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on May 1986The Woodward Governor Company of Fort Collins, Colo., has recently published two new brochures, one on cogeneration entitled, "Control System Design Guide," and another on the advantages of modernizing turbine-control equipment called, "Retrofit/Modernize Your Steam And Gas Turbines." The "
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on May 1986Omnithruster*Canada has delivered a PV700 unit to Halifax Industries Ltd. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of a complete propulsion and auxiliary machinery package supplied by GEC Diesels Inc. of Etobicoke, Ontario, for the Canadian Coast Guard. The PV700 Omnithruster is to be retrofitted t
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on May 1986The Chemical Carriers' Association, Inc. (CCA), representing marine chemical tanker owners and operators in the United States, held its eighth annual meeting recently at the new Paramus, N.J., headquarters of the American Bureau of Shipping. The current officers, who were appointed to conti
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on April 1986The American Legion National Mechant Marine Award for 1984-85 was presented recently by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (RKA) to Dr. C.Y. Chen, chairman of Energy Transportation Corporation (ETC) of New York City, at a ceremony in the U.S. capital. This prestigious award, sponsored by the
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on April 1986"Minimizing Ship Operating and Support Cost" was the topic at a recent meeting of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Samuel Judge of the Naval Sea Systems Command spoke to 87 members and guests at Fisherman's Wharf in Hampton, Va. Among the me
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on April 1986Eastern Marine Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered a harbor/ coastal-type, Z-Drive Class tugboat to the nation's leading producer of nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. The 98-foot, 659-ton M/V Winslow C. Kelsey, built for General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division of Groton, Conn., will
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on April 1986Baltek Corporation of Northvale, N.J., has developed "AL-600," a totally new core product with a revolutionary surface treatment engineered for hi-tech vacuum bag, pre-preg and wet sandwich layup construction of boats, industrial, aerospace and military products. According to the manufacture
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on April 1986National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently announced that R.H. Vortmann has been elected president and chief executive officer of NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison- Knudsen Company, Inc. He succeeds C.L. French, chairman and chief executive officer, who retired. M
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on April 1986Saab Marine Electronics AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, is offering a free 16-page color brochure on Tank- Radar, a new complete system for monitoring liquid cargoes in tankers. The TankRadar system measures level, temperature and inert gas pressure in cargo tanks and the level in ballast and bunk
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on April 1986Aalborg Vaerft in Denmark recently delivered the advanced refrigerated cargo ship Skulptor Tomskij to V/O Sudoimport. Named for a famous Soviet sculptor, the 10,700 cubic meter vessel is the second of three ordered in 1984. The first was completed in November 1985 and the third is scheduled
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on April 1986The Chantiers de I'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, recently began cutting steel for the huge cruise liner under construction for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of Miami. To be named Sovereign of the Seas, at more than 70,000 grt and carrying 2,276 passengers, double occupancy, the n
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed With an ever increasing number of vessels now sailing outside convenient loran C coverage, Furuno has introduced the FSN-90, a new satnav receiver with some of the most popular performance features. The FSN-90, after automatically acquiring the satellite si
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on April 1986A new spin-on fuel filter/water separator is being introduced by the Racor Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, which fits the existing fuel filter head on almost any diesel engine. Designed for easy installation and service, Racor Spin-On filters feature a see-through collection bowl, l
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Raytheon Marine Company has introduced the new, multi-function RAY-410 Loudhailer, featuring twoway intercom with inputs for up to four remote stations, plus automatic foghorn with six signals, anchor bell, and more. This powerful, 25-watt hailer/lis-
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on April 1986Bailey Controls has announced a $400 price reduction on its Type Smart BC Transmitter used to measure and control flow, liquid level, gauge and absolute pressure. The reduction places the microprocessor- based BC Transmitter at prices nearly comparable to those charged for conventional trans
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on April 1986Roger L. Howsmon has been named as the new president of Perkins Engines, Inc., a major supplier of diesel engines in the U.S. and Canada and part of the worldwide Perkins Engines Group based in Peterborough, England. The announcement was made by John F. Devaney, managing director of the Per
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on April 1986— A M a r i n e Engine C a t a l og And A Passenger Vessel Brochure Cummins Engine Company, Inc. has announced the availability of their new Marine Engine Catalog, bulletin number 3382488, to provide a current compilation of their entire marine propulsion engine and auxiliary generator set
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on April 1986A new high-solids, modified phenolic epoxy tank lining system has been added to the standard range of conventional and high-performance marine coatings available from Ameron Torpedo Marine Coatings. Amercoat® 346 is a versatile tank lining said to offer excellent chemical resistance to solve
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on April 1986L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed More than 100 members of M.A.N.-B&W Diesel's worldwide four-stroke division sales force convened in Augsburg, Germany, to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the city where the diesel engine was born. The focus of their meetings, however, was not on the cit
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on April 1986The Department of the Navy has exercised an option under its current contract with Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., for the construction of a third fleet oiler of the T-AO- 187 Class. This $97.5-million award, added to the first two oilers that were ordered last year, brin