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on August 1990Campbell Chain, a division of CooperTools, formulated a new galvanizing process that reportedly will increase chain life by more than 60 percent. Used in galvanized Campbell chain, the new cold particle process substitutes for the traditional, difficult- to-control, hot molten metal process
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on August 1990Marine Safety International (MSI) recently announced that an emergency medical training program is being combined with the shiphandling course offered to personnel undergoing training at the Computer Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF), operated by MSI at the U.S. Merchant Marine Aca
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on August 1990Comsat Mobile Communications recently announced that it has suc- cessfully tested a new high-speed data service that will make it possible to transmit broadcast quality audio feeds from small land transportable and shipboard satellite terminals. The test, which was recently conducted by Coms
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on August 1990The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) in cooperation with the Surface Navy Association (SNA) and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., will sponsor a symposium in Biloxi, Miss., September 27-29,1990, at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum. The symposium is titled "Destr
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on August 1990Furuno recently announced the availability in the U.S. of the Steenhans line of rugged, commercial quality shipboard communications equipment, consisting of the System P-4200 battteryless telephone and the System PK Command Intercom. The P-4200 will provide reliable communications even if al
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on August 1990Art Anderson Associates, consulting engineering and graphic design firm in Bremerton, Wash., recently hired four professionals to work on various marine projects currently underway in the company's Bremerton and Seattle, Wash., offices. M i c h a e l J. N u e r n b e r g er joined the mechan
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on August 1990Directions In Design, Inc., Chesterfield, Mo., recently won the interior design contract for the Dubuque Casino Belle, a new 2,000- passenger casino riverboat that will operate on the Mississippi River out of Dubuque, Iowa. Robert's River Rides, owner and operator of the $7.5-million vessel,
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on August 1990Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., recently delivered the Lady Windridge, the largest aluminum charter yacht ever built in North America, according to Salvador Guarino, general manager of Aluminum Boats, Inc. The new vessel is 170 feet in length with a 33-foot beam and 5- foot draft.
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on August 1990ZF of North America has announced reliability and horsepower capacity improvements in four of its marine transmission models. The input torsional couplings on the transmissions are now attached to the input shaft by means of an SKF® keyless taper. This design modification improves the reliab
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on August 1990Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) recently announced that it has acquired, through its subsidiary COMSAT Investments Inc., a minority interest in Marine Management Systems (MMS) of Stamford, Conn., with the option to increase its holdings in the future. Marine Management Systems
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on August 1990Marine Gears, Inc., Greenville, Miss., recently delivered six new main propulsion Haley gear units and six Haley auxiliary drive units to Main Iron Works, Houma, La. These gears were installed in three new vessels operated by G & H Towing of Galveston, Texas. The three vessels and their owne
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on August 1990Henschel, Inc., the Newburyport, Mass., subsidiary of SPD Technologies of Philadelphia, recently agreed to become the exclusive U.S. licensee for a line of marine speed measuring products produced by Aeronautical and General Instruments (AGI) of the United Kingdom. AGI is a leading producer
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on August 1990The New York Shipyard Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., is completing extensive repairs on the 700-foot containership S/S Guayama, operated by Puerto Rico Marine Management. The work involves drydocking for tail shafting, sea valves, boiler repairs and replacement of a 60-ton evaporator and hull co
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on August 1990Although the legislation has yet to be approved, it appears that all oceangoing tankers operating within U.S. waters will have to be equipped with a double hull by 2015, according to a recent proposal by a joint House-Senate conferee committee. A joint committee made up of Congressional conf
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on August 1990NuFlex, Inc., Linden, N.J., manufacturers of composite transfer hoses for petroleum and chemicals, recently announced the availability of large bore composite vapor hoses. NuFlex manufactures 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-inch ID vapor hoses designed to meet recently announced Marine Vapor Control Regul
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on August 1990Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Co. (ASRY), Bahrain, recently reported first quarter 1990 results were "very satisfactory" with drydock occupancy close to 90 percent, ship repair sales above budget and operation profits above those of the corresponding quarter last year. The fifth of five VL
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on August 1990Magellan Systems Corporation, Monrovia, Calif., recently unveiled three products that make use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The GPS NAV 1000, made specifically for marine application, provides an advantage over some other receivers with its portability. The unit can be mou
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on August 1990A call for papers has been issued for the second symposium on computer applications in the marine industry to be held in Boston, Mass., September 26-27,1991. Titled "Marine Computers '91," the two-day meeting is being hosted by the New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and M
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on July 1990L&C Associates, Inc. recently announced the completion of a dehumidification and sealing system aboard the M/V Cape Inscription. The RO/RO is being dehumidified to protect it from corrosion while laid-up in Mobile, Ala. Most notable to the installation is the use of the Protective Sealing S
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on July 1990A new hydrographic survey ship being built for the Canadian Government was floated out recently at Versatile Pacific Shipyards(VPSI) in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The state-of-the-art scientific vessel, constructed over 16 months at a cost of $17 million, will be based in Newfoundland with Fisher