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Finish First, Fix Later

12/3/2007
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Does the US Navy need a lesson from its own history? Cancellation of the second General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-4) on November 1st points up a problem that has plagued innovative American military technology development programs since the 1950s. The ship was cancelled because of "cost overruns." The original estimated cost per LCS was $220 million, but it kept rising as the first General Dynamics ship, the USS Independence (LCS-2), began construction. In response, the Navy tried to get General Dynamics to change the contract from "cost plus" to "fixed cost." ...
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping

1/2/2006
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Lloyd's Register (LR) is the world's premier ship classification society, founded in 1760. The concept of 'ship classification' originated in the eighteenth century, when the practice began of awarding different classes to ships....
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Atlantic Marine Survey Ltd. (Turkey)

9/19/2005
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Worlwide inspection sevices. Marine surveying, loss control, bulk surveying, petroleum inspection, cargo superindending, calibration and flow measurement, analytical testing, industrial commodity consumer quality assurance and price comparison....
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The Spencer Company - "Marine Insurance Solutions"

9/19/2005
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Adjustment of all classes of marine claims; casualty management; marine claims adjusting; marine insurance consultancy; claims audits; specialist opinions; expert witness; arbitrator

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Enhancing Quality of New Ships

12/9/2002
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Enhancing Quality of New Ships
Important maritime industry discussions between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies were concluded in Shanghai on 9 November with an agreement on the need to maintain the debate with a view to ensuring safe and robust designs for the future and to enhance the quality of new ships. The discussions, coordinated by BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO, focused primarily on three major issues - building quality ships (shipbuilding standards), contractual relationships and shipyard capacity, including research and information flows....
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