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on April 1989New Orleans-based Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. recently announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent ownership of Argonaut Line, Inc., the parent company of U.S.-flag ship operator Farrell Lines, New York, N.Y. "The combination of Farrell and Lykes will be an improved service for our cu
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on April 1989400-Passenger Vessel Based On New DesignThe Warren, Rhode Island, shipyard of Blount Marine Corporation has begun the construction of a new, ultramodern design 400-passenger dinner boat for Rentacruise, Inc. To be called the Vista Jubilee, the passenger vessel is based on a new design unveile
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on April 1989New from Harris is a remote control device for its RF-3200 marine single sideband radio. Now you can mount the radio in one location and the remote control up to 125 feet away, with operation from either location The RF-3234 Remote Control Unit is now available as an optional accessory with
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on April 1989The Palermo shipyard of Fincantieri recently delivered the rail/car/ passenger ferry Logudoro to the Italian State Railways. The ferry is now in service between Civitavecchia, near Rome, to Golfo Aranci in Sardinia, and between Messina, in Sicily, and Reggio Calabria. Built to the rules of R
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on April 1989—Free Literature Available— Hamworthy Engineering has been a leading worldwide marine equipment manfacturer for over 75 years. With its own offices worldwide, Hamworthy is able to provide shipowners the assurance of the availability of spare parts and service for their equipment. Besides c
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on April 1989Aiken-Murray Corporation, New York, N.Y., is offering a free sixpage fold-out brochure and other literature on the chemical and engineering services marketed by the company. Included in the literature is an announcement by K e n n e t h J. E d - w a r d s , president of Aiken-Murray Corpora
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on April 1989The U.S. Coast Guard recently proposed extensive changes in existing regulations covering small passenger vessels because of new uses for these vessels and advances in design and technology. The proposed regulations are expected to reduce the number of injuries, lives lost and property dama
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on April 1989Raytheon's new Raynav 780 Loran- C Navigator is a rugged, commercial- quality, weatherproof unit designed, according to the manufacturer, with the most advanced technology available to bring mariners a new, unbeatable, high-level of accuracy. Yet this Loran is exceptionally easy to use and h
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on April 1989Last year, Hagglunds Marine & Offshore received orders for about 200 deck cranes. Among new orders recently announced by Hagglunds are two from Dutch yards, totaling 21 cranes; an order at the Donghae yard in South Korea and Bangkok for four 40t SWL container cranes of L-2 type; four genera
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on April 1989In the recent decentralization of Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden, Switzerland, the former business site of Superchargers has been turned into a separate company, ABB Turbo Systems Ltd., Baden. ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. ranks among the world leaders, both technically and in market terms, in the
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on April 1989MARCO-Seattle shipyard has signed a contract to build two new 135-foot steel freezer longliners for Alaska Frontier Co. of Seattle, Wash. With the continuing "Americanization" of North Pacific fisheries under provisions of the Magnuson Act, the larger foreign longliners are being taken out of
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on April 1989Sperry Marine's Rascar, the revolutionary new touchscreen control rasterscan radar/ARPA, is gaining acceptance in naval communities worldwide, according to Mike Manfredi, senior marketing representative. The ability of Rascar to rapidly acquire, lock onto, track, and predict course and speed
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on April 1989BFGoodrich Rivnut® Engineered Fasteners, a business unit of BFGoodrich Aerospace, has developed an innovative, new floating fastener designed for quick, efficient installation where a blind application is complicated by hole misalignment. The Rivnut fastener, called the Floatnut™, has a flo
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on April 1989Keeping critical engine parts cool and preventing engine wear are benefits offered by the prelube/postlube systems now available from Kim Hotstart. As pre-heaters that also lube, these systems go a step beyond the standard mechanical or automatic prelube devices on most engines. Instead of
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on April 1989A new tool for tanker chartering called New Worldscale took effect on January 1, 1989, replacing the "old" Worldscale which has lasted since 1969. No immediate rate comparisons can be made between the old Worldscale and the New Worldscale. There is no "rule of thumb" conversion factor betwe
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on April 1989Trimble Navigation, a leader and innovator in GPS and Loran technology, recently introduced the NavGraphic II GPS-Loran with optional charts. Similar to the company's classic 10X GPS system, the NavGraphic II GPS is a dual channel, slow sequencing, high performance receiver. And like its pr
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on April 1989Avondale Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, La., recently became the first shipbuilding company ever to receive the U.S. Department of Labor's highest award for healthy and safe working environments. Known as the "Star" award, the honor is given only to industries which participate in the Volu
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on April 1989The latest in Magnavox's growing line of GPS products is the MX 5400R, a "black-box" navigation receiver that provides GPS data outputs to a Magnavox MX 4102 OR MX 5102 transit satellite navigation receiver. The MX 5400R is a two-channel C/A-Code GPS receiver that receives and processes sig
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on April 1989— F r e e Literature A v a i l a b l e— With the world focusing on the clean-up of the atmosphere, rivers and lakes and the implementation/ enforcement of new Annex V-MARPOL 73/78 regulations, the maritime industry now faces a new challenge on how to handle its on-board trash and waste. Th
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on April 1989SeaArk Marine, Inc., (formerly MonArk Boat Company) Little Rock, Ark., has delivered the first five high-speed patrol boats of a 10-vessel contract to El Salvador under a $3.7-million contract, according to company vice president John Smith. SeaArk personnel will provide training in boat and