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on January 15, 1984Diesel 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
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- AWO SHIPYARDS AND THE JONES ACT page: 44
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on January 1984When 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
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on January 1984A 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
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- Modern Fuel Systems Symposium page: 10
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on January 1984Exchanges 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
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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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on December 15, 1983No matter what line of business you're in, prompt and responsive service to your clients is an absolute essential. No one recognizes this fact more than the Virginia Pilots Association of Norfolk, an organization that is continually looking for ways to improve its operations and better serve t
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on December 15, 1983The 91st Annual Meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held on November 9-12 at the New York Hilton Hotel, again drew a large attendance at the banquet, technical sessions, and at the expanded Second International Maritime Exposition, which this year saw 139 compan
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on November 15, 1983The Desire To Reduce Shipyard Production Manhours Leads Avondale To Production-Line Ship Construction During World War II, ships were built in the United States at a rate which may well have been the most productive in terms of ships per day being produced that has ever been accomplished. A
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on November 15, 1983Bulk-carrying river barges often look as if they are floating effortlessly upon the waters, but St. Paul, Minn.-based TCS Industrial knows that it takes a lot of power to handle one. Therefore, specially designed barge-moving systems are a must for any terminal dock. TCS Industrial's solutio
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on November 15, 1983International Maritime Associates, Inc., is a management consulting firm located in Washington, DC. The firm specializes in providing market analyses, competitive assessments, project evaluations and corporate planning. Recent clients include M.A.N.-B&W Diesel, Grumman Aerospace, Todd Shipyards,
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on November 15, 1983The rapid expansion of offshore exploration into regions of hazardous environmental conditions has served to illuminate the necessity for improvements in drilling equipment, performance standards, and safety regulations. As a result, Global Marine Drilling Company has established design sta
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on November 1983The first midbody section built in Beaumont, Texas, for the Navy's Military Sealift Command's Maritime Prepositioning Ship program (MPS) was recently launched. Thirteen Maritime Prepositioning Ships will be built from the keel up or converted from existing ships to join the Military Sealift
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on November 1983The S.S. Mormacsun, a tanker owned by Moore MacCormack Lines, Bulk Transport Inc., is burning $168 in fuel less per day utilizing combustion trim control systems manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Combustion Control Division, headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, according to a W
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on November 1983"Trains" of freight barges crisscrossing the world's oceans, lakes and rivers, is the goal set by the Barge Train Division of American Metal Bearing, Inc., which has announced the introduction to the commercial market of its "Flexor," a flexible steel and synthetic rubber barge connector tha
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on November 1983The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its Annual Meeting, the 91st, in conjunction with an expanded International Maritime Exposition at the New York Hilton Hotel on November 9-12, 1983. The Technical Program promises to be outstanding with presentations of 12 techn
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- OFFSHORE RESURGENCE BEGINS page: 32
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on November 1983(EDITOR'S NOTE: Last March at a meeting of financial analysts in New Orleans, Hugh J. Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO), forecast a turnaround for the offshore drilling industry by early 1984 as the result of the Department of the In
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on November 1983Construction has begun on the first of five new offshore oil-field service vessels for Argosy Offshore Ltd., a joint venture consisting of Tenneco Oil Co., Philadelphia Life Insurance Co. and Wilhelmsen of Norway. The vessels will be constructed by Moss Point Marine Inc., Escatawpa, Miss. I
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on October 15, 1983Transatlantic reinforcement and resupply would be a critical factor in the conventional defense of Central Europe. Even considering major improvements now planned in airlift and pre-positioning of materiel, the bulk of equipment and resupply would have to come by sea. In addition, the econom
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- E U R O P O R T ' 83 page: 8
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on October 15, 1983Amsterdam, The Netherlands — November 8-12 Europort '83—the largest maritime exhibition in the world—will be held from Tuesday, November 8 to Saturday, November 12. The exhibition will be held for the 21st time, in Amsterdam, using all nine halls of the newly expanded RAI Exhibition Centre
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- M/V GRAND REPUBLIC page: 26
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on October 1983Largest Addition To McAllister Brothers Fleet Delivered By Offshore Shipbuilding The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company of Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, highlighted the celebration of its 100th anniversary recently with the introduction of its new passenger/ auto ferry,