Maritime Magazines Archive
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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 1989"Speed Reducers And Your Bottom Line—A Closer Look," is a new eight-page brochure now available from The Falk Corporation. The four-color brochure includes information on how to evaluate overall lifetime costs of speed reducers. It goes on to tell how speed reducer maintenance costs, parts r
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on October 1989One of Canada's largest shipyards, MIL-Davie, Inc., Lauzon, Quebec, has signed a three-year collective agreement with unions representing the yard's 1,800 production workers which will achieve greatly increased efficiency and competitiveness by introducing new working methods, significantly
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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 1989The Germany Navy has decided in favor of Renk Tacke gear units for the main drive of the new F 123 frigates, following the Navy service boats class 423, the fast mine sweepers class 343, and the mine hunters class 332. The propulsion plants concerned are each made up of two gear units per f
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on October 1989The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command announced the acceptance of rates offered by 16 U.S.-flag ocean carriers under its container and shipping agreements for the period October 1, 1989 through March 31, 1990. In the upcoming six-month cycle, the Department of Defense will ship approxima
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on October 1989To remain competitive in the world of shipping, vessel operators must keep their port time for loading and unloading operations to a minimum. Fast, reliable, and efficient cargo-handling gear, deck machinery, and cargo access equipment— all invaluable tools—can provide a competitive edge by
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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 1989The release of the National Association of Passenger Vessel Owners' (NAPVO) Safety and Training Program Manual has been announced by Coe Sherrard, NAPVO's president. "This document serves as a comprehensive manual to train crew members about the safe operation of small passenger vessels. It
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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 1989Ocean Shipholdings, Inc. (OSI) recently announced that two of its affiliated companies have assumed operational management of two U.S.-flag integrated tug/barge vessels under 12-year contracts with subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The two OSIaffiliated companies are Ocean C
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on October 1989Gunter J. Waehling has been named vice president and general manager of Henschel, a Newburyport- based producer of ship control and internal communications systems for naval applications. He succeeds George Curry, who retired in May prior to the acquisition of Henschel by SPD Technologies.
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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
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on October 1989The luxury superliner Queen Elizabeth 2 was recently fitted with a four-channel satellite communications terminal from Magnavox, which will provide the ship's passengers with a wide array of advanced telecommunications services, including telephone, fax, electronic mail and dial-up databases
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on October 1989The 180- by 54-foot crane vessel Big Easy is now available for salvage, wreck removal and general lift work in the Northeastern U.S., after undergoing routine hull painting at Hudson Drydock Corp. Owned by John J. Gladsky Jr. of Gladsky Marine of Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y., the Big Easy fe
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on October 1989McDermott Marine Construction has completed the deepest pipelines laid in U.S. waters. The two pipelines reached depths of approximately 1,400 feet and were installed for Conoco Inc.'s Jolliet project. The 6.5-mile 10-inch lines were installed by McDermott's Derrick Barge 28 from the Conoco'
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on October 1989William N. Johnston, former chairman and president of the American Bureau of Shipping and the ABS Group of companies died on September 7, 1989. He lived in Short Hills, N.J., and had retired on October 1, 1987, following 36 years with this 127-year-old international ship classification socie
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on October 1989The U.S. Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton, Pascagoula, Miss., jointly recognized Marotta Scientific Controls, Inc., Montville, N.J., for excellence in their production of superior quality, high-performance air/gas-reducing valve manifolds for use on board the Ticonderoga (CG4
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on October 1989Wartsila Diesel's Vasa 32 engine type has set a new record. With an 18-engine contract from the Odense Steel Shipyard of Denmark for a new container feeder vessel series, the number of Vasa 32s ordered now exceeds 1,000. This is, according to the company, more than for any other medium speed