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on September 1986The biggest application to date of the Aquamaster azimuth propulsion units manufactured by Hollming Ltd. Engineering Works in Rauma, Finland, is in a 5,000-dwt selfunloading cement carrier built by Sahab Shipyard in Malaysia for Perbadanan National Shipping Line of Kuala Lumpur. The bulk ca
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on September 1986Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., recently completed the 149-passenger, 77-foot, highspeed commuter ferry Port Imperial, said to be the first high-speed commuter ferry built for a Manhattan area run. Designed and built from Blount's patented concept of hull construction, it was deli
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on September 1986Conversion of Matson Navigation Company's RO/RO trailership Matsonia to a combination RO/RO and LO/LO container carrier is prolressing on schedule as the 236- ton keel unit of the ship's new midbody section was placed on the building ways at Todd Pacific Shipyard in San Pedro, Calif. This is
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on September 1986Patti Shipyard, Inc. of Pennsacola, Fla., is well known as a builder of towboats, crabbers, tugs, and fishing trawlers. Within the past two years, however, Patti has delivered two 800-passenger excursion vessels to Roberts River Rides in Dubuque, Iowa, and two additional passenger vessels ar
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on September 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation, headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., recently reported a profitable fiscal 1987 first quarter and the appointment of two Todd executives to top management positions. Following the retirement of J.T. Gilbride chairman and chief executive officer, at a meeting held im
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on September 1986Meyer Werft of Papenburg, West Germany, recently delivered to the Directorate General of Sea Communication of the Republic of Indonesia the Kelimutu, the fifth passenger vessel built by this yard for Indonesia during the past three years. During the delivery ceremony held at the shipyard th
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on September 1986The fiberglass excursion and charter fishing vessel Nautilus II was completed recently by Westport Shipbuilding, Inc. of Westport, Wash., and delivered to Meatball Bait Company of San Francisco. Designed by naval architect Jack Sarin of Bainbridge Island, the 75- foot boat will be used by ow
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on August 1986The well-known Cousteau Society oceanographic research vessel Calypso recently underwent a major refurbishing at the Merrill Stevens Dry Dock Company in Miami, Fla. The vessel's engineers and mechanics installed two Cummins KTA19- M diesels, along with Twin Disc reduction gears, and new shaf
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on August 1986Officials of McDermott Shipyard and American Dredging Company of Camden, N.J., recently celebrated the keel-laying for a 294- foot, self-propelled, diesel-electric, split-hull hopper dredge at McDermott's Morgan City, La., yard. Scheduled for completion by March 1987, the trailing dredge, w
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on August 1986Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Escatawpa, Miss., has been awarded a contract to build a 121-foot, multipurpose vessel for use by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska. The all-steel boat, designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants of Seattle for operations in the Bering Sea and Southern Alas
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on August 1986Bay Shipbuilding Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently attained three major milestones in the construction of three D-7 containerships being built for Sea-Land Service. Hull 735, the first of the 710- foot vessels in the series, was floated out of Bay's 1,158-foot graving dock and ber
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on August 1986Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., has completed the all-steel, 105-foot harbor tug, Paz, to the Panama Canal Commission, Republic of Panama. Original construction was begun by another shipyard which did not complete the vessel due to inclement weather and a decision by its management
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on August 1986The Petrojarl I, said to be the world's first purpose-built, floating offshore oil production and testing system, was completed recently at the Tsurumi Works of Nippon Kokan (NKK) in Japan and delivered to K/S Petrojarl A/S. The vessel will enter North Sea service this summer, operated by Go
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on August 1986—Literature Available— As another element of safety of vessels at sea, all ships of more than 300 grt must be equipped with one of the relatively new Navtex receivers by February 1, 1990. Navtex is a 24-hour warning system that transmits a broad range of navigational and weather information
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on August 1986The submersible barge/drydock Rio Manzanares designed and built by Conrad Industries, Inc. of Morgan City, La., for the Republic of Venezuela, left the port recently under tow to its South American home port of Guanta. The unusual vessel was accepted on behalf of Venezuela by Capt. Jesus Enriq
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on August 1986—Literature Available A compact, microporcessor-based monitoring system that measures cable tension, line position and speed of submerged mooring lines is available from remote Systems Technology (RST), a subsidiary of Baldt Inc. The electronic Load Monitoring/Line Payout System indicates val
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on August 1986In order to meet the long-term needs of the petroleum industry more effectively and provide a broader service base, SeaForest Holdings Limited of Newfoundland, through its subsidiary, NORDCO Limited of St. John's, and Gotaverken Arendal Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Gotaverken Arendal AB of
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on August 1986Capt. C.J. (Jerry) Wages, USN (Ret.) has joined MarineSafety International, New York, N.Y., as director of a new simulator training center to be established at Newport, R.I., for senior and intermediate level line officers attending the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) at
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on August 1986Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., recently launched the YP 683 first of the 20 Yard Patrol boats under contract to the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command. This YP was the first woodhull vessel launched at the Marinette yard since 1943 when the company launched the 192-foot whi
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on August 1986Tidewater Marine Services, Inc. of New Orleans, the marine subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., has announced the major upgrading of its towing/supply vessel Hatch Tide by McDermott Shipyards in Morgan City, La., for service in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico as industry conditions improve and drillin