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on April 1992SCS Communications Services, based in New Orleans, has been organized to provide the Gulf Coast maritime industry with public relations, communications, marketing and advertising services. Albert W. Spindler, a veteran of more than a quarter century in the aerospace, maritime, offshore dril
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on April 1992Krupp MaK of Kiel recently obtained orders for the supply of complete propulsion plants for three new f e r r i e s for the Norwegian Hurtigruten-Line, to be built by Volkswerft Stralsund. Each of the ferries is to be equipped with two Krupp MaK series 6M552C main propulsion diesel engines,
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on April 1992IDB Aero-Nautical Communications, Inc. (IDB-A), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., a supplier of maritime communication services via satellite, recently acquired Ft. Lauderdale-based Ocean Satellite Television, Inc. (OceanSat), a supplier of satellite news services to the pleasure cruise industry. Under th
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on March 1992A new fuel saving system designed by Vicmar Engineering Ltd. was recently installed and tested on the starboard main engine of the M/V Seaspan "Greg", a roll-on/roll-off rail and trailer ship powered by two D399 Caterpillar engines. The main engine was monitored for a period of about a month
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on March 1992In 1989 the City of New York placed an order for the world's first built-to-order floating detention facility from Avondale Industries Shipyard. The city already has four floating detention facilities used for work-release and minimum security: two are converted Staten Island ferries and two a
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on March 1992Marioff has clearly demonstrated the superior fire protection capability of their Hi-Fog system in direct comparison tests in a simulated ship's cabin/corridor and public space. These tests were carried out over a period of three weeks at SP, the Swedish National Testing Institute. During th
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on March 1992Two Navy-designed, 65-foot, aluminum- hulled boats termed "Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support Craft, Mark 2" (EODSC MK2, for short) are presently being built by Oregon Iron Works of Clackamas, Oregon. The tasks of detail structural design and computerized lofting are being handled by Elliot
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on March 1992Seattle-based MARCO Pollution Control, a world leader in the development of marine oil spill clean-up systems, has delivered the first of two large Filterbelt modules to Batservice Yard in Mandel, Norway. These 27-foot long by 6-foot wide modules, amongst the largest ever produced, will be ins
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on March 1992Five post-Panamax size container ships will be propelled by the most powerful marine diesel engines ever ordered. Each of the 4,000 TEUplus ships booked from Hyundai Heavy Industries by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMMC) is specified with a MAN B&W 12-cylinder K90MC-C engine offering a maximum
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on March 1992Harrington Metal Fabricating and Machining Co., Inc., Fennville, Mich., recently delivered two specially modified 103.4-inch nozzles with stainless steel interior skins to Ashland Oil, Inc. for refurbishing the 3,200-hp City of Pittsburgh, which recently underwent extensive stern rebuilding an
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on March 1992The 23,400-dwt double-hull chemical tanker Conger, largest ship ever to emerge from the Kiel yard of German shipbuilder Lindenau GmbH, was nominated for the "Outstanding Oceangoing Ships Award" by MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News" magazine (December 1991 issue), and by the U.K. "Royal
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on March 1992McElroy Machine, a long time builder of custom marine deck equipment, recently announced the completion of 14 double drum, self contained, diesel driven winches to be installed aboard the Navy's "Side Loadable Warping Tugs". Recently awarded contracts include, two double anchor windlasses t
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on March 1992The Radio Holland Group, Electronic Systems, Marine, recently introduced a new Kelvin Hughes Integrated Bridge System at a demonstration at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York City. The demonstration in New York was part of a nationwide tour of the Kelvin Hughes integrated bridge systems.
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on March 1992Ships always have had to rely on their own sources of energy. The greater part of the generated energy is required for propulsion, with onboard electricity normally being produced by diesel-driven generators. The Rexroth Corporation has devised a new method of tapping propulsive power from the
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on March 1992German shipbuilder Lindenau GmbH Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik of Kiel-Friedrichsort, recently delivered the 23,400-dwt Dorsch, which along with her sister, the Conger, are the largest doublehull tankers under the German flag. Delivered to P a r t e n r e e d e r e i Dorsch c/o Carl Buttner
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on March 1992Alan C. McClure Associates, Inc., of Houston, Texas, has developed a high-speed, multi-mission work-boat for series production. The all aluminum catamaran design has a length of 36 feet 6 inches, a beam of 14 feet and a draft of 1 foot 4 inches. The boat is equipped for t r a sh and debris p
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on March 1992U.K.-based P&O recently ordered a 67,000-ton superliner from the Papenburg, Germany, shipyard of Meyer Werft at a cost of $350 million. The liner is scheduled for an April 1995 delivery. Carrying 1,975 passengers, the ship will be the first-ever luxury liner custom-built for the British cru
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on March 1992A new design oil spill recovery vessel from MARCO Pollution Control, one of the world's largest builders and designers of these type vessels, was recently commissioned by a Canadian owner. Called the Burrard Cleaner No. 9, she is the largest oil recovery vessel serving Canada. The vessel wa
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on March 1992When arranging coverage for a ship in the London market, insurance brokers will soon be able to conduct negotiations with underwriters over a computer. Already, dummy trials are being held, with live electronic placing scheduled to start in April. The Institute of London Underwriters (ILU),
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on March 1992Atlas Marine Services, Inc. of Miami, Fla., has been awarded a $ 10.8 million contract by Kvaerner Masa-Yards of Helsinki, Finland to deliver the main galleys aboard Carnival Cruise Lines' latest 70,000-ton superliners M/S Sensation and M/S Fascination. Atlas will manufacture all of the cus