Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 1992Conference told shipowners are being given "extraordinarily generous" credit terms for bunkers. The average bunker stem in today's shipping industry is around 700 tons per ship with a current value— at $85 per ton— of some $60,000. On an average fleet size of fourteen ships, a shipowner wo
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on July 1992One of the world's leading producers of industrial gas turbines, Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, a subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc., has introduced a marinized version of its 5 MW (6,500 hp) Centaur Taurus engine for propulsion application on fast ferry boats of 40 meters (130 feet) or more i
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on July 1992The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit comments from the public regarding whether military rates should be exempted or made fully subject to the filing requirements of section 8, and possibly section 10, of the 1984 Shippi
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on July 1992To augment its existing Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS) 1 that has been in place since 1990, the Port of Singapore Authority has signed a $12 million contract with Norcontrol AS, Norway, for the installation of a VTIS 2 and Port Traffic Management System with Norcontrol Surveillance
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on July 1992Ships on the Great Lakes are being prevented from loading to their full capacities because of low water levels caused by the drought in the mid-1980's. While lake levels have regained most of the 17 inches of depth they lost to the heat from 1986 to 1988, vessels are still being light loaded
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on July 1992Flender Werft AG in Lubeck, Germany, recently marked its 75th anniversary with the delivery of the 1,742-TEU containership Santa Victoria to Ivaran Shipping A/S of Lysaker, Norway. She is the sixth ship built in the Flender 1600 Series. The Santa Victoria will sail for P&O Containers Ltd. un
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on July 1992The American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC) is assisting second-tier shipyards in their efforts to comply with the American Disabilities Act (ADA), which becomes effective July 26, 1992. The ADA will affect the hiring practices of all employers with 25 or more employees. Revising job d
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on July 1992In December last year, Norwegian Contractors was awarded an EPCI contract for the concrete hull of Conoco's Heidrun TLP (Tension Leg Platform). The contract includes engineering, procurement and construction of the hull and two module support beams, as well as field installation of the co
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on July 1992Detailed Federal Policies And Procedures May Be Needed To Better Monitor The Program's Performance The Federal Ship Financing Program was established by Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (Ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985). To promote the U.S. merchant fleet and encourage domestic shipbuildi
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on July 1992Siemens Electric Limited recently announced the launching of its new Industrial Systems Division, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada, which will be responsible for integrated electrical systems for the marine, offshore, diesel power, pulp and paper, mining, metals, petrochemical and chemical indu
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on July 1992In mid-June, Secretary of Transportation Andrew H. Card Jr. outlined a major initiative to revitalize U.S. shipping. In explaining the proposed policy, Secretary Card said that the changes will "set a new course for America's merchant marine, one which will enhance its competitiveness and im
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on July 1992AT&T and Teleglobe of Canada recently announced the launching of a $75 million cable ship, the Global Mariner, which is jointly owned by the two companies through a limited parternship between their respective subsidiary companies, Teleglobe Marine, Inc., and Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. The
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on July 1992Commercial yards have performed more than 60 percent of maintenance availabilities over the past six years. Of the 1,261 scheduled maintenance availabilities performed between FY 1985 and 1990, 799 (63 percent) were contracted to commercial shipyards. The eight naval shipyards performed 373
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on May 1992With the completion of operations in the Persian Gulf, the ships of the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), which had supported the lift of material to the operations area, are returning and will need to be deactivated. This deactivation is critically important since the proper layup of these ships wil
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on May 1992The role of towage, salvage and heavy-lift within the shipping industry is not large, but its importance far outweighs its size and it embraces an impressive and diverse range of expertise. The individual markets have undergone major upheavals over the past ten years and are set for further
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on May 1992In 1977, public outcry forced the Coast Guard to withdraw its opposition to the use of unmanned enginerooms while in U.S. waters. But, in light of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the agency is once again proposing new requirements for unmanned tanker enginerooms. Tankers will not be allowed t
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on May 1992Alden Electronics, Inc. recently introduced their new Navtex AE- 900 receiver and the Alden Faxmate II Weather Chart Recorder. The AE-900 automatically receives all navigational notices, weather warnings, and search and rescue messages as required by the worldwide Global Maritime Distress A
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on May 1992A General Electric (GE) LM120 marine gas turbine has been installed aboard the propulsion system demonstrator (PSD) vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps' Advanced Amphibious Assault program. The turbine reportedly was successful in powering the vehicle during waterborne testing. Tests conducte
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on May 1992The contract to install a complete electrical system onboard the new ocean research ship being built for the Royal Norwegian Defense Research Institute has been awarded to the Siemens Marine Department, Bergen, Norway. The contract was awarded to Siemens, one of the world's leading vendors o
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on May 1992A senior official from the U.S. Trade Representative's Office told the American Institute of Marine Underwriters that it has neglected its responsibility to help fight foreign restrictions on American marine cargo insurance. David Beebe, chairman of the institute representing 90 percent of