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on June 1985There is an element in our political tradition which holds that government is, and appropriately ought to be, the parent of industry. All protestation to the contrary government, like a parent, has the capacity to nuture, encourage, build up, level, discourage or ruin industry—its child. One
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on June 1985A conclusion stated in the 1983 Annual Report as to the prospects that commercial merchant marines will not, in the future, meet national security requirements and a statement of the maritime problem that must be solved both remain valid. They are: "CONCLUSION—Due to dramatic shifts both in
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on June 1985A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA In my message in the 1983 Annual Report of the Shipbuilders Council, I discussed as a major problem the growing divergence between available maritime assets and those required to meet national security demands. The discussi
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on June 1985Editor's note: The following report is reprinted from the 1984 Annual Report of the Shipbuilders Council of America that was released in April, 1985. For the shipbuilding and shiprepair industries, 1984 was a year in which "holding ground" was a primary operative phrase. The present polic
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on June 1985This article deals with the potential for new business from the current U.S. Navy program. However, as most readers are aware, since the mid-60's, all U.S. Navy new construction work must be conducted in private shipyards. In addition, aside from about 5,000 U.S. Navy and government ships,
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on June 1985Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. of Tokyo recently conducted a seminar and a reception at The Nippon Club in New York City to introduce to the American market its newly developed UE-LA Series of extralong- stroke marine diesel engines. Attendees included management personnel from shipowning
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on May 15, 1985Manufacturers of shipboard electronics equipment continue to improve their products in an effort to make navigation more precise and safer, and to provide easier, faster communications—both on a costeffective basis. The editors of MR/EN asked the manufacturers and suppliers of marine naviga
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on May 15, 1985In mid-March, Mighty Servant 3 began a 14,400-mile voyage from Bremen, West Germany to San Francisco, Calif. This heavy-lift ship, operated by Wijsmuller Transport B.V., Ijmuiden, Netherlands, transported the 25,000-ton-lift-capacity floating drydock Mission Bay to Continental Maritime of Sa
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on May 1985Manufacturers of marine coatings and other corrosion-fighting systems continue to improve their products and services, with much emphasis on reducing costs, both of the products and their application, and by extending drydocking times. The fuel-saving, self-polishing copolymer antifoulants
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- WHERE'S THE PORK BARREL? page: 34
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on May 1985Experts in the media and in the government who bother with the matter at all, like to characterize the domestic waterways industry as the "pork barrel industry." It must be great fun for journalists and other critics to glibly caricature a greedy parochial politician with his face stuck in t
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- WORLDWIDE SHIP REPAIR page: 22
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on May 1985The health of the world's shiprepairers is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the world's shipowners: when it's bad for the owners it's bad for the repair yards. The long recession has had a marked effect on the shiprepair yards around the world, but at long last there seems to be a gl
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- SNAME SPRING MEETING/ STAR SYMPOSIUM page: 12
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on May 1985Norfolk, Virginia—May 21-24 The 1985 Spring Meeting/STAR Symposium of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) will take place May 21-24 at the Omni International Hotel, located right on the waterfront in Norfolk, Va. The meeting will be hosted by the SNAME Hampton Roa
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on April 1985Emulsion Fuels International, Inc. (EFI), New York, N.Y., a leading developer of products that enhance fuel efficiency, has entered into a supply agreement with Performance Chemicals Division of Exxon Chemical Americas of Houston, Texas, a leading manufacturer of a wide range of petrochemica
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on April 1985The H-3 Research & Development Group, Ltd. of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has announced the design of its new super fast patrol boat developed by Edward H. Heinemann, world-famous and innovative designer of airplanes and fast patrol craft. The H-3 (shown above) is a water jet, three-engine vess
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on April 1985The Dow Chemical Company has announced a modular air separation system based on its advanced membrane technology. The new GENERON ® systems produce 95-99 percent nitrogen and, according to Dow, are simple and safe to operate. As a consistent source of enriched nitrogen, the systems are expec
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- BMV Maskin A.S. Introduces New Engine page: 106
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on April 1985BMV Maskin A.S. has introduced a new heavy fuel burning diesel engine for marine propulsion and auxiliary use as well as for shore side power generation. This new engine, designated the B type, has been undergoing intensive testing at the Bergen Diesel factory since September 1984. The engin
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on April 1985Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI), of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., had a tall order with a tight deadline: build a series of ships for the US Navy and provide the entire set of construction drawings in digital data form. The problem was that the drawings had been created manually, and re-creating them in
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- Gulf Coast Shipyards page: 78
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on April 1985A Facilities Review ALUMINUM BOATS Aluminum Boats, Inc., is a new shipyard in south Louisiana that is rapidly earning a reputation for high-quality construction and repair of aluminum boats at reasonable prices. As the name indicates, the shipyard specializes in the construction and repai
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on April 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point shipyard near Baltimore recently christened and delivered its second reconstructed maritime prepositioning ship. The RO/ R0 vessel was named the Pfc. James Anderson Jr. in honor of the Vietnam war hero who was a posthumous recipient of the Congres
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on April 1985A recently released statistical study of weather-related ship casualties shows that the use of oceanrouting services substantially reduces casualty rates. Performed by a statistician from Stanford University, the study examined more than 150,000 crossings of the North Atlantic and North Paci