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on May 1989Jeffboat recently announced the signing of a $3-million contract with Hines, Inc. to construct three large river-tank barges. The contract will accelerate plans to resume manufacturing at the Jeffersonville, Ind.- based shipyard. Construction of the 300-foot by 54-foot tankers is scheduled t
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on May 1989Halter Marine, Inc., of the Trinity Marine Group, has completed a three-boat contract with the delivery of two identical 101-foot, allaluminum crew boats to Marine and Transportation Services, Saudia (LTD) Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The new boats, the Atco Marwa and Atco Daina, are now working fo
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on May 1989Mid-Coast Marine recently delivered the 88-foot combination crabber- tender Controller Bay, designed for Southeast Alaska. The new Mid- Coast boat was designed and built for Dick Miller and Dennis Freed of Seattle. Her length overall is 88 feet 2 inches, beam 25 feet 8 inches and molded dept
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on May 1989For over 14 years, Universal Marine Medical Supply Co., with its main headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., has served the marine industry, both the commercial and naval sectors, with a reliable, economical and efficient distribution system for marine medical supplies. Founded in 1975 by Dr. Juliu
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on May 1989Hawaiian Tug & Barge Corporation have ordered delivery of a 2,560-bhp ship-berthing tug from J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Wash. The new tug, designed by Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, is scheduled for completion in September 1989, and will be put into ser
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on May 1989—Brochure Available— The Brooklyn, N.Y., facility of the New York Shipyard Corporation recently completed shaft repairs and exterior work on the P&O Cruises Ltd. passenger vessel Dawn Princess. New York Shipyard completed the drydocking of the 606-foot, 925- passenger vessel in 17 days. T
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on May 1989The National Association of Passenger Vessel Owners (NAPVO), which represents the interests of more than 360 passenger vessel companies, recently announced that it intends to thoroughly review and provide comments to the Coast Guard on the recently proposed revision to "Subchapter T," the fe
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on May 1989—Brochure Available— SEA, Inc., a unit of Datamarine International, Inc., makes its entrance into the VHF marine radio market with the introduction of the SEA 156 VHF marine radio. Continuing a tradition started with the SEA 223 HF/SSB radio, the SEA 156 incorporates userfriendly software
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on May 1989Due to the general advancement of technology in our society, boating has become a continually safer sport. Nowhere are recent advancements in marine lifesaving equipment more significantly demonstrated than in the design and construction of modern inflatable life rafts. Thus, today the safety-
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on May 1989Genset Performs Well In Shock Tests The first of Allison Gas Turbine's new generator sets has been shipped to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, for installation in the lead ship of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Class destroyers. The model AG9130 ship service gas turbine generator will
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on May 1989President of Raytheon Marine Company Stanley L. Clark recently announced that Michael J. Mitchell has been promoted to marketing manager, North America, with responsibilities for marketing all marine products in the U.S. and Canada. Formerly North American sales manager based in Seattle, Wa
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on May 1989Coast Engineering & Manufacturing Company (CE&MCO), formerly PACECO, Inc., has announced the retirement of Robert D. Teece Sr., as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Mr. Teece will continue to serve on CE&MCO's board of directors and as senior executive consultant
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on May 1989SPD Technologies, Philadelphia, Pa., has been awarded the contract to produce a special-design electric plant control panel for installation in the first of the U.S. Navy's new Seawolf Class nuclear submarines. The contract was awarded by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, prime
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on May 1989Datrex, Inc., Miami, Fla., has introduced the U.S. Coast Guardapproved/ SOLAS 74/83 Hammar H20 two-year disposable hydrostatic release for commercial marine inflatable life rafts. Datrex reports the new Hammar H20 release is safe, reliable, and through simplicity of design, offers a substan
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on May 1989Sperry Marine Inc., Charlottesville, Va., and Philips GmbH Unternehmensbereich Systeme und Sondertechnik, Kiel, West Germany, recently announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for jointly pursuing the ESM/ADF system requirements of the new Federal Republic of Germany U212 submarine
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on May 1989The U.S. Navy has selected the Bailey Controls' Network 90® distributed control system and field equipment for its YTT-9 Torpedo Test Craft. The craft will perform acceptance tests for advanced undersea weapons systems. Network 90 will provide control, monitoring and alarm functions for crit
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on May 1989Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., Pasca- goula, Miss., is preparing to deliver the lead vessel of the new amphi- bious assault ship class, the USS Wasp (LHD-1), for delivery to the U.S. Navy. The Navy expects to take delivery of the Wasp shortly, and commission her into the fleet July 29 in Norfol
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on May 1989Alden Electronics, Inc., Westborough, Mass., recently announced the introduction of the Marinefax TRIV, a complete weather information center capable of receiving weather and oceanographic charts, as well as Navtex and radioteleprinter data. Navtex as a marine information service for a varie
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on May 1989Communicating to or from a cruise ship used to be a complex and time-consuming task. Traditional high-frequency (HF) radio calls take time to place and once achieved, connections can be impaired by bad weather and calls often fade in and out. Moreover, since anyone with a receiver can tune
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on May 1989Directions In Design (DID), Inc., a St. Louis, Mo.-based ship interiors firm, has recently completed the redesign and interiors installation of two sister ships, the Huck Finn and the Tom Sawyer, both operated by Gateway Riverboat Cruises, Inc. and berthed on the St. Louis riverfront. DID's