Maritime Magazines Archive
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on June 1988—Literature Available Subscribers to Watercom are discovering a unique feature of the only direct dial, marine telecommunications system available. They're discovering that Watercom operates with facsimile (FAX) machines. Prior to the advent of Watercom, essential vessel information had to be
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on June 1988A highly sensitive pressure reducing regulator from Circle Seal, called the PVR Series, is said by the manufacturer to be ideal for corrosive or ultra pure fluids. Its design, featuring a large diaphragm and small seat, provides performance equal to constant bleed type regulators. Made with a
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on June 1988A drydock built by Conrad Industries, Inc. of Morgan City, La., has arrived for service in Pointe-APitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Chief executive officer J. Parker Conrad said the 650-toncapacity structure contracted by Naval Drydock Guadeloupe will be used to drydock and repair both
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on June 1988The Ward Machinery Company of Cockeysville, Md., manufacturers of components and systems for the military and commercial markets, is offering a free 12-page, full-color brochure describing the company's facilities and capabilities. Discussed are the precision machining Ward can perform in it
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on June 1988—Brochure Offered As part of a joint effort of the Portland Metal Trades Council and the Port of Portland Ship Repair Yard (PSRY), a "Pride Program" has been instituted at the yard to instill pride and confidence in workers as well as call attention to Portland's shipbuilding and ship repair
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- Spare Parts Amendment Passes House page: 81
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on June 1988The House of Representatives recently passed the Marine Machinery Association's amendment to the FY89 Department of Defense Authorization bill requiring that critical spare parts for ships meet the same qualification standards and quality control levels as the originals. As originally drafte
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on June 1988A new indicator switch for use with normally closed, miniature airactuated bellows valves is now available from Nupro Company, Willoughby, Ohio. The switch threads into the top of the actuator. It activates when the valve is open, sending an electrical signal to another component such as a
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on June 1988McElroy Machine and Manufacturing Company of Biloxi, Miss., is now offering a free 47-page brochure package on its line of deck machinery. The package includes dimensional drawings and technical data on some of the products within McElroy's manufacturing range such as fishing winches, capst
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on June 1988Electrocatalytic, Inc., has announced the purchase of the Seltech Group businesses including DEM (Dished Electrode Membrane) Cell Process Technology from Steetley Engineering Limited, West Midlands, England. DEM Cell products will be manufactured in Electrocatalytic's plants in Portskewett,
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on June 1988The Waugh Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is offering free color brochures on its Acra-MoldTM Acrylic Head Modules and Rockwool (TNF) Joiner Systems. The Acra-Mold Acrylic Head Module is manufactured by Waugh as a one piece, seamless unit, which is prefabricated to include all plumbing and electri
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on June 1988Diesel Engine & Fabricating Co., Inc. (DEFCO) of Houston, Texas, one of the world's largest precision remanufacturers of GM EMD, Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar engines, has published a free full-color brochure on the products and services offered by the company. DEFCO remanufactured engines
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on June 1988Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. of Mobile, Ala., has completed a major reconstruction of a fish processing vessel for Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation of Seattle. The redesigned Seattle Enterprise is one of only four U.S. vessels capable at sea of transforming fish, primarily Alask
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on June 1988The often time-consuming and costly task of fluid power system troubleshooting can be greatly simplified by using the four "tools" provided by nature: sight, smell, hearing and touch. Aeroquip Bulletin 2027A, a practical, easy-to-read manual for equipment operators or maintenance personnel,
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on June 1988—Literature Available Leslie Controls, Inc., is launching its new Class DLO-1 Series 80 line of diaphragm control valves that provide higher overall flow capacity, size for size and at lower initial cost, than competitive models now on the market. The new Series 80 model is a single- seated
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on June 1988The Henrietta II, a 85-foot by 26- foot passenger vessel built by Superior Boat Works of Greenville, Miss., is now offering sightseeing luncheon and dinner cruises on the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, N.C. The vessel is homeported in Wilmington and is owned by Cape Fear Riverboats, Inc.
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on June 1988—Brochure Available Marathon LeTourneau of Houston, Texas, recently introduced its new GulfKing™ class offshore jackup drilling rig, a rig designed for the Gulf of Mexico. The new GulfKing class jackup offers many of the proven features found in the popular LeTourneau 116 class jackup, plus
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on June 1988First Two Ships Of N e w Class Of Five American President Lines (APL) recently christened two 902-foot containerships of a new class of five vessels at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, West Germany. The fuel-efficient C-10 Class ships, each capable of carrying the equivalent of 4,
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- World Shipbuilding page: 64
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on June 1988World shipbuilding orders in 1987 rose to an estimated 13.5-million gross metric tons from 12.7-million tons in 1986, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping Annual Report. This was an optimistic sign, reversing a three-year decline in the shipbuilding industry. However, figures published
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- REVIEW AND OUTLOOK page: 62
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on June 1988Although 1987 was by no means a banner year for our shipbuilding, ship repairing and allied industries, it did have some positive aspects that portend well for the future. The Order Book total, i.e. vessels under construction and on order, at the end of 1987 was 63,820 GT, a 58% increase ove
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on June 1988A recent report from the AWO (American Waterways Operators, Inc.) detailed the current situation regarding the Highway Diesel Tax. The AWO reported that during Omnibus Budget Reconciliation talks last year, Congress changed the highway tax collection procedures from collection at the pump to