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on July 1990Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Inc., a family-owned builder located on Bayou Lafourche outside of New Orleans, recently received a $73.4-million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed contract to construct twelve 110-foot Island Class patrol boats. The new contract is a follow-o
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on July 1990Magnavox has announced the introduction of an integrated GPS/ Transit satellite navigation system for the commercial marine market. The new MX 4102GPS is a complete dual navigation system, allowing users to make use of both the existing Transit navigation system and the as-yet-unfinished Glo
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on July 1990Founded over 30 years ago, C.W.F. Hamilton & Co. Ltd. of New Zealand has introduced a new water jet for use aboard a wide range of vessels in both the commercial and passenger boat markets. The Hamilton Model 211 has been developed through the technology of computer-aided design to provide
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on July 1990Furuno U.S.A., San Francisco, Calif., recently announced the introduction of several new products. Furuno's new FAP-55 microprocessor- controlled autopilot features five operating modes, a large easyto- read LCD display, built-in dodge steering, heading input from magnetic compass, gyro, or
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on July 1990Chandris Celebrity Cruises' newest addition, the 46,811-grt luxury liner Horizon recently made her debut in New York City following her christening and subsequent voyage from Meyer Werft's shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany. Following her New York debut, the Horizon set sail on her inaugura
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on July 1990Wartsila Diesel, Chestertown, Md., recently announced the following executive appointments: Clas-Eirik Strand has been appointed president of Wartsila Diesel, Inc., the North American subsidiary of Wartsila Diesel International Ltd., of Helsinki, Finland. He will manage all Wartsila Diesel
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on May 1990Freeport Shipbuilding & Marine Repair, Freeport, Fla., is constructing a 110-foot steel-hulled yacht designed by the late John Brever of Florida, with interior by Dallasbased CD A. The vessel will be christened Alpha Centauri when delivered to Star of Texas, Inc., founded by Dallas business
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on May 1990John J. Kelly, president of Textron Marine Systems (TMS), Division of Textron Inc., recently announced the delivery of Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)-24 to the U.S. Navy. Following remarks by Eugene E. Shoults, program manager for the Amphibious Warfare and Strategic Sealift Program (PMS
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on May 1990Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc., Whidbey Island, Wash., first entered the high-speed catamaran market in the early 1980s with the delivery of the 210-passenger M/V Klondike. Last year, the firm delivered the first wave piercer catamaran, the Nantucket Spray, built in the U.S. based on a
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on May 1990Piraeus, Greece June 4-8, 1990 Posidonia '90, the biennial international shipping exhibition, will be held in Piraeus, Greece, from June 4 to 8, 1990, at the Piraeus Port Authority waterfront exhibition center. Providing the industry with a vote of confidence, as early as mid- February ne
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on May 1990The Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries in Beloit, Wis., has been awarded contracts from Avondale Industries to supply eight 16-cylinder Colt-Pielstick PC2.5V engines, and eight 12-cylinder opposed piston engines for a reconfigured class of Navy amphibious ships. The diesel e
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on May 1990MTU North America has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy's David Taylor Research Center to supply main propulsion diesel engines and, as U.S. representative for Sweden's KaMeWa AB, waterjet propulsion units for the repowering of the Navy's 160-foot, 200-ton surface- effect research shi
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on May 1990Hover Systems, Inc. Eddystone, Pa., and Eastern Shipyards, Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently signed a licensing agreement whereby Eastern Shipyards will market and build a full range of Hover Systems air cushion vehicles (ACVs) for a multitute of maritime applications. Hover Systems craft ar
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on May 1990A new medical concept for the cruise industry has been officially introduced by Unitor Ships Service in a special presentation held recently in Miami, Fla. The new concept is designed around the medical needs of the cruise ship hospitals, offering Unitor as a one-source, quality supplier of me
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on May 1990Last year the U.S. Navy approved Hamilton Chemical Corporation's Formula #303 to protect PVC cable which normally ignites at 300 degrees F from flame and temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees F for periods in excess of 60 minutes, according to the New York-based firm. Formula #303 passed all
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on May 1990—Free Literature Available— The Computer-Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF) operated by MarineSafety International (MSI) at Kings Point, N.Y., has been selected by the British Columbia Ferry Corporation, Victoria, B.C., to assist their new construction division in assessing the ope
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on May 1990The latest world shipbuilding statistics published by Lloyd's Register (LR) show an increase of 2.3 million gross tons (gt) (21.3 percent) in new ship completions in 1989 from the previous year and up by almost 1 million gt from 1987. The total o u t p u t in 1989 amounted to 13.2 million gt
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on May 1990The Escatawpa, Mississippi, shipyard of Master Marine, Inc. has begun construction of one of the nation's largest fiberglass trawlers for operation in the Alaska fisheries. Christened the One Ocean II, the 100-foot vessel is being built for U.S. Marine Corporation, Kodiak, Alaska. She is the
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on December 1989Workboats Northwest of Seattle, Wash., recently completed a 58-foot vessel, Lady Kimberly, that can quickly be converted from longliner to seiner, crabber, and tender for owner Kodiak Island fisherman Jim Peterson. Workboats Northwest president Bruce Reagan said that while several designers
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on December 1989Marine Safety International (MSI) operates three facilities whose purpose is to study the causes of accidents, train ship personnel in a full fidelity simulator, examine potentials for human error and stress-related mistakes and look at the layouts of specific harbor and channel designs and