Long 1984 Articles

• • Mobile Marine Introduces Advanced-Design Workboat page: 12
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 15, 1984

  Mobile Marine Ltd. of Corradino Heights, Malta, recently unveiled a new design of general- purpose workboat suitable for a wide range of duties. Known as the Mobile-165 (the designation being derived from the craft's 16.5-meter overall length (about 54 feet), the boat is constructed of glass-

• • REDUCING FUEL COSTS First In a Series-Propulsion Equipment page: 20
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 15, 1984

  Diesel Engine Manufacturers Continue To Improve The Fuel Efficiency Of Their Engines In an effort to reduce fuel costs, the American marine industry has undergone a renaissance in marine engineering. The last decade has seen the deepsea U.S.-flag shipowners go from being unilateral propon

• • AWO SHIPYARDS AND THE JONES ACT page: 44
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 1984

  When President Reagan was campaigning for office in 1980, he said, "Should our shipbuilding capacity continue to decline, American mobilization potential will be seriously undermined because a large reduction in a skilled shipbuilding workforce today makes any increase tomorrow very difficul

• • OUTSTANDING OFFSHORE/SHALLOW-DRAFT VESSELS OF 1983 page: 18
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 1984

  A portfolio of the most important offshore and shallow draft vessels constructed during 1983 . . . selected because of unusual and superior characteristics of design, purpose or performance. ACTINIA Hitachi Zosen The semi-submersible offshore drilling rig Actinia was delivered in 1983

• • Modern Fuel Systems Symposium page: 10
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 1984

  Exchanges Of Experiences—Problems And Solutions—Prove Use Of Heavy Fuels In Medium-Speed Diesel Engines Is Increasing And Economical Two years ago Alfa-Laval, Inc. of Fort Lee, N.J. sponsored a symposium on modern fuel systems. This symposium was so successful that a second symposium on the

• • WEAKENING THE JONES ACT page: 6
  pablished in:
  Maritime Reporter
  on January 1984

  — A Threat To Our Competitive Position — Most of us in the water freight transportation industry do not often think of the Jones Act and related cabotage laws as having much to do with the inland segment of the barge and towing industry, although clearly the protection afforded by the Act

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