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on April 1986Eastern Marine Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered a harbor/ coastal-type, Z-Drive Class tugboat to the nation's leading producer of nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. The 98-foot, 659-ton M/V Winslow C. Kelsey, built for General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division of Groton, Conn., will
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on April 1986Baltek Corporation of Northvale, N.J., has developed "AL-600," a totally new core product with a revolutionary surface treatment engineered for hi-tech vacuum bag, pre-preg and wet sandwich layup construction of boats, industrial, aerospace and military products. According to the manufacture
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on April 1986National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) recently announced that R.H. Vortmann has been elected president and chief executive officer of NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison- Knudsen Company, Inc. He succeeds C.L. French, chairman and chief executive officer, who retired. M
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on April 1986Saab Marine Electronics AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, is offering a free 16-page color brochure on Tank- Radar, a new complete system for monitoring liquid cargoes in tankers. The TankRadar system measures level, temperature and inert gas pressure in cargo tanks and the level in ballast and bunk
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on April 1986Aalborg Vaerft in Denmark recently delivered the advanced refrigerated cargo ship Skulptor Tomskij to V/O Sudoimport. Named for a famous Soviet sculptor, the 10,700 cubic meter vessel is the second of three ordered in 1984. The first was completed in November 1985 and the third is scheduled
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on April 1986The Chantiers de I'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, recently began cutting steel for the huge cruise liner under construction for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of Miami. To be named Sovereign of the Seas, at more than 70,000 grt and carrying 2,276 passengers, double occupancy, the n
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed With an ever increasing number of vessels now sailing outside convenient loran C coverage, Furuno has introduced the FSN-90, a new satnav receiver with some of the most popular performance features. The FSN-90, after automatically acquiring the satellite si
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on April 1986A new spin-on fuel filter/water separator is being introduced by the Racor Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, which fits the existing fuel filter head on almost any diesel engine. Designed for easy installation and service, Racor Spin-On filters feature a see-through collection bowl, l
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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Raytheon Marine Company has introduced the new, multi-function RAY-410 Loudhailer, featuring twoway intercom with inputs for up to four remote stations, plus automatic foghorn with six signals, anchor bell, and more. This powerful, 25-watt hailer/lis-
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on April 1986Bailey Controls has announced a $400 price reduction on its Type Smart BC Transmitter used to measure and control flow, liquid level, gauge and absolute pressure. The reduction places the microprocessor- based BC Transmitter at prices nearly comparable to those charged for conventional trans
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on April 1986Roger L. Howsmon has been named as the new president of Perkins Engines, Inc., a major supplier of diesel engines in the U.S. and Canada and part of the worldwide Perkins Engines Group based in Peterborough, England. The announcement was made by John F. Devaney, managing director of the Per
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on April 1986— A M a r i n e Engine C a t a l og And A Passenger Vessel Brochure Cummins Engine Company, Inc. has announced the availability of their new Marine Engine Catalog, bulletin number 3382488, to provide a current compilation of their entire marine propulsion engine and auxiliary generator set
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on April 1986A new high-solids, modified phenolic epoxy tank lining system has been added to the standard range of conventional and high-performance marine coatings available from Ameron Torpedo Marine Coatings. Amercoat® 346 is a versatile tank lining said to offer excellent chemical resistance to solve
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on April 1986L i t e r a t u r e O f f e r ed More than 100 members of M.A.N.-B&W Diesel's worldwide four-stroke division sales force convened in Augsburg, Germany, to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the city where the diesel engine was born. The focus of their meetings, however, was not on the cit
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on April 1986The Department of the Navy has exercised an option under its current contract with Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pa., for the construction of a third fleet oiler of the T-AO- 187 Class. This $97.5-million award, added to the first two oilers that were ordered last year, brin
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on April 1986Main Iron Works, Inc. (MIW) of Houma, La., has been purchased from Sonat Marine Inc. of Philadelphia by Leroy J. Molaison, returning the shipyard to private ownership. Sonat marine, a subsidiary of Sonat Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., acquired MIW in 1979. Throughout its ownership, MIW has mainta
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on April 1986MonArk Boat Company of Monticello, Ark., recently completed its largest and most unique fireboat, a 45-foot, all-aluminum craft built for Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Va. MonArk vice president of marketing and sales Charles W. Mann said the boat will be used primarily for fire
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on April 1986Dravo Mechling Corporation, the barge line subsidiary of Dravo Corporation, has announced the appointment of Frank McCormick as manager of Dravo Mechling's Tiger Fleet facility in Baton Rouge, La. In his new position, Mr. McCormick will be responsible for all of the fleeting services provid
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- M a r i n e M a c h i n e ry Association M e e t i n g Set For W a s h i n g t o n , April 30 page: 29
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on April 1986The Marine Machinery Association will hold their next meeting at the Sheraton Washington (D.C.) Hotel on Wednesday, April 30. The program is scheduled as follows: 9-9:15 Welcoming remarks, D.A. Marangiello, executive director, MMA. 9:15-10:15 Major General Joe Morgan, USAF, executive direct
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on April 1986The Stolt Sapphire, first of five 38,000-dwt parcel tankers being built for Stolt-Nielsen by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd., was delivered at the Okpo shipyard in South Korea recently. The remaining ships, to be named Stolt Emerald, Stolt Topaz, Stolt Aquamarine, and Stolt Jade,