Long Maritime Reporter 1987 Articles

• • Pusnes M a r i n e & Offshore Services Establishes Factory Service And Sales O u t l e t In N e w Orleans A r ea page: 74
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  — L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b l e— A/S Pusnes Marine and Offshore Services, Arendal, Norway, has recently established a factory service and sales outlet in the New Orleans area. Pusnes, Norway was originally established in 1875 to build sailing ships. While this side of the business g

• • M A N G H H Reports On Design Requirements For M o d e r n N a v a l Drydocks page: 72
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  Part II: The Critical I m p o r t a n c e O f Block Support A feature article detailing the overall advantages of MAN GHH drydock designs specifically for naval ship applications appeared in the October 1987 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News. This second follow-up article exam

• • N a t i o n a l W a t e r w a ys C o n f e r e n c e Elects Officers A n d C o m m i t t e e M e m b e rs page: 60
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  Sheldon L. Morgan of Mobile, Ala., senior vice president of First Alabama Bank, was elected as chairman of the National Waterways Conference's board of directors at the organization's annual meeting this year in Little Rock, Ark. He succeeds Rodman Kober of Chicago, vice president-transporta

• • W a r t s i l a Introduces The V a s a GD, N e w Gas-Diesel Engine page: 58
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  The latest achievement in the development of the Wartsila Diesel engine range is the Wartsila Vasa GD, a new gas-diesel engine that can operate on a wide variety of fuels, from poor quality heavy fuel to high quality hydrocarbon gases. The Vasa GD is a multifuel engine well suited for a numb

• • MAJOR N A V Y CONTRACTS page: 36
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  The following special section covers the major U.S. Navy contract awards received between the dates of July 31 through September 18 of this year. For coverage of Navy contract awards prior to these dates refer to Maritime Reporter, September 1987 issue, Naval Technology and Shipbuilding Supp

• • U.S. N A V Y BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES — A N UPDATE— page: 33
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  NAVY PROGRAM OFFERS BILLIONS IN SALES OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPLIERS The U.S. Navy has clearly become the dominant customer for marine suppliers and shipyards in this country. While the pace of new projects has slowed, Navy continues to provide a flow of new business op- portunities for shipbu

• • OUTSTANDING OCEANGOING SHIPS OF 1987 page: 10
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  This feature is a roundup of some of the most notable oceangoing ships of 1987. The editorial staff of MR/EN has selected these vessels for their outstanding design features, excellent fuel efficiency, noteworthy performance and versatile service characteristics. Besides entries from the com

• • Furuno Introduces N e w Products page: 6
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  Furuno U.S.A., Inc. of South San Francisco, Calif., recently announced the introduction of several new products. One is a new digitized daylight bright radar, FR-8030D, that packs a lot of performance features and a full 12-inch diagonal CRT into a cabinet only 13.3 inches wide. While the m

• • Farrell Calls For Presidential C o m m i t m e nt To The U.S. M a r i t i m e Industry page: 6
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on December 1987

  In an address to the National Convention of the Propeller Club of the United States recently, Joseph Farrell, president of the American Waterways Operators, called for the Republican and Democratic party platforms to include a plank to rescue the U.S. merchant marine. "Few issues face the ne