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on November 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. Mobile, Ala., recently christened and launched the cruise vessel Pilgrim Belle for Coastwise Cruise Line of Hyannis, Mass. Coastwise Cruise Line's parent corporation, Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc. is also known as Hy-Line. Hy- Line operates the largest fle
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on November 1984The crane ship Titan-1 (shown above) was delivered recently at the Wartsila Turku Shipyards in Finland. Ordered by Sudoimport as the first in a series of four identical vessels, the Titan-1 is said to be the world's biggest catamaran ship, and is intended for hoisting and installation duties
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on November 1984Blount Marine Corporation has announced the completion of the Hitech Express, an extremely lightweight commuter boat built of aluminum, foam, fiberglass, and stainless steel. Making a speed of 31 mph, the vessel completed test runs in Narragansett Bay and is available for demonstration. Cer
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on November 1984Deputy Secretary of Defense William Howard Taft IV was principal speaker at the recent christening ceremony for the U.S. Navy's newest, most powerful warship, the Aegis guided missile cruiser Valley Forge (CG-50). Built by Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding division is Pascagoula, Miss., the new
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on November 1984— Literature Available Airco Welding Products has announced the introduction of the newest member of its family of Pulse Arc™ welding systems for pulsed spray transfer welding. The Pulse Arc 500 system, like the Pulse Arc 350 model, is designed around the pulsed spray process. The process a
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto, Calif., has literature available on the company's new Spin-On Fuel Filter/ Water Separator which the company says achieves levels of water separation and particulate removal that previously required two or three separate units. Under the heading "One Head I
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on November 1984Archibald G. Gillies was recently elected vice president in the executive administration of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The announcement was made by William N. Johnston, ABS chairman and president, following a meeting of the board of managers at the semiannual meeting of the inte
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on November 1984—Literature Available Alden Electronics, Inc. of Westboro, Mass., announces the introduction of a new facsimile transceiver for shipboard installations. The Alden FAX 340 III is compatible with all Group 3 systems, and operates over a variety of communications links including phone line, mic
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on November 1984—Free Literature Available Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. of Japan is offering free literature on three new products that the company recently placed on the market as a solution to the fuel quality problem—Selfjector Excellent-Series, e-HIDENS-System, and Marine Decanter Centrifuge. The att
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on November 1984Twenty-one executives of the maritime industry from nine different countries were elected members of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at the semi-annual meeting in September of the Board of Managers of this international ship classification society. The meeting was held at ABS headquart
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on November 1984Sperry Corporation has announced the development of a high accuracy, deepwater integrated navigation system for use aboard seismic exploration vessels, and is now offering this system to potential users of such equipment. Free literature is now available from Sperry completely describing th
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on November 1984—Literature Available The Salwico Controil is an infrared type oil content monitor for oil in ballast water from tankers that is notable for its ease of use and simplicity of installation, yet with sophisticated functional ability. The portable hand-held control terminal can be deployed wher
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on November 1984Veson Computer Systems of New York, N.Y., which specializes in the design and installation of computerized marine management systems, is offering a media folder that contains literature on the various specially developed shipping programs it has available. Included in the literature is an a
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on November 1984The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain (shown above) and Estaleiros Navales de Lisboa (Lisnave) of Portugal recently signed an agreement under which Lisnave will continue to provide technical support to ASRY until 1989. One of the world's largest and most experienced VLCC repa
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on November 1984A General Motors Electro-Motive Division production marine drilling power unit, incorpo- rating the EMD 20-cylinder diesel engine, has successfully completed the Det norske Veritas (DnV) 15 degree permanent inclination test. The approval of DnV applies to EMD's complete line of 8, 12, 16 and 2
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on November 1984The Seacrest Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., is aware of the importance of a modern, efficient boat in the highly competitive lobstering business. In the past year, Seacrest determined that a new, more functional boat was needed to maintain its position near the forefront of the industry. Si
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on October 15, 1984The 66,800-dwt petroleum products carrier Urania Coulouthros (shown above) was delivered recently at the Tamamo Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company in Japan to Olympos Trading Corporation of Liberia. The Panamax tanker is equipped with a crude oil washing (COW) system to permi
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on October 15, 1984Rederi AB Slite of Gothland recently placed an order with Wartsila Turku Shipyards for a high-speed car/passenger ferry. The 36,400-grt vessel with accommodations for 2,500 passengers is a sister ship to the ferry ordered from the Turku yard by SF-Line in December last year. The Slite ferry
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on October 15, 1984Shuttle tanker loading has begun from Mobil's North Sea Statfjord "C" articulated loading platform (ALP)—a completely unmanned single point tanker mooring terminal. Remote control of ALP operations resides principally with the tanker as the telemeter command unit, although the production pla
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on October 15, 1984The 41,600-dwt multipurpose cargo ship Hoegh Dyke (shown above) was completed recently by the Turku Shipyard of Oy Wartsila Ab in Finland. Ordered by the Norwegian shipowner Leif Hoegh & Company A/S of Oslo, the vessel is the third and last in a series intended to transport containers, heav