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New Technology Melded to the North Atlantic Tradition Queen Mary 2
Confounding the skeptics who said the 70.300-gt Queen Elizabeth 2 would be the last transatlantic liner ever built, the 150.000-gt Queen Mary 2 is set to make her service debut in January 2004, signifying a $780- million investment in a luxury passenger
G l a d d i n g - H e a r n Delivers Pilot Boat Huron Belle
The second boat in a new class of pilot launches has been delivered to the Lakes Pilots of Port Huron, Mich, by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation of Somerset, Mass. The Pilot Association's Captains Greene and MacDermid made the 1,000-mile delivery trip from Somerset to Port Huron,
Grumman Hydrofoil For Israel Launched At Lantana Boatyard
Grumman Aerospace Corporation recently launched a 100-ton hydrofoil patrol boat under construction for Israel. The launching took place at Lantana Boatyard, Inc. in Lantana, Fla. where the vessel was built. After testing in the Atlantic Ocean near Lantana,
Desco Marine Chosen To Build 107-Foot Steel Fishing Boat
Tom Collins, president of Desco Marine, Inc. of St. Augustine, Fla., recently announced that the yard has been chosen by Malvin Kvilhaug to build a 107-foot steel fish boat for his Michigan Fishing Corporation. The contract is for a combination scallop
Klyne Tugs Orders AHTS From China
Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd. signed a contract with Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China to build a powerful anchor handling tug/supply vessel (AHTS). The 221 x 51 x 20.3 ft, (67.4 x 15.5 x 6.2 m) vessel will be built to a Rolls Royce Ulstein UT 719-2 design,
Gladding-Hearn to Deliver Largest Incat Fast Ferry
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corporation, has begun construction of a new all-aluminum catamaran, which will join three other high-speed ferries built by the shipyard for Boston-based Boston Harbor Cruises. Measuing 142.6 ft. (43.4 m).
ASMAR Delivers Dona Eugenia
— First Of New Seiner Design ASMAR, Chile's leading shipbuilder and repairer, recently delivered a 60-foot fishing vessel that is the first of a new design built of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (GRP) to her owner, Sociedad Pesquera Palacios Ltd.
T i d e w a t e r Acquires Four Offshore Support Vessels At Cost Of $ 2 Million
Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., recently acquired three 180-foot supply boats and one 190-foot towing/supply vessel at a total cost of approximately $2 million from the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago.
Gladding-Hearn To Construct Boat For Pilots Association
The Pilots Association for the Bay & River Delaware have contracted with Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation of Somerset, Mass., for the construction of a 50-foot, twin-screw, pilot boat to be designed in conjunction with C. Raymond Hunt, Associates, Inc.