Long Maritime Reporter 1992 Articles

• • Crowley Maritime Celebrates 100 Years Of Service page: 64
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  A highly diversified maritime service company and owner of one of the world's largest privately-owned tug and barge fleets, Oakland, California- based Crowley Maritime Corporation is commemorating its centennial in 1992. Crowley Maritime began operations in 1892 when 17-year-old Thomas Crow

• • EUROPEAN WORKBOAT SHOW page: 40
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  On-Water Exhibition Set For June 23-25, 1992 Designed specifically for the small commercial craft industry, the 3rd European Workboat Show, which has developed into one of the largest exhibitions of its kind in Europe, has been scheduled for June 23-25, 1992, in the Port Solent development

• • Tokimec's Marine Systems Division Offers Wide Range Of Navigation Equipment page: 38
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  Tokimec is the new name for Tokyo Keiki, a leading Japanese company in composite sensing technology. For almost a century the marine systems division of Tokimec has developed new and innovative products for commercial, luxury, leisure and fishing craft. Tokimec offers marine radars, gyrocomp

• • POSIDONIA 92 page: 37
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  Biennial International Exhibition Set For June 1 -5 in Piraeus, Greece This year's edition of one of the largest and most popular international shipping exhibitions, Posidonia 92, will be held in the Piraeus Port Authority's waterfront exhibition center in Piraeus, Greece, from June 1 to 5,

• • 14 New Generation Double-Skin Tankers Being Built By Fincantieri page: 25
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  The double-hull configuration for tankers entering U.S. ports, as required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, will phase out of service a sizable number of large oil carriers built in the first half of the 1970s. This fact will stimulate the demand for safer, more technologically advanced ves

• • DOUBLE HULL UPDATE page: 23
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  New international standards for double hull oil tanker construction were recently adopted at the 32nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 32) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations agency responsible for maritime affairs. U.S. Coast Guard

• • Double Christening Held For Avondale-Built National Marine Towboats page: 21
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  Over 500 Attend Ceremonies For Viking Maritec-Designed Boats The second and third of a series of three Viking 2000 Class towboats built by the Boat Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., were recently christened in ceremonies on the Ohio River at Paducah, Ky. The 168-foot-long boats were n

• • Overlay Finish For Fiber Ropes Improves Marine Performance page: 8
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  Military specifications for fiber ropes are now going to include a finish requirement to improve the rope's performance in the marine environment. Where included in the specifications, rope manufacturers must use fibers with an overlay finish to ensure that their products provide superior p

• • RORO 92 page: 60
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  The 11 th International Conference & Exhibition For The Roll-on/Roll-off Marine Transportation Industry, SVENSKA MASSAN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20-22 May 1992 From May 20 to 22, the Svenska Massan Conference Center and Sara Gothia Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be hosting RoRo 92, the 11th bi

• • U.S. NAVY FY 1993 page: 68
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on May 1992

  New Budget Proposes Over $23.3 Billion For New Ships, Repair & Ship Equipment Total Military, Government Maritime Spending Would Exceed $30 Billion Although scaled back, the new Fiscal Year (FY) 1993 U.S. Navy budget, if approved, will offer a substantial number of market opportunities for U

• • COMMERCIAL SHIPBUILDING—DIVERSIFICATION AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR NAVY SUPPLIERS page: 71
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  Changing military requirements have highlighted the need for traditional Navy suppliers to diversify by developing a growing sales presence in the commercial marine sector. While naval shipbuilding in this country will continue to provide major new business opportunities, there clearly is a

• • ASNE DAY 92 page: 61
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  The Naval Engineer's Response To World Change Event Set For April 29-May 1, Washington, D.C. One of the largest annual naval technology trade shows, ASNE Day will address the changing role of the naval engineer in view of the "new world order." The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE

• • How The Oil Industry Did Financially In 1991 page: 83
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  — Prospects For The Future — The oil industry had a disappointing year in 1991—the combined profits of the leading 20 oil companies were more than 20 percent belowthe income earned in 1990. Total sales of the oil companies in 1991 fell by more than four percent—the first time sales have fa

• • OTC PREVIEW Offshore Industry's Largest Show Slated For May 4-7 In Houston page: 23
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  Recognized the last 23 years as the world's preeminent international offshore industry event, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will focus on the critical issues of economics and the environment affecting the international petroleum industry. The 24th Annual OTC will be held at the Ho

• • MARINE SPILL RESPONSE CORPORATION page: 35
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  The World's Largest Oil Spill Response Organization On March 24,1989, an oil tanker struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound, causing the biggest oil spill in the history of the United States. While thousands worked to clean up the spill, a small task force, organized under the auspic

• • First Spill Response Vessel Launched For MSRC By Bender Shipbuilding page: 34
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  First Component Of 16-Vessel, $188 Million Fleet The first oil spill recovery vessel in the Marine Spill Response Corporation's planned 16-vessel national fleet was recently launched at Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., in Mobile, Ala. The fleet of oil spill recovery vessels will pro

• • DEVELOPING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY page: 32
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on April 1992

  Learning From Past History This year, Congress has once again been considering national energy policy. In February, one year after President Bush proposed his "National Energy Policy," the U.S. Senate passed its package of energy-related measures, and the House of Representatives continues

• • LEADING INLAND OPERATORS SPEAK OUT page: 16
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on March 1992

  Barge Operators Assess Impact Of OPA And Future Of The Industry The repercussions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 have been felt by the entire marine industry, but no where more acutely then in U.S. inland waterway and coastal transport operations. Unlimited liability, escalating carrier

• • AWO ANNUAL page: 13
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on March 1992

  Legislative Challenges: AWO Takes Aim At Complex Issues The American Waterways Operators (AWO), founded in 1944, is the national trade association of the inland and coastal tug and barge industry, which operates a fleet of over 7,500 tugs and towboats and more than 30000 barges There are

• • OUTSTANDING CRUISE SHIPS page: 37
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on March 1992

  - A SHOWCASE - The growth of cruise passenger shipping, thought by some industry analysts in 1980s to be short-lived, has maintained its strong pace for over a decade. According to statistics released by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents 35 major cruise o

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