Maritime Magazines Archive
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on June 1986Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.-based Marine Travelift is offering a free fullcolor brochure on their 250-toncapacity mobile boat hoist. The 250-ton-capacity mobile boat hoist from Marine Travelift features quality construction and a singleoperator station. Color photographs in the publication display t
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on June 1986The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the State of New Jersey, and the City of New York have jointly urged Congress to appropriate $56,550,000 for five vital deepwater navigation projects in the Port during fiscal year 1987. All of the work would be carried out by U.S. Army Corps of
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on June 1986The Maritime Administration has invited proposals from interested parties to provide a vessel suitable for conversion to a U.S.-flag schoolship. It would replace the government- owned training ship Empire State, which is now operated by the State University of New York Maritime College of Fo
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on June 1986—Literature Available Drew Ameroid Marine has received two new approvals for the use of Ameroid® OWS quick separating degreaser. Ameroid OWS is a product that has exceptional cleaning properties, breaks quickly, and does not harm the operation of oily water separators or oil alarms required
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on June 1986Valmet Corporation's Helsinki Shipyard recently delivered its first passenger vessel, the Birka Princess, built for Birka Line Ab of Mariehamn, Finland. The new liner, which replaces the ferry Prinsessan that was built by Wartsila in 1966 and modernized in 1980, will operate unique 24-hour c
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on June 1986The Ship Structure Committee, an Interagency Advisory Committee dedicated to the improvement of marine structures, has recently published some new technical reports of interest to those concerned with the design and safety of ships and offshore structures. Among the new reports are the follo
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on June 1986For more than a decade, American Management System, Inc. (AMS), headquartered in Arlington, Va., has provided engineering, technical, logistics, and maintenance support services to the U.S. Navy. The company is now offering the full range of its services to commercial as well as military shi
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on June 1986—Literature Available The successful E-vac vacuum toilet systems, now found on more than 2,000 ships and offshore platforms, is manufactured by Wartsila Envirovac Systems of Helsinki, Finland. The company also produces the Orca II line of sewage treatment plants. While E-vac systems have be
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on June 1986—Literature Available Beclawat (Ontario) Ltd. in Canada specializes in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for the marine and surface transportation industries. Since 1934 the company, with its head office and manufacturing facility in Belleville, Ontario, and a sales office in M
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on June 1986The Long Beach Harbor Commission has granted the San Pedro yard of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation permission to ask the U.S. Department of Commerce for approval to become part of the Port of Long Beach Foreign Trade Zone No. 50. Such a status would allow the shipyard to import articles w
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on June 1986The Maritime Administration has announced the availability of a three-volume technical report, "Microcomputer- Based Planning System for Liner and Bulk Shipping Operators." Under a MarAd research and development contract, Temple, Barker and Sloane, Inc. (TBS) of Lexington, Mass., developed
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on June 1986—Free Program Available The 12th International LNG/ LPG Conference and Exhibition, Gastech 86, will be held in the Congress Centrum, Hamburg, West Germany, from November 25-28. The conference program is now available from the organizers as well as a registration form and booking information
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on June 1986Capt. James E. Hancock has been assigned as deputy commander/ comptroller of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), succeeding Rear Adm. Stephen F. Loftus. Headquartered in Arlington, Va., NAVSEA is responsible for the design, development, acquisition and life-cycle maintenance and moderni
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on June 1986Amhoist of St. Paul, Minn. (American Hoist & Derrick Company), recently received orders for nine revolver cranes and two large puller systems totaling approximately $33 million for its crane division from Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Placid Oil Company. Ingalls order
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on June 1986—Literature Available The Port of Iberia in Louisiana has just opened a new public dock facility, financed by appropriations from the state legislature. The new facility has been planned as a drawing card to aid in the port's efforts to diversify its resident industries and occasional users
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on June 1986According to the Annual Report of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, events during 1985 offered little to the world's shipping and shipbuilding industries, and there were few indications of any real improvements in the foreseeable future. The world merchant fleet declined last year to 416.3- mill
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on June 1986During the past four years (1982- 1985), the grand total of new commercial orders received by shipyard members of the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association (CSSRA) amounted to 62,600 gross tons, an average of 15,650 gt per year, in comparison with 106,100 gt in 1981 and 164,10
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on June 1986It is estimated there are approximately 10,000 self propelled tugs, towboats and offshore service vessels in the U.S. fleet. Add to the above 10,000 tugs, towboats, and offshore support vessels, the balance of the United States shallow draft self propelled fleet consisting of 11,000 ferrie
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on June 1986A 300-passenger catamaran to begin operating in June this year between Seattle and Victoria, B.C., will offer a fast, comfortable cruise through some of the Northwest's most beautiful waters. Built by Fjellstrand A/S in Omstrand, Norway, the 127-foot Victoria Clipper will be operated by Clip
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on June 1986Thomas Jefferson's familiar axiom that "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" has an analogous meaning beyond its historical and national value to American industrial sectors exposed to the often severe impact of federal government regulations. With apologies to our third President, the