Maritime Magazines Archive
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on February 1989Sperry Marine Inc. of Charlottesville, Va., has published a six-page full-color brochure on RASterscan Collision Avoidance Radar (RASCAR) The brochure explains that Sperry Marine's revolutionary new RASCAR is a series of radars and AR- PAs designed to meet or exceed all SOLAS and type-approv
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on February 1989Free Literature Available Fire aboard ship is a major emergency, no matter how small the fire. On a very small ship the crew can usually escape overboard should the fire get out of control. On a large ship, however, the situation is far more serious and difficult. Passengers and crew may f
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on February 1989Montreal, Canada, February 20-21 The Canadian Maritime Industries Association's (CMIA) 41st Annual Technical Conference will be held at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel on February 20-21, 1989. "As a result of the resounding success of the Canadian Shipbuilding & Offshore Exhibition, we ha
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on February 1989PACECO Corporation is now a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Corporation after MES acquired all of the patents, drawings, trademarks and technology, as well as license agreements, including the name PACECO from the Fruehauf Corporation. From its new headquarters in San Mateo,
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on February 1989Under a recently awarded $1.4- million U.S. Navy contract, Caterpillar Inc. will develop a highly specialized mine plow for the Marine Corp's Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) in a two-year program. Managed by the Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Fla., the contract covers design, ma
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on February 1989A series of recent moves has resulted in a number of significant changes in the Marine Electric organization, a leading manufacturer and supplier of the product lines of Galbraith Pilot Marine (temperature monitoring, salinity monitoring, audio equipment); CML-Macarr (power supplies, wide ba
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on February 1989Unitor Ships Service AS recently reported that its major stockholder, Hafslund of Norway (a major power, paper and medical holding company), has successfully completed the sale of its 44.5 percent share in Unitor to a number of individual Norwegian and U.K. investors and funds. Unitor expre
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on February 1989Federal, state, and local government officials recently gathered at the new North Carolina Department of Transportation Marine Maintenance Facility in the coastal community of Manns Harbor to commemorate the shipyard's official opening. The $13.6-million complex replaces an old facility tha
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on January 1989Marinette Marine Corporation recently delivered the last of 20 Yard Patrol (YP) training boats to the Naval Sea Systems Command. Thirteen of the YPs were delivered to the Annapolis Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and seven were delivered to the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport,
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on January 1989The Arctic Storm, originally a U.S. Navy tanker built in 1943 in Tacoma, Wash., has been converted into what is now the largest U.S. factory trawler. The 5,000-gross-ton vessel, 328 feet long with a 48-foot beam, was converted by Wright-Schuchart Harbor Company of Seattle in combination with
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on January 1989Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Power Systems Division was recently appointed an authorized distributor by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation. The division will sell and service the EMD Diesel Engine Power Products exclusively in a 17-state U.S. East Coast area and all o
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on January 1989Mark Partin, chief executive officer of Quality Shipbuilders, Inc., Moss Point, Miss., recently announced the following changes within the shipbuilding firm. Jack Edwards is now president and coowner of the firm which has changed its name to Homeport Marine Services, Inc. Mr. Edwards joined Q
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on January 1989Marine and Offshore Inspection Services, Inc., a new inspection service, has been established to fill the void created when responsibility for inspection of fixed offshore structures was shifted from the U.S. Coast Guard to rig/platform owners and operators. Peter J. Hill, president of the New
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on January 1989—Literature Available A new firm, MCR Engineering Company, based in East Walpole, Mass., founded in July 1988 by Stuart Robinson and Tom Mack, now provides service and parts support for CP propellers, thrusters and control systems. Herb Reinert and Bob Bergquist have since joined the compan
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on January 1989Universe Tankships (Del.), New York, N.Y., a division of National Bulk Carriers, has installed a microcomputer "NTC Ship Manager" software system furnished by Nautical Technology Corp., also of New York City. The multiship office system provides a fully integrated, self-contained materials
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on January 1989—Free Literature Available Hopeman Brothers of Waynesboro, Va., recently announced that it was named the exclusive U.S. representative and distributor for joiner products manufactured by IMAC of Helsingborg, Sweden. IMAC, is one of the world's leading suppliers of joiner bulkhead panels, do
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on January 1989Rope, one of the oldest tools known to man, is also one of the most versatile tools available to man, but only in the hands of a professional user. In the hands of a novice, rope becomes a single purpose item, misused more often than used effectively. The objective of this article is to addr
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on January 1989—Free Literature A v a i l a b l e— Atlas 8630 VTC, a new modular 16-inch Rasterscan radar with integral keyboard facilities specifically designed for vessel traffic control applications, was recently introduced by Krupp Atlas Elektronik. Suitable for either stand-alone operation or installa
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on January 1989Because low water levels frequently cause major problems for vessels navigating on inland waterways, the West German firm of Schottel developed a new propulsion concept, the Schottel Pump- Jet, which provides propulsion power even in shallow waters. After extensive tests had been conducted
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on January 1989—Literature Available A new line of corrosion-resistant, compact pneumatic actuators for Jamesbury quarterturn valves is now available from Jamesbury Corp. According to the manufacturer, type SP actuators revolutionize actuator performance by combining superior corrosion resistance, fewer m