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on September 1994Market demand for more powerful machines led GE Marine & Industrial Engines' (M&IE) to expand its aeroderivative product line, resulting in the recent introduction of the LM2500+ gas turbine. With a design based on the popular LM2500, the new LM2500+ is designed to provide lower installed a
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- The German Maritime Industry page: 30
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on September 1994Although the overall market share is small (four percent based on gt; seven percent based on cgt worldwide), the German shipbuilding industry is number one in Europe and number three in the world. German shipyards are specialists in building high-tech container vessels and passenger- carryi
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on September 1994The Credit Rating and Insurance System (CRIS) — a specialized and reportedly realistically priced credit risk insurance plan, tailored to meet the debt protection and credit information needs of the international marine industry — was launched recently by designer/manager marine insurance sp
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on September 1994Legalized riverboat gaming is — according to various market indicators — primed to spread to and throughout the Northeast U.S., specifically New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. To help pave the profitable way for suppliers to the industry, the Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New
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on September 1994Controversy continues to plague the European fishing industry. Within days a so-called "tuna war" hit the headlines with ax-wielding Spanish fishermen boarding British drift netters and news broke of a spate of newbuild orders going to foreign yards amid accusations of unfair government subs
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- Designs for the 21st century page: 20
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on September 1994The U.K.'s public-funded maritime rescue organization — the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) — is well into its ambitious and costly newbuild program to replace the aging Waveney and Arun class lifeboats. Such a move is the result of much long term research and development work b
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- ANNUAL GUIDE TO FUELS and LUBES page: 38
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on July 1992To obtain the necessary improvements that will ensure the commer cial success of the newest generation of high-output engines, additives must be used in lubricants. And although the use of additives in internal combustion engine lubricating oils is nothing new, having begun over 70 years ago
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on July 1992For the investor looking at rates of return from the secondhand ship market, the 1990s should see major changes in the fortunes of players working the different fleet sectors. Taking the return generated on both trading profits (defined as time charter revenue less operating expenses) and asset
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on July 1992Drewry Expects 160 Million CGRT To Be Ordered In Next 10 Years Though current freight rates give many shipowners and financiers cause for concern and orders for new ships have slowed down, the medium to long term outlook for both the shipping and shipbuilding industries is encouraging. Not
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- NOR-FISHING '92 page: 48
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on July 1992International Fishing Exhibition Scheduled For August 11-15 In Trondheim, Norway The site of several important fishing organizations and research institutions, the city of Trondheim, strategically located in the heart of Norway's fisheries, will be the venue for one of the world's largest i
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on July 1992$5 Billion Annual Market For Shipyards Navy ship repair reaches deep into U.S. industry. Forty-five U.S. commercial shipyards, eight naval shipyards and two Navyowned ship repair facilities are involved in this business sector. However, these are only the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of m
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- DIESEL POWER page: 21
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on July 1992In response to the constant demand for improved performance and increased efficiency from vessel operators, a number of marine diesel manufacturers have either upgraded their existing engines, expanded current series or developed entirely new models. Additionally, new environmental standard
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- U.S.-FLAG CRUISING: READY TO SAIL? page: 16
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on July 1992New Gaming Law First Step In Opening Lucrative Market To U.S. Operators * Editor's Note: The Transportation Institute is a maritime trade association based in the Washington, D. C. area which represents more than 140 U.S.-flag shipping companies engaged in the nation's foreign and domestic
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on July 1992The $125 million SSC Radisson Diamond, promoted as the revolutionary cruise ship concept of the 21st century because of her SWATH technology, was recently formally christened in London at week-long festivities. Ceremonies for the 354- foot, twin-hull luxury ship were held at the Greenwich Bu
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on July 1992Conference told shipowners are being given "extraordinarily generous" credit terms for bunkers. The average bunker stem in today's shipping industry is around 700 tons per ship with a current value— at $85 per ton— of some $60,000. On an average fleet size of fourteen ships, a shipowner wo
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on July 1992In December last year, Norwegian Contractors was awarded an EPCI contract for the concrete hull of Conoco's Heidrun TLP (Tension Leg Platform). The contract includes engineering, procurement and construction of the hull and two module support beams, as well as field installation of the co
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on July 1992Detailed Federal Policies And Procedures May Be Needed To Better Monitor The Program's Performance The Federal Ship Financing Program was established by Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (Ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985). To promote the U.S. merchant fleet and encourage domestic shipbuildi
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on July 1992In mid-June, Secretary of Transportation Andrew H. Card Jr. outlined a major initiative to revitalize U.S. shipping. In explaining the proposed policy, Secretary Card said that the changes will "set a new course for America's merchant marine, one which will enhance its competitiveness and im
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on May 1992With the completion of operations in the Persian Gulf, the ships of the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), which had supported the lift of material to the operations area, are returning and will need to be deactivated. This deactivation is critically important since the proper layup of these ships wil
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on May 1992The role of towage, salvage and heavy-lift within the shipping industry is not large, but its importance far outweighs its size and it embraces an impressive and diverse range of expertise. The individual markets have undergone major upheavals over the past ten years and are set for further