Medium Maritime Reporter 1990 Articles
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on August 1990The 29-foot, 12-passenger Ootsa Ranger, powered by twin Cummins engines and Hamilton waterjets, was recently delivered by British Columbia, Canada, builder Argo Marine Ltd. to Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd., Kitimat, B.C. The vessel will be used to ferry loggers to timber harvesting sites.
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on August 1990Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, La., announced recently that its marine division, Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., added ten crewboats and one supply vessel to its domestic fleet. All of the vessels will be based on the U.S. West Coast. "By acquiring high quality, used vessels, such as these, Ti
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on August 1990North American passenger vessel operators now have access to catamaran designs of one of the world's largest and most experienced catamaran builders, because of an agreement between Westamarin A/S, the Trinity Marine Group, and Scandinavian Catamarans, Inc. Westamarin A/S, Mandal, Norway, w
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on August 1990The recently delivered luxury cruise liner Crystal Harmony is the latest ship to be fitted with an advanced multi-channel marine satellite communications system. A Magnavox multi-channel SatCom station was fitted on the Crystal Harmony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan
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on August 1990Furuno, makers of some of the world's finest marine radars, recently announced a new heavy duty, commercial line of rasterscan radars/ ARPAs designed to fully meet IMO regulations for installation aboard all classes of vessels. Ten different models are available with a large variety of perfo
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on August 1990Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), a subsidiary of the American Ship Building Company, recently delivered two 260-foot specially configured Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/ RO) barges to Allied Maritime Management organization, a subsidiary of Seaworthy Systems, Inc., at its Nashville, Tenn., yard, fo
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on August 1990Moss Point, Mississippi-based Homeport Marine Services recently ; delivered the 195-foot, U.S.-flag fish i tender Eastern Wind to Arctic Alas- • ka Fisheries, Inc., Seattle, Wash. She is the first of a series of two under construction at the yard for the U.S. owner. Designed as an oceangoing
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on August 1990The Coast Guard recently announced final regulations designed to ensure the safe design, installation and operation of marine vapor systems on tank vessels and at marine facilities. During loading or ballasting of tank ships or tank barges, the liquid entering the tank displaces vapors with
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on August 1990Wartsila Diesel has announced the following new personnel appointments: Chestertown, Md.—Gary Fesenbek has been appointed materials manager for Wartsila Diesel's North America operation. He will be based at the headquarters office in Chestertown. Max Haga has joined the Chestertown office a
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on August 1990Megayacht style and luxury have come to houseboats with the construction start of the Webb Tide II, a 124-foot, all-aluminum houseboat/ yacht designed by David Carambat Marine Design, Covington, La. The trend-setting boat is now under construction at Freeport Shipbuilding, Freeport, Fla., fo
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on August 1990Ansul Fire Protection, Marinette, Wise., has introduced a new 3-percent alcohol-resistant concentrate firefighting foam, Ansulite 3X3, for both polar solvent and hydrocarbon fuel fire applications. Because new Ansulite 3X3 is multifunctional, vessel owners are no longer required to dedicate
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on August 1990The National Waterways Conference, Inc., advocates fair and evenhanded Federal navigation policies. It is the only waterway organization which directs practically all of its resources into the policy arena, working for adequate funding for navigation projects without repressive user taxes or
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on August 1990The National Waterways Conference's officers are generally considered among the leadership of the inland waterways industry. NWC's board of directors consists of 75 members, serving staggered three-year terms and representing five membership categories: water carriers, waterway shippers, shi
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on July 1990Marco Shipyard of Seattle recently christened the 140-foot freezer longliner Emerald Queen in ceremonies for Emerald Overseas Company, also of Seattle. The fourth North Pacific freezer longliner to come out of the Marco Shipyard in the past two years, the Emerald Queen was also the yard's s
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on July 1990Textron Marine Systems (TMS), a division of Textron Inc., headquartered in New Orleans, La., was recently awarded a $6.5-million contract for the construction of two Surface Effect Ship (SES), multipurpose fireboats for New York City. The announcement was made by TMS president J o h n J . K
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- Allied-Signal 'Spectra Shield' Panels For Marine Vessels Offer Maximum Ballistic Protection page: 64
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on July 1990Spectra Shield®, a patented ballistic technology from Allied-Signal Inc., is now being specified to be the critical reinforcing material for the hulls of some Coast Guard and other patrol vessels used to prevent the influx of drugs into the U.S. Because criminals today are often equipped wit
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on July 1990COMSAT Mobile Communications is upgrading its Southbury, Conn., coast earth station to provide communications access to a second INMARSAT satellite over the Atlantic Ocean that will offer maritime, aeronautical and international land-mobile customers coverage in a fourth ocean region planned
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on July 1990Over the past year, Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has been awarded three separate contracts for repairs and maintenance to eight 110-foot Island Class patrol boats. The repairs have consisted of general maintenance such as sandblasting and painting of underwater tanks, sewage t
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on July 1990ABB Marine has signed a $50- million contract with the Merchant Shipbuilding Division of Fincantieri in Trieste, Italy, concerning the delivery of the electrical propulsion and power systems for three 50,000- grt cruise vessels under construction for Holland America Line (HAL). Each vessel w
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- $13-Million, Five-Boat Contract Completed By Moss Point Marine With Delivery Of Tugs To Jordan page: 58
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on July 1990The Trinity Marine Group has completed a five-boat, $13-million contract with the delivery of two 106-foot docking tugs from Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., to the Jordan Ports Corporation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The new tugs, Amman and Aqaba, are each 106.5 feet in l