kockums Computer Systems, and

Research Projects Agency

Intergraph Corporation, Newport

News Shipbuilding and Kockums

Ingalls Shipbuilding and

ing ISO STEP Shipbuilding

Application Protocols (APs) are

Brass Works Relocated

Easy to Operate

Easily Adjusted

Low Maintenance

Competitive Prices

Rely on Freeman Marine for

Contact Freeman Marine for a

MACHINING Cylinder

Laser and Optical

Incident Simulation Control and Evaluation

Operattonl RBSourta |Dapait

NautiCAN R&D Ltd

Airived Oeoerted

Ainvad Daoartad

Companies Team To Offer

Oil Clean-up Solution

Kvichak Marine, Marco

Pollution and Hyde Products have

Built by Kvichak for Clean

Liquid Waste Technology

Liquid Waste Technology has

Radio Remote Sense, Auto Sense

Patented High Efficiency

Developed & Patented by Josip Gruzling

A Subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corporation

Port of London Prepared For

The Port of London has not had

the Thames Oil Spill Clearance

Authority (PLA) and

Red Fox Environmental

Services Acquired

Mexico, Egypt, Brazil and

Desmi Saves Offshore

Norwegian Operation

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

John Gwynn-Jones

Maritime Conferences and Exhibitions

Veronica Bowden

Cory Towage Adds Coastal, FiFi Tugs

Vertical and Horizontal Sliding

Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Brass and Steel

Weld-In Windows

Electrically Heated Glass

Hydrocarbon Fire Doors

Water and Weather Tight Doors

Steel and Aluminum

Hinged or Sliding

Resilient Coupling from the

Clutch and Coupling Company's

Clutch and Coupling Company Inc

lil darn Maritime

Telecommunications

The Leading Provider of

Passenger and Crew

il Cruise Lines 'CeJs

Provider of Both Voice & the

High Data Rate Required for

The Leading Provider of

C-Band Networks for

Shell Commits To Yard In Repair Arrangement

Shell International Trading and

an Evergreen Alliance Agreement

Heng Chiang Gnee, Managing

Alliance Agreement with

HYPACK's TIN Modeling Program

HYPACK's Survey Program

Replaces Fluid-Filled Gauges

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Indicating Systems for

the Marine and Offshore

Oil/Gas Industries

British Airways

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Korean Airlines

Qriffin Oaks Marine Travel Qriffin-Oaks Marine

VLCC Myrina and P&O Nedlloyd's

Sweden's Oresundsvarvet has

Argent Marine Contract

Argent Marine Services of

A Washington Company i

Chuck Schoennagle is the Gulf of Mexico

BMI Off To A Good Start

Reach Your Customers Online

With Maritime Reporter's Website

Maritime Marketplace

NEW Classified Ad Page

Ferro Corporation

Liquid Coatings and Dispersions Division

To the Maritime Association Pont

of New York & New Jersey

Schedule of Events

Harbor Safety Committees of the

Importance of Marine Commerce to Every

High Speed Ferry

Northeast Conference

Electronic/Printed Brochures & Promotions

ACR Electronics: RapidFix

ACR Electronics

ARINC: Providing Electronic Aids

Barco: ECDIS Display Devices

C-MAP: C-MAP NT Features

Detailed Information

Predictor System

Predictor System

Power Supply/Battery Charger

Furuno: New Radar Series

Horizon Marine Electronics, a

Ship's Replacement

Vertical or Horizontal Hand, Electric, Diesel, Hydraulic

For Rent or Sale

Training Services is

Unmatched Quality for Over

Kockum Sonics: Marine Range

Kongsberg Norcontrol: BridgeLine

KVH: Small Marine Antenna

Marine Management Systems: Fleet

Manager Enterprise

Naval Electronics of

Navionics: Si-Tex

Navionics and Si-Tex

Newmar: Charger Line

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Aeradio Technical Services Mina Salman Port

BELAM-Zastupstvo i Servis Rijeka

Nautical del Ecuador Mania

A/S RSTA Tallinn

ASPO Systems Oy Espoo

Navidec Oy Helsinki

Geolink Roquevaire

Etna GmbH Rellingen/Hamburg

Electro Med Marina Bay

Kaigai Gijyutsu K K Yokohama

Elcome International Safat

Soremar Casablanca

Imsat Maritime SA Constanta Constanta

Offshore Systems

International: EM Speed Log

Electromagnetic Speed Log from

Coast Guard for the new Marine

Communication and Traffic

Small Fixed Satellite Phone

O'Gara Satellite Networks

Liberator, a slim

Worldfone Marine

Pinpoint Systems: Dual

Channel Wireless

Q-Mar: Sailsafe

Removable Reusable Temp-Set Insulation Covers

Let us take care of all your

For All Marine Fixed Ballast Operations

Sea: VHF/DSC Radiotelephone

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

SeaPost Seat Products are

Known & Recommended

Worldwide As The Choice

Five Year Performance Warranty

Luxurious Comfort by Superior Design

Helm & Console Desk Models

Lifetime Easy Upholstery

Floor Slide Rails

Thrane & Thrane: Inmarsat

C/Mini-M Product

Dual Mode System is

Fishery and Maritime

Transas: GMDSS Simulators

Watercom: Sea Sharp

Satellite System

The Best Dock Lockers and Steps

Reinforced Lids for Adult Seating

Ideal Life Jacket Storage

Custom Sizes Available

The First: Complete ECDIS Library

Compact Component Design

Reliable, Smooth Operation

Royal Caribbean Takes Up

Vantage Ship Contracts

Future Of Our Children

Desarrollo Tecnicas Industrials de Galicia

Mersey Oil Spill Consultative

New Vessel Will Patrol

Waters Surrounding Isle

sel for the Isle of Man

Agriculture, Fisheries and

AMO To Design Alaskan

Argent Marine Operations

Alaska Intrastate Gas Company

British Columbia to the Alaska

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Todd Pacific Wins Navy Contract

National Park Ferry Receives

Caterpillar Re-Power

Caterpillar's Engine Products Division will

Mobil Joint Venture Company Takes

Delivery of New Double-Hull Tanker

Company (MOSAT) and Saudi Maritime

Worldwide Experience

Seal, Insulate and Protect all with

Insulating Coating

Mascoat Products

Have a Viking on Your Side

TNSW, Meyer Werft Deliver

First Gas Tanker

Werft Shipyard and Thyssen

Clipper Viking Main Particulars

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Lifeboat Fassmer

Steering gear Porsgrunn

Bowthruster Lips

AC Heinen & Hopman

Winninghoff Delivers Pilot

Boat To Harbor Services

Pilots Association of Port

Designed by Bill Preston of Marine

Pilot Boat Main Particulars

Shafting Aquamet

Propeller Hall&Staver

Controls Kobelt/Morse

Seating Bostrom

Seacraft Shipyard Delivers

Luxury Dive Yacht

M/V Cayman Aggressor IV to

and is Cayman Island Shipping

NASSCO Delivers Second

Sealift Newbuild

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Army First Lieutenant George

USNS Sisler Main Particulars

Propellers, Bowthrusters Bird Johnson

Generators Caterpilla

Couplings Waukesha

Shafting Bird Johnson

Compagnie Chambon for its

Opale Express Main Particulars

Wateijets Kamewa

Couplings Thomas

Radar Kelvin Hughes

Compass C-Plath

Lifeboats Zodiac

Liferafts Viking

Repair & Installation, Equipment & Services

BEARING—Rubber, Metallic, Non-Metallic

Railko Ltd, Loudwater, High Wycombe, Bucks

Delft, Netherlands

DRY DOCKS-Design

JOINER—Watertight Door—Paneling—Ceiling System—Decking

Heemskerk, Nederland

PUMP-Repair-Drives

ROPE—Manila—Nylon—Hawsers—Fibers

SANITATION DEVICE-Pollution Control

SHIPBUILDING—Repairs, Maintenance, Drydocking

Railko Ltd, Loudwater, High Wycombe, Bucks Hamshire

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Closed Circuit Television

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Marine Technical Positions

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Naval Architects & Marine Engineers

Supporting The Marine

Engineering Industry

Railway and Floating Dry Docks

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Reference Center

Naval Architects & Marine Engineers

Trials and Instrumentation

Structural Assessment

Shafting/Vibration Analysis

Performance Prediction

Certified Ship Valuation Appraisals

For Manufacturers Supplying the Marine Market

Naval Architects & Marine Engineers

The Glosten Associates, Incorporated

Naval Architecture

Marine Engineering

Ocean Engineering Transportation Analysis

Hydrodynamics Contract Administration

Public Relations Publications & Aerial Photography

Managing Director

Marine, Mechanical & Electrical Engineers

Marine Software Specialists

INTERNATIONAL MARINE SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES IMSA

InterOcean Swath Ships

Technical Recruitment Services to

An Employee Owned Company

Program Support Specialists

MarineGrapli Ltd

Vulnerability Assessments & Surveys

Detailed & Discreet

Coast Guard/State Pilotage License Insurance

Naval Architects & Marine System Engineers

Malcolm MacKinnon ill

North American Cutting Systems

Naval Architects & Marine Engineers

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