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on April 1992At its recent annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Chemical Carriers Association (CCA) elected its leadership for the new term. The CCA is the international association of operators of chemical tankers in U.S. trade, with full members being companies that own or operate chemical t
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on April 1992Miller Electric Mfg. Co. of Appleton, Wisconsin, has produced a new 10-page brochure describing its XMT series inverters for multiprocess welding now with Auto-Link, a unique Miller feature that adjusts primary power linkage automatically. The inverters allow operators to power up and weld u
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on April 1992The Deerberg company is actually two companies which are Deerberg Systems and Deerberg Trading. These two companies each provide services to the cruise industry, although in totally different areas. Deerberg Systems deals with technical analysis, design, and supply of complete or par^ al con
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on April 1992Trinity Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc., Harvey, La., was recently awarded contracts from Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Hicksville, N.Y., to build two, 467-foot, ocean-going barges with double hulls to meet the OPA 90 requirements. Each barge will be ca
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on April 1992Reflecting a growing international interest in commercial maritime safety and management, the USCG is planning to establish its first team of marine pollution prevention and response, port safety and port security experts for training foreign maritime agencies. The Marine Safety Training and A
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on April 1992Bisso Marine Company, Inc. of New Orleans, La. recently introduced a new tug into its fleet of vessels. The 110-foot tug Darlene Bisso was formerly the Coast Guard icebreaker Mohican. The entire hull of the vessel was gutted, and the house totally reconstructed from the main deckline up wit
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on April 1992The HMS Vanguard, a Trident ballistic missile submarine, was recently launched for the UK's Royal Navy using the Syncrolift shiplift installed at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL). The Trident submarines are among the largest in the world and
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on April 1992The second annual International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE) will be held in San Francisco, Calif., June 14-19, 1992. This is a combined event with the second Pacific/ Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium (PACOMS). One of the highlights of the conference will be the presentat
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on April 1992The New Venture, a 277,083-dwt VLCC, was recently completed by Ariake Works of Hitachi Zosen. It was then christened and delivered to the owner, New Dynasty Shipping Inc. This tanker is the first of its size to be developed by Hitachi Zosen. It is designed to carry two million barrels of cargo
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on April 1992Textron Lycoming recently announced that its TF40 marine turbine has been selected to power the new Italian-designed megayacht Seawalker. Two TF40 marine turbines were sold to Lycoming's marine packager Allen Industries for installation in the new 84-foot megayacht under construction by Tenca
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on April 1992The ore carrier, Kamora, was recently launched at the Benoi Road facility of Singmarine Dockyard & Engineering Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singmarine Industries Limited. The contract, worth about $5.4 million, was awarded by Freeport Indonesia, Inc., a subsidiary of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Go
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on March 1992Wooster Products Inc., Wooster, Ohio, manufacturer of anti—slip safety products for ships' ladders, decks, ramps, showers, galleys, gangways, passageways, etc., is offering a complete package of literature on all of the non-slip safety products marketed by the company for marine use. Includ
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on March 1992The U.S. Coast Guard has been prompted by the contamination of oysters in Mobile Bay, Ala., with vibrio cholera to publish IMO's "International Guidelines for Preventing the Introduction of Unwanted Pathogens from Ships' Ballast Water and Sediment Discharges." Adopted last July by the Marine
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on March 1992South Korean bulk transport company Pan Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. has begun a life extension program of its Cape-size bulk carrier and OBO fleet in response to a growing concern over the number of losses of this type vessel in recent years. One of the company's vessels, the 123,745-dwt, 1970-b
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on March 1992New Sulzer Diesel Ltd. has established a new subsidiary company in the Netherlands under the name of New Sulzer Diesel Nederland BV. The managing director is Henk Potappel who has worked for a number of years for the Dutch licensee of New Sulzer Diesel Ltd. All personnel who were previously
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on March 1992The Maritime Administration has approved an application by the U.S. Veterans of World War II of San Pedro, Calif., and the National Liberty Ship Memorial, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif, for permission to sell the cargo vessel Newcastle Victory for scrapping. TIME The agency also approved an
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on March 1992Many international marine insurers, faced with mounting losses, have decided on closer inspections of risky commercial ships and on depriving some of them of hull insurance. Coming in the wake of the worst year for casualties for bulk and combination carriers, this strategy is part of a plan
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on March 1992United Ropeworks (U.S.A.), Inc., Montgomeryville, Pa., is offering a free color four-page brochure on its Phillystran Polyester ropes. United Ropeworks (U.S.A.), Inc., offers ropes manufactured from large filament, high performance Trevira polyester fiber. As described by the company's broc
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on March 1992McDermott Marine Construction has received a contract from Exxon Company for the transportation and installation of topsides for the Harmony and Heritage platforms off the coast of California. Each platform will be fitted with two support frames, 10 modules, and a flare boom. The topsides w
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on March 1992Houston barge company Kirby Corp. recently announced that it signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Sabine Towing & Transportation Co. from Sequa Corp., New York-based parent of Sabine, for $37.25 million. Kirby plans to pay for the purchase with a combination of cash on hand and new