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on April 1989Seacoast Electric Company, Rye, N.Y., is offering a number of free brochures and bulletins detailing its marine shipboard cables, "Just-In- Time" computerized inventory management and distribution system and other products and services. In addition, the company also is offering a detailed tr
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on April 1989Rados International Corporation, naval architects and marine engineers of San Pedro, Calif., has been awarded a design contract by the City of Los Angeles for a new state-of-the-art fireboat. The new vessel, designated as boat #6, is being planned to prepare for the harbor's continued growth a
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on April 1989Furuno recently introduced two new dual-frequency color video sounders. The FCV-663 is Furuno's most cost-effective dual-frequency color video sounder. It features a bright, high resolution 6-inch CRT that shows returning echoes in eight distinctive colors depending on target strength. This
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on April 1989—Literature Avaialble— Jeffboat, a subsidiary of American Commercial Lines Inc., recently held a press conference to announce plans to reopen its towboat and barge construction facilities at the Jeffersonville shipyard during the third quarter of 1989. "We are looking forward to resuming
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on April 1989A 3,250-ton-capacity floating drydock, built by Conrad Industries, Inc., Morgan City, La., has arrived for service in St. Louis, Mo. Conrad Industries' CEO, J. Parker Conrad, said the unit, which was contracted for by Missouri Drydock and Repair Company, Cape Giradeau, Mo., is being used prima
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on March 1989Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., recently delivered the Baltimore Sentinel, a 63- foot-long by 20-foot beam, 150-passenger excursion boat, to Maryland Tours, Inc. of Baltimore, Md. The new vessel made the 2,000-mile delivery trip from its south Louisiana shipyard " ... absolutely tro
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on March 1989—Color Brochure Offered The first U.S. commercial SWATH (Small- Waterplane Area Twin-Hull) vessel, the 500- passenger ferry Navatek I prototype, to American Bureau of Shipping Class is being built by Pacific Marine, Honolulu, Hawaii, at Thompson Metal Fab shipyard in Vancouver, Wash. Accord
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on March 1989—Literature Available The new BETA 250 from PMC/BETA Corporation, Natick, Mass., is a dedicated, microprocessor- based marine engine analyzer that enables an operator to determine the condition and efficiency of main propulsion engines and ship service diesel generators. The company reports
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on March 1989The Annual Meeting and Spring Convention of the American Waterways Operators (AWO) will be held April 6-7, 1989, at the Washington Court Hotel, Washington, D.C. Hundreds of AWO members will attend the meeting for the election of association officers and for close interaction with decision-ma
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on March 1989The federal budget deficit, a problem of enormous scope and magnitude, has led tax administrators at all levels of government to create new and innovative ways to increase revenues. The tug and barge industry has been particularly hard hit. The states, to make up funds no longer provided by
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on March 1989—Literature Available Cargocaire Engineering Corporation, Amesbury, Mass., a leader in the development and manufacture of desiccant dehumidification systems for 50 years, recently introduced its new industrial Honey- Combe® dehumidifier model HC300. Designed to eliminate the problems of m
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on March 1989Rolla SP Propellers, Novato, Calif., internationally known for designing and producing a wide selection of advanced technology and high-performance wheels, has introduced a fast new 5-bladed geometry stainless steel propeller, the REXP5, intended for transcavitating, supercavitating and surf
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on March 1989L&C Associates, Inc. of North Hampton, N.H., an industry leader in the design and installation of dehumidification, sealing and monitoring systems for the marine market, is offering a free six-page fold-out brochure titled "The Complete Marine Dehumidification Service." The publication discu
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on March 1989Joe Gilbert, Peter Goldstern, and Gary Marlar are just three members of an exclusive 400-member group, the Penguin Club, who have survived life-threatening storms and accidents at sea with the use of Imperial Immersion Suits. Mr. Gilbert survived more than 20 hours of exposure after Hurrican
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on March 1989The American Bureau of Shipping has established a Corporate Quality Assurance Group to better address its internal QA concerns. The work of this group is separate from the established, external QA programs of ABS in which surveyors assess the quality of the production operations of builders,
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on March 1989—Literature Available KVH Industries, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets microprocessor- based electronic heading sensors and compass systems for marine, military, communications and industrial applications. Two recent KVH products are the Azimuth 314 digital compass and the Azimuth
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on March 1989Eldec Corporation, based in Lynnwood, Wash., and Dunlop Limited of England have completed formation of Dunlop-Eldec Electronics, Ltd., a new joint venture company that will operate out of Coventry, England. The company will design and manufacture electronic equipment and systems for commerc
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on March 1989Commuter Boat To Operate Between Kennedy Airport And Manhattan The Avondale Boat Division, New Orleans, La., of Avondale Industries, Inc., has received an order for a high-speed 400-passenger Surface- Effect-Ship (SES) catamaran that will be operated by Tri-State Marine Transport, Inc., in
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on March 1989—New Free Brochures Available— Twin Disc, Inc., Racine, Wis., has expanded their popular MG-516 Marine Transmission Series with the addition of the model MG-5161, and has added a deep case version to their high performance MG-5111 Marine Transmission Series. Both new high capacity, compact r
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on March 1989Palmer Internationl, Inc., Worcester, Pa., has developed two elastomeric compounds, DuraTough DP and DuraTough DL, for the repair of marine components damaged by cavitation. These compliant compounds are designed to inhibit the deterioration of metal substrates caused by cavitation and low