Maritime Magazines Archive
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on March 1989Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas, has acquired HBC Barge, Inc., Brownsville, Pa., a shipbuilder which has constructed 4,000 barges since its founding in 1938. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. HBC Barge, located on a 43-acre site about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahe
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on February 1989Repair of the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts entailed a massive lifting exercise in which twenty 100-ton aluminum hydraulic rams operating at 10,000 psi were systematically applied to raise the damaged stern of the 3,700-ton vessel to its normal position. Bath Iron Works (BIW)
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on February 1989—Literature Available Operators and owners of ships, tankers, mobile offshore drilling units, as well as uninspected commercial vessels, should be aware of the difference between an exposure suit and immersion suit. "Immersion" suit is the term now designated by the Coast Guard to distinguis
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on February 1989—Literature Available The efficiency of evacuating high density passenger vessels with high freeboard has been greatly increased by borrowing an idea from the airline industry. Viking Life Saving Equipment has developed a marine escape slide (MES). Its operation is based on the same principle
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on February 1989Quick-Connects with polyethylene seals are now available from Swagelok Quick-Connect Co., Solon, Ohio. This new feature, along with all 316 stainless steel construction, makes the "QT" Series ideal for heavy duty, high pressure and corrosive applications where other seal materials are unaccept
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on February 1989Haynes Corporation, Jackson, Mich., recently announced the purchase of all assets pertaining to the Bendix industrial fuel injection system product line for medium to large industrial diesel engines from the Allied-Signal Aerospace Company. The systems are principally utilized on marine, locom
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on February 1989Boston Whaler's Commercial Products Division recently announced the introduction of its new 36-foot welded aluminum patrol boat, the Defiance. The Defiance is a fast, versatile, rugged and low maintenance patrol boat, designed with the enforcement officer in mind. This boat features excellent
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on February 1989The Materials and Components Group of National Forge Co., Irvine, Pa., has won contracts totaling more than $28 million from the U.S. Navy. The contracts, which specify vital military marine propulsion system components, include propeller shafts for new Aegis cruisers and spares for additio
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on February 1989A new 100-page catalog, CP2, describing the complete line of enclosed type contractors and starters has been issued by the Controls Division of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The catalog highlights Siemens World Series contactors and starters which meet or exceed the requirements of NEMA
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on February 1989Raytheon's new JFV-200 Color Video Sounder offers a wide variety of advanced multi-screen presentations, including split-screen AScope and horizontal or vertical split-screens. New, U.S. made, high technology, dual-beam transducers produce exceptional target definition and bottom discriminat
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on February 1989Kockums Computer Systems AB recently received orders totaling SEK16 million (about US$2.7 million) for the Steerbear CAD/CAM/ CIM system from shipbuilding industry. Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG in Kiel, West Germany has acquired Steerbear general design, pipe and structure to be able to han
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on February 1989Mid-Coast Marine recently completed the lengthening and modification of the fishing vessel Pegasus. Work included lengthening the 75-foot by 23- foot vessel to 90 feet by 27 feet, installing a new 940-hp Cummins main engine, new 6-inch shafting, bearings, shaft log, and four-blade stainless s
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on February 1989—Literature Offered The Zodiac Hurricane Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RIB) combines the wave cutting capability of a rigid hull with the safety features of an inflatable, creating an ideal rescue boat. Based on a design by Admiral Hoare, former director of England's Royal National Lifeboat Ins
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on February 1989—Literature Offered— Volvo Penta recently introduced the new TAMD162, a* 16-liter marine diesel, which marks an upgrading of the company's marine engine range and its entry into the market segment for workboats with engines of 400-600 hp. The robust new engine has been developed primarily f
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on February 1989L&C Associates, dehumidification specialists, recently announced the completion of the installation of an innovative dehumidification, sealing, and monitoring system for the prepositioned, general cargo ship M/V Advantage, chartered to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to carry cargo. The
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on February 1989MagneTek ALS, the flagship company of MagneTek Inc.'s recently announced MagneTek Defense Systems, has added Jeff Pease and Ed Rizzotti to its senior management staff. Serving in the positions of chief financial officer and vice president of government systems, respectively, both Mr.. Pease
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on February 1989The West German firm of J.M. Voith GmbH recently announced that British shipowners Tees Towing Co., Ltd. of Middlesborough ordered two Voith water tractors from the Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd. Shipyard. The 98-foot-long by 32-foot-wide tractors will be propelled by two size 28 G 11/185 Vo
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on February 1989A free 88-page catalog is available from The Crosby Group, Tulsa, Okla., a North American leader in forged fittings for wire rope and chain, and a subsidiary of Amhoist, which is comprised of Laughlin®, Lebus®, McKissick, National and Western. The companies manufacture every conceivable kind
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on February 1989The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn., was recently awarded a $725,951,700 fixed-price, incentive contract to build the lead submarine of the U.S. Navy's Seawolf Class (SSN-21). According to reports, the Seawolf Class high-speed attack submarine will be w
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on February 1989The Danish shipyard Burmeister & Wain recently delivered the 84,000-dwt product tanker Petrobulk Mars, the first ship in the world to be equipped with a oneman operated bridge. The vessel is classified by Det norske Veritas with the new class registration "Watch 1—Ocean Areas and Coastal Wa