Maritime Magazines Archive
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on April 1986The second in a series of six fleet oilers of the Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO- 187) Class under a contract with the U.S. Navy by the Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., was christened the Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) in recent ceremonies at the yard. She is scheduled for delivery in De
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on April 1986Aalborg Vaerft in Denmark recently delivered the advanced refrigerated cargo ship Skulptor Tomskij to V/O Sudoimport. Named for a famous Soviet sculptor, the 10,700 cubic meter vessel is the second of three ordered in 1984. The first was completed in November 1985 and the third is scheduled
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on April 1986M.A.N.-B&W Diesel recently published an unusually attractive new 20-page full-color brochure describing "Holeby"-manufactured generator sets. Besides describing heavy fuel generating sets and giving basic data, the brochure also addresses such topics as the "Total System Solution," and "Tot
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on April 1986The Chantiers de I'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, recently began cutting steel for the huge cruise liner under construction for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of Miami. To be named Sovereign of the Seas, at more than 70,000 grt and carrying 2,276 passengers, double occupancy, the n
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Conrad Industries, Inc. of Morgan City, La., recently completed the two-month lengthening and overhaul of a cargo vessel owned by Bahamas Ranger Limited of Nassau, Bahamas. The project was valued at a quarter of a million dollars. The cargo ship, the
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on April 1986A microprocessor-based device that monitors line tension, load position, and line speed is now available from Remote Systems Technology Inc. The device may also control line position and speed. RST's Load Monitoring/Line Payout System incorporates 16K bytes of program memory and interfaces
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on April 1986April 2 9 — M a y 1, Boston This year's Annual Assembly Meeting of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) will be held at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Tuesday, April 29 through Thursday, May 1. A Welcome Reception sponsored by the RTCM Booster Club will be held a
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed With an ever increasing number of vessels now sailing outside convenient loran C coverage, Furuno has introduced the FSN-90, a new satnav receiver with some of the most popular performance features. The FSN-90, after automatically acquiring the satellite si
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on April 1986Systems Engineering Associates Corporation (SEACOR) has been awarded contract N00140-86-D- 9457 to provide engineering and technical services in support of technical training equipment (TTE) for the Naval Sea Support Center, Atlantic (NAVSEACENLANT), Philadelphia. This is a follow-on contra
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on April 1986A new spin-on fuel filter/water separator is being introduced by the Racor Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, which fits the existing fuel filter head on almost any diesel engine. Designed for easy installation and service, Racor Spin-On filters feature a see-through collection bowl, l
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on April 1986Mid-America Marine (M.A.M.) of Memphis, Tenn., which specializes in sales and service of marine and industrial generator sets, power units and propulsion engines, has made available free literature on the products and services offered by the company. Included in the package is information o
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on April 1986Free Literature A v a i l a b le Cummins Engine Company has announced the availability of their VTA28-M diesel engine for a wide variety of marine applications. Rated 675 bhp at 1,800 rpm, the powerful, compact VTA28-M is ideally suited for continuous duty marine applications, from tugboat
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on April 1986Free Literature A v a i l a b le Cummins Engine Company has announced the availability of their VTA28-M diesel engine for a wide variety of marine applications. Rated 675 bhp at 1,800 rpm, the powerful, compact VTA28-M is ideally suited for continuous duty marine applications, from tugboat
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Raytheon Marine Company has introduced the new, multi-function RAY-410 Loudhailer, featuring twoway intercom with inputs for up to four remote stations, plus automatic foghorn with six signals, anchor bell, and more. This powerful, 25-watt hailer/lis-
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on April 1986— F r e e B r o c h u r e A v a i l a b le American Piping Products, Inc., manufactures a complete line of quick-acting spectacle blinds, featuring forged-steel bodies. They are designed for marine piping systems which cannot tolerate leakage and are commonly used for cargo segregation, iner
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on April 1986Bailey Controls has announced a $400 price reduction on its Type Smart BC Transmitter used to measure and control flow, liquid level, gauge and absolute pressure. The reduction places the microprocessor- based BC Transmitter at prices nearly comparable to those charged for conventional trans
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on April 1986Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, N.J., a world leader in the manufacture of specialty chemical and metallurgical products, is now offering complete service contracts to customers of its Chloropac® in-situ sodium hypochlorite generators for the prevention of organic fouling in circulating water
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on April 1986EDO Corporation has been awarded a $15.2-million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the production of SQR-18 Tactical Towed Array Sonar Systems (TACTAS) and ancillary support items. The contract will be performed at EDO's Government Systems Division located in College Point, N.Y.
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on April 1986As early as the 1950s, controllable- pitch propellers accounted for a substantial and steadily growing share of the propeller market worldwide. KaMeWa AB in Sweden claims to hold some 30 to 50 percent of today's CPP market, and has delivered to date more than 4,000 C-P propellers. Most of th
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on April 1986Roger L. Howsmon has been named as the new president of Perkins Engines, Inc., a major supplier of diesel engines in the U.S. and Canada and part of the worldwide Perkins Engines Group based in Peterborough, England. The announcement was made by John F. Devaney, managing director of the Per