1989 Articles
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on April 1989Last year, Hagglunds Marine & Offshore received orders for about 200 deck cranes. Among new orders recently announced by Hagglunds are two from Dutch yards, totaling 21 cranes; an order at the Donghae yard in South Korea and Bangkok for four 40t SWL container cranes of L-2 type; four genera
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on April 1989In the recent decentralization of Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, the former business site of Superchargers has been turned into a separate company, ABB Turbo Systems Ltd., Baden. ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. ranks among the world leaders, both technically and in market terms, in the
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on April 1989MARCO-Seattle shipyard has signed a contract to build two new 135-foot steel freezer longliners for Alaska Frontier Co. of Seattle, Wash. With the continuing "Americanization" of North Pacific fisheries under provisions of the Magnuson Act, the larger foreign longliners are being taken out of
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on April 1989Sperry Marine's Rascar, the revolutionary new touchscreen control rasterscan radar/ARPA, is gaining acceptance in naval communities worldwide, according to Mike Manfredi, senior marketing representative. The ability of Rascar to rapidly acquire, lock onto, track, and predict course and speed
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on April 1989The Dynafile® II air-powered abrasive belt machine performs grinding, deburring, polishing and sanding of virtually any material used in manufacturing. The tool accepts six interchangeable contact arms for many different applications including entering small openings. Grinding work is done whe
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on April 1989BFGoodrich Rivnut® Engineered Fasteners, a business unit of BFGoodrich Aerospace, has developed an innovative, new floating fastener designed for quick, efficient installation where a blind application is complicated by hole misalignment. The Rivnut fastener, called the Floatnut™, has a flo
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on April 1989Keeping critical engine parts cool and preventing engine wear are benefits offered by the prelube/postlube systems now available from Kim Hotstart. As pre-heaters that also lube, these systems go a step beyond the standard mechanical or automatic prelube devices on most engines. Instead of
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on April 1989—Free Literature Available— A new worldwide distributor network that will sell and service EMD engines, generators and motors in the marine, industrial and oil drilling markets has been established by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors to increase flexibility and improve c
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on April 1989It was 1974 when the first of GE's advanced-technology marine gas turbines, the LM2500, entered naval service aboard the U.S. Navy's USS Spruance (DD-963). Since that time, the LM 2500 has been selected by 17 other navies, GE has introduced other marine gas turbines, and the served market fo
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on April 1989A new tool for tanker chartering called New Worldscale took effect on January 1, 1989, replacing the "old" Worldscale which has lasted since 1969. No immediate rate comparisons can be made between the old Worldscale and the New Worldscale. There is no "rule of thumb" conversion factor betwe
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on April 1989Trimble Navigation, a leader and innovator in GPS and Loran technology, recently introduced the NavGraphic II GPS-Loran with optional charts. Similar to the company's classic 10X GPS system, the NavGraphic II GPS is a dual channel, slow sequencing, high performance receiver. And like its pr
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on April 1989—Literature Available— The cruise ship M.V. Sun Princess of P&O in London was recently lifted and moved on Todd's Syncrolift for repair work on the propeller shaft and rudder as well as other general repair work. With a length of 535.75 feet and a beam of 74.80 feet, the Sun Princess is t
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on April 1989Tradex Marine Equipment Co. of Denmark recently announced two new products that are now available: an oil/water analyzer, and an automatic lapping machine. The oil/water analyzer is capable of measuring water content in lubricating oil/bunker fuel as well as crude oil cargoes. The analyzer u
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on April 1989A new publication from Aeroquip Corporation, bulletin 5989B, "Aeroquip Cargo Control Products," describes the basic products designed to secure cargo and protect goods in transit—from shoring beams and bars to strap assemblies, buckles and winches. Featured are new products such as the Aero
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on April 1989Avondale Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently became the first shipbuilding company ever to receive the U.S. Department of Labor's highest award for healthy and safe working environments. Known as the "Star" award, the honor is given only to industries which participate in the Volu
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on April 1989The latest in Magnavox's growing line of GPS products is the MX 5400R, a "black-box" navigation receiver that provides GPS data outputs to a Magnavox MX 4102 OR MX 5102 transit satellite navigation receiver. The MX 5400R is a two-channel C/A-Code GPS receiver that receives and processes sig
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on April 1989— F r e e Literature A v a i l a b l e— With the world focusing on the clean-up of the atmosphere, rivers and lakes and the implementation/ enforcement of new Annex V-MARPOL 73/78 regulations, the maritime industry now faces a new challenge on how to handle its on-board trash and waste. Th
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on April 1989"Fit-em and forget-em" disc couplings, combining unitized discpacks for fast assembly with the rugged reliability offered from allsteel components, are now available from The Falk Corporation. The heart of a disc coupling is a series of stainless steel plates held together in a laminated pac
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on April 1989A $1.2-billion order to build 22 containerships for Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan), the largest such order ever to be placed, is likely to go to Japanese shipyards, according to a recent report. The vessels, each capable of carrying 4,000 twenty-foot containers (TEUs) are to be used by Ever
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on April 1989Gems flow switch, FS-10798, provides extreme sensitivity to protect expensive equipment. It is adjustable for an infinite number of actuation set points, and provides an adjustment range for liquids of 0.5 to 20 gpm; 3 to 160 scfm for gas. According to Gems, this flow switch is ideal for use