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on December 1989Workboats Northwest of Seattle, Wash., recently completed a 58-foot vessel, Lady Kimberly, that can quickly be converted from longliner to seiner, crabber, and tender for owner Kodiak Island fisherman Jim Peterson. Workboats Northwest president Bruce Reagan said that while several designers
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on December 1989Marine Safety International (MSI) operates three facilities whose purpose is to study the causes of accidents, train ship personnel in a full fidelity simulator, examine potentials for human error and stress-related mistakes and look at the layouts of specific harbor and channel designs and
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on December 1989Wartsila Diesel Vasa type engines have been recently installed in three fishing vessels for Seattle-based owners. In each case, older less efficient engines were replaced by Wartsila Vasa diesel for use as the main propulsion machinery. The first vessel, the F/V American Eagle owned by Ameri
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on December 1989The 136-foot, triple-decked excursion vessel "Grand Romance" recently began excursion service on the St. Johns River between Sanford and Jacksonville, Fla. Designed by John Brever, an associate of Florida Naval Architects, Inc. of East Palatka, the 600-passenger vessel was constructed by Free
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on December 1989The semisubmersible drilling rig Scarabeo 5 was recently launched in Italy at the Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard of Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA. Construction on the rig started in May 1987, and delivery is forecast for 1990. Ordered by the Italian company of Saipem (ENI Group),
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on December 1989SENATE APPROVES $1 BILLION FOR SEALIFT SHIP PROCUREMENT The U.S. Navy continues to be the major source of business for shipyards and marine equipment manufacturers in the United States. This article is an excerpt from recent IMA quarterly business reports on Navy shipbuilding and repair. N
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- Nine M A N B & W Holeby GenSets Ordered For Three Containerships To Be Built At Odense Shipyard page: 11
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on December 1989MAN B&W Diesel, Holeby has received an order from A.P. Moller of Denmark for nine diesel generator sets for three 4,200-TEU container vessels to be built at Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark. The diesel generator sets of type 9L28/32 H, each with an output of 2,010 kw at 720 rpm are for HFO op
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on December 1989The Delaval Turbine Division of IMO Industries Inc. recently announced that Bern E. Deichmann has been appointed as manager of commercial operations, Steven W. Jadney promoted to manager of quality operations, and Debra J. Vietzke promoted to manager of project management. Gary Walker, vice
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on October 1989Peterson Builders, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has announced a realignment of management staff as part of the ongoing program to streamline shipyard operations. Jack Soderlund, formerly vice president of Contract Administra- tion, has been appointed vice president, Operations Support, and as
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on October 1989The fishing vessel Sea Wolf, originally built by Marco in 1979 as a 123-foot combination crabber has since undergone more than one major change to stay in the forefront of the changing fisheries. In 1982, the Sea Wolf underwent a trawl conversion that included winches, a trawl gantry, and ass
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on October 1989Concurrent Systems, Arlington, Va., is releasing a new hydrostatics program for personal computers. The Naval Architectural Problem Oriented Language (NAPOL) will perform the following calculations: hydrostatic curves of form; trim lines; longitudinal strength; floodable length; limiting dra
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- Halter Delivers Fourth Of Six Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships In Contract Valued At $85 Million page: 52
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on October 1989Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Miss., has delivered the U.S. Navy ship Capable, the fourth of six identical ocean surveillance ships under construction at Halter for the Navy with a total contract value of approximately $85 million. The Capable is the 16th of 18 planned monohull T-AGOS cla
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on October 1989Furuno is expanding their line of radars for yachts and smaller fishing and commercial vessels with the introduction of the new Models 1930 and 1940. These compact, full-featured radars offer a steady, daylight viewing picture on a 10-inch rasterscan CRT with a high resolution 640 by 480 pix
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on October 1989The Kiel-Friedrichsort shipyard of Lindenau GmbH Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik recently delivered the 12,100-dwt chemical tanker Hummel to her owners Carl Buttner Shipping Company of Bremen. The 477-foot Hummel is the sister ship of two vessels delivered by Lindenau Shipyard to Carl Buttner
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on October 1989When the world's largest vehicular floating bridge was completed recently at Seattle, a newly built, Cummins-powered vessel—Driftwood II—was on hand to begin serving as the concrete structure's tender. Performing bridge maintenance, backup firefighting and environmental cleanup chores is a 4
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on October 1989The third in a new series of navigational satellites for the Global Positioning System (GPS) was successfully launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a U.S. Air Force Delta II rocket. According to Magnavox Advanced Products & Systems Company, Torrance, Calif., a leading manufacture
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on October 1989Maersk Line, Limited of Madison, N.J., has been awarded a $61.4- million contract for the operation and maintenance of 12 ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS). The contract performance period is three years with the first ship being turned over approximately October 1, 1989, and the last in Sep
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on October 1989Consolidated Switchgear, Inc. of Madisonville, La., is now in its second year of operation. Consolidated was established by a core group of management and production people from the old "Con-Select" organization of Harvey, La., and Beaumont, Texas, to provide quality, costeffective electrica
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on October 1989Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Ind., a subsidiary of American Commercial Lines, Inc., recently held ceremonies to launch the first barge built since its yard reopened for new construction in February 1989. The jumbo hopper barge, built for Falco Line of Vicksburg, Miss., is the first completed of
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on October 1989Owners of older models of heavyduty diesel engines often encounter problems in obtaining spare parts because in some cases the original engine builder is no longer in business, or has made a calculated decision to discontinue the design. In either instance, the solutions to the problems have