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on October 1988Pego Systems Inc., Long Beach, Calif., is offering free color literature on the full line of Golar Marine incinerators manufactured by Team Tec AS of Norway. According to the literature offered by Pego Systems, U.S. representative of Team Tec AS, Golar Marine incinerators have been market l
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on October 1988Hollming Ltd. and Rauma-Repola Oy, two Finnish marine companies, have joined forces to make the best use of their trade names. In the future, the production of Aquamaster propulsion units and Rauma-Repola winches will take place under the same roof. Aquamaster-Rauma Ltd. is the name of the ne
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on September 1988The Cahners Exposition Group (CEG) and the Seatrade Organisation recently announced the formation of a joint venture company to organize China's international maritime exhibition, "Marintec China" and "Marintec Offshore China," which has been held in Shanghai every two years since 1981. The
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on September 1988An option to build a second 140,000-dwt oil tanker at the Puerto Real yard of Astilleros Espanoles SA has been taken up by Nacionale de Navegacion (CNN), bringing to five the number of Suezmax tankers on order at the state-owned facility in southern Spain. The 899-foot-long by 141-foot vess
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on September 1988—Literature Available Sal Berte recently announced the formation of Saber Communications, a Houston-based company that will specialize in the representation of high-quality products for marine dealers in both the commercial and pleasure-craft marketplaces. In addition, the company will of
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on September 1988The Shipbuilding and Metal Fabrication Technology Conference will be held on October 4-5, 1988 at the Radisson Hotel Hampton in Hampton, Va. The conference, sponsored by the American Welding Society and their Tidewater Section, will focus on new materials and technologies in the shipbuildin
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on September 1988Representatives of Waterway Communications Systems, Inc. (Watercom®) and International Telecharge, Inc., Dallas, Texas, recently announced that a contract between the two organizations has been signed. ITI will provide Watercom telephone subscribers with operator-assisted long distance serv
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on September 1988Seebeckwerft of Bremerhaven, West Germany, recently received a DM65-million ($38.9-million) order from the Railship Group to build a 10,000-dwt rail/freight ferry. She is the third ferry of this type to be ordered by Railship from Seebeckwerft over the last few years. The vessel, the Railshi
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on September 1988In an action not necessarily connected with the recent Public Hearings on emergency towing, the Coast Guard's publishing of a Final Rule, effective September 15, 1988, states that anyone wanting to engage in towing of disabled boats for financial consideration will be able to do so. The only
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on September 1988Sperry Marine's new Rascar series of rasterscan radar/ARPAs with touchscreen control have received type-approval certification from regulatory agencies in the United Kingdom (DOT), West Germany (DHI), the Netherlands (PTT), and the U.S. (FCC), Rascar product marketing manager Bruce Angus re
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on September 1988The Marine Machinery Association (MMA), Washington, D.C., has announced that the organization has reluctantly accepted the resignation of Mr. Dan Marangiello, executive director. Mr. Marangiello is leaving MMA to devote full time to his own business interests. He was the founding executive
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on September 1988Orders for radar systems valued in excess of $620,000 were finalized by Kelvin Hughes Ltd., a subsidiary of Smiths Industries PLC, during the Posidonia Exhibition in Pireas, Greece. The orders for more than 20 ARPA-based radar systems were taken from 12 different shipowners. Most of these r
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on September 1988Canadian Defense Minister Perrin Beatty recently announced plans to design and build 12 minesweeping vessels to fill a gap in Canada's aging naval fleet. The contract is valued at 750 million Canadian dollars (US$624.4 million). J.Y. Clarke, president of the Canadian Maritime Industries Asso
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on September 1988Five years after they were ordered, delivery by Korea Shipbuilding & Engineering Corp. (KSEC) of six advanced combination carriers worth $171 million has begun to two Norwegian owners. KSEC said four of the 37,000-dwt products/ore/ bulk/oil carriers were built for Klavness Co. and two for Ha
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on September 1988—Literature Available Simrad/Anritsu's new radars, according to the manufacturer, offer superior short range performance, and exceptional resolution and definition. They include the following selection. The RA720UA (0.25 - 60 NM, 5 kw) and RA721UA (0.25 - 96 NM, 10 kw), which Simrad descr
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on September 1988The Canadian Coast Guard recently took delivery of the Can$97- million (about $80-million) icebreaker Henry Larsen, the largest of 12 icebreakers built so far by Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. of North Vancouver. The Henry Larsen has dimensions of about 327.5 feet overall length and 64.6
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on September 1988The Genoa shipyard of Officine Mariotti recently received a 150 billion lire (about $118.8 million) contract for the conversion of a container vessel into a luxury cruise ship. The contract, awarded by Italian cruise operator Costa Cruises, calls for the conversion of the 15,932-grt Italia i
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on September 1988Eckold AG of Trimmis, Switzerland, is offering free literature on"press-joining," an advanced method of connecting metal sheets, profile sections and components. These can be of either the same or different materials and up to a maximum combined thickness of 5 mm (0.200 inches). Press-joini
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on September 1988Tidewater Inc.'s marine division, Tidewater Marine Service, has completed an agreement to purchase three utility vessels from Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Inc. of Lockport, La., and two of its affiliated companies. The three 800-horsepower, 105- foot utility vessels built in 1980 were
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on September 1988The U.K.'s Yarrow Shipbuilders recently won an order to build three more Type-23 frigates for the Royal Navy. The order for a fourth ship will be held over until next year when another batch of new vessels will be announced. Each ship is about 10 million pounds ($17 million) cheaper than th