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on September 1994Bay Fabrication, Inc. of Panama City, Fla. delivered the lengthened 146-ft. (44.5-m) Ensco Endeavor to Ensco Marine Company, Broussard, La. The Ensco Endeavor was originally built as a 116-ft. by 26-ft. by 10- ft. (35-m by 8-m by 3-m) utility vessel in 1981 by Scully Brothers and was bought
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on September 1994Colvic Craft PLC, England, delivered the first 12 vessels of an order for 44 patrol boats for the Greek Coastguard. At the June European Union (EU) Summit held in Corfu, three of the new Colvic Craft patrol craft played a key role in the security measures used by the Greek authorities to pr
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on September 1994Robert Unger has been named president of Raytheon Marine Company. In his new role, Mr. Unger has worldwide responsibility for the company's manufacturing, sales, marketing, service, and product development activities. The new president, who reports to Dr. Philip W. Cheney, group executive f
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on September 1994Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. announced two fleet expansion projects are currently being considered, and that the company is evaluating the possibility of taking advantage of the Title XI financing available. The company reports it is contemplating ordering new container feeder vessels, and is
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on September 1994A/S Thor Dahl Shipping of Sanderjord, Norway has purchased South Pacific InterLine (SPI) from Reederi AB Gotland of Visby, Sweden. Thor Dahl Shipping assigned its San Francisco-based shipping company, South Seas Steamship (SSS), full responsiblity for managing SPI's vessels, including schedu
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on September 1994Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. has completed the Queen of the Red, a 295-ft. (90-m) casino riverboat built for Horseshoe Entertainment. The riverboat is now operating on the Red River in Bossier City, La., near Shreveport. The Queen of the Red is the seventh casino vessel completed by
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on September 1994The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Polar Sea and the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. Ste. Laurent reached the North Pole on August 22, becoming the first North American surface ships to reach the North Pole. The Polar Sea is a 399-ft. (122-m) icebreaker from Seattle, Wash., and the Ste
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on September 1994Applied Remote Technology, Inc. (ART), a California-based Raytheon Company subsidiary, teamed with a Scottish firm to conduct a laser imaging pipeline survey in the North Sea. ART and Aberdeen-based SubSea Survey (a division of SubSea Offshore), used ART's LS-4096 underwater laser line scan
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on September 1994October 13-15, Boston, Mass. More than 11,000 commercial fishermen, vessel owners and builders, suppliers and manufacturers, and workboat owners and operators will gather at the Fish Expo '94 Boston commercial fishing show in Boston. The show is held every two years and is billed as the Atl
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on September 1994Faster and lower-cost replacement of ships' alarm systems is now an option for vessels struggling with costly maintenance of old monitoring equipment. Existing control panels can be used, and the upgrade even carried out, while the vessel is under way. Moland Automation in Arendal, Norway, has
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on September 1994SCN Container Line Inc. initiated independent service linking the three major ports of South Florida with 18 ports in a dozen countries in Central America and South America. Led by South Florida shipping industry veterans Fernando Bowen and Raymond M. Hernandez, SCN Container Line began se
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on September 1994Great Lakes ports now have a better opportunity to compete for government-generated agricultural commodity cargoes, MarAd's Albert J. Herberger announced today. "Our new trial program will help Great Lakes ports compete for additional cargoes they would not otherwise be eligible to receive," A
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on September 1994Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. recently announced some organizational changes. Carl J. Horn has been named executive vice president with responsibilities for all customer acquisition and operations functions of the company; and Joseph T. Lykes III, senior vice president - administration, has assu
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on July 1992In an effort to effect regulatory change, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued three notices of proposed rulemaking to amend certain FMC regulations. Docket No. 92-26 proposes an amendment to regulations that exempt certain marine terminal barge operators form Shipping Act tariff
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on July 1992Singapore's marine industry saw a record 38 percent growth in 1991, with local shipbuilding, ship repair, offshore rig construction and related marine businesses earning $1.9 billion. The demand for harsh environment rigs and increased offshore repair and maintenance contracts from China ga
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on July 1992The opening of the Main/Donau Canal on September 25, 1992 will mark the completion of the longawaited Rhine-Main-Danube connection, a continuous and permanent modern inland waterway route that will allow barges and riverseagoing vessels to make the 4,500- kilometer (2,755-mile) direct passag
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on July 1992HMS Marine Hardware, Inc., of Valley Stream, N.Y., recently introduced its Halon Containment curtains for shipboard use. After halon is released during an emergency, the gas must be contained within the area of the fire in order for it to be properly extinguished and to avoid its coming into
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on July 1992Washington, D.C.-based COMSAT Mobile Communications recently announced the introduction of its new C-Linksm Dial-In Service which provides an easy way for people aboard ship to be linked with contacts on shore. By using local telephone access to Sprint's X.25 packet data network the service
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on July 1992The Shipyard Division of The Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, recently completed the drydocking and overhaul of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug Forney. The work was completed on schedule and included tank and underwater hull inspection/preservation, using the yard's 250-ton