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on February 1989The new JAX 9 Weather Facsimile Receiver from Raytheon produces high-resolution satellite photos and other recordings in 16 gradation levels on 10-inch thermosensitive paper. Because of its built-in timer feature, the JAX 9 can be preset to start and stop during selected broadcasts, allowing
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on February 1989Lister Chain & Forge Inc., a recently incorporated U.S. company, associated with 78-year-old Canadian chain-making and steel forging concern Lister Bolt & Chain, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., recently announced it would commence the manufacture of ship anchor chain in the U.S. by early April 1989.
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on February 1989Southern Shipbuilding Corporation recently delivered the hopper dredge Sandy Hook to McCormack Aggregates, South Amboy, N.J., after the vessel underwent conversion at the Slidell, La., yard. The 290-foot Sandy Hook was converted from the hopper barge Harold Smith, which formerly transported
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on February 1989PACECO Corporation is now a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Corporation after MES acquired all of the patents, drawings, trademarks and technology, as well as license agreements, including the name PACECO from the Fruehauf Corporation. From its new headquarters in San Mateo,
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on February 1989Under a recently awarded $1.4- million U.S. Navy contract, Caterpillar Inc. will develop a highly specialized mine plow for the Marine Corp's Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) in a two-year program. Managed by the Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Fla., the contract covers design, ma
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on February 1989A series of recent moves has resulted in a number of significant changes in the Marine Electric organization, a leading manufacturer and supplier of the product lines of Galbraith Pilot Marine (temperature monitoring, salinity monitoring, audio equipment); CML-Macarr (power supplies, wide ba
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on February 1989Unitor Ships Service AS recently reported that its major stockholder, Hafslund of Norway (a major power, paper and medical holding company), has successfully completed the sale of its 44.5 percent share in Unitor to a number of individual Norwegian and U.K. investors and funds. Unitor expre
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on February 1989Federal, state, and local government officials recently gathered at the new North Carolina Department of Transportation Marine Maintenance Facility in the coastal community of Manns Harbor to commemorate the shipyard's official opening. The $13.6-million complex replaces an old facility tha
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on January 1989Marinette Marine Corporation recently delivered the last of 20 Yard Patrol (YP) training boats to the Naval Sea Systems Command. Thirteen of the YPs were delivered to the Annapolis Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and seven were delivered to the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport,
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on January 1989Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Power Systems Division was recently appointed an authorized distributor by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation. The division will sell and service the EMD Diesel Engine Power Products exclusively in a 17-state U.S. East Coast area and all o
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on January 1989Mark Partin, chief executive officer of Quality Shipbuilders, Inc., Moss Point, Miss., recently announced the following changes within the shipbuilding firm. Jack Edwards is now president and coowner of the firm which has changed its name to Homeport Marine Services, Inc. Mr. Edwards joined Q
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on January 1989Marine and Offshore Inspection Services, Inc., a new inspection service, has been established to fill the void created when responsibility for inspection of fixed offshore structures was shifted from the U.S. Coast Guard to rig/platform owners and operators. Peter J. Hill, president of the New
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on January 1989—Literature Available A new firm, MCR Engineering Company, based in East Walpole, Mass., founded in July 1988 by Stuart Robinson and Tom Mack, now provides service and parts support for CP propellers, thrusters and control systems. Herb Reinert and Bob Bergquist have since joined the compan
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on January 1989—Free Literature Available Hopeman Brothers of Waynesboro, Va., recently announced that it was named the exclusive U.S. representative and distributor for joiner products manufactured by IMAC of Helsingborg, Sweden. IMAC, is one of the world's leading suppliers of joiner bulkhead panels, do
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on January 1989The 2,000-ton-capacity Crandall railway drydock built in 1942 in Pictou Harbor at Pictou, Nova Scotia, for the Canadian Naval Service has now been enlarged to 3,000-tonscapacity at Pictou Industries Limited. This is the third enlargement of the railway drydock, all of which were designed by
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on January 1989The Norwegian-built high-speed catamarans Sea Cat and Jetcat have now been delivered by Fjellstrand a.s. to the recently established shipping company AW Line in the Finnish Aaland Islands. The Sea Cat is serving the route between the Aaland capital of Mariehamn and Nortaelje in Sweden, a di
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on January 1989Comsat Maritime Services recently announced its intention to provide a new, low-cost satellite data and messaging service, known as Standard-C, through its two coast earth stations and the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat). The company said it will equip its Santa Pau
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on January 1989BP America recently announced that its subsidiary, Sohio Oil Company, has agreed to acquire a West Coast refinery and marketing assets from Mobil Oil. The action marks the company's first move to the West Coast as a refiner and marketer. As part of the transaction, Sohio Oil is purchasing Mo
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on January 1989The Geeste yard of Schichau Seebeckwerft AG recently delivered the ethylene gas carrier Etagas to Sloman Neptun, Bremen, West Germany. The Etagas has an overall length of 439-1/2 feet, molded breadth of 61 feet, draft of 27 feet and deadweight tonnage of 8,500 tons. Her propulsion equipment
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on January 1989The E.H. Wachs Company of Wheeling, 111., recently introduced its new Model HPS-15, Hydrostatic Power Supply which, according to the company, offers all the advantages of larger stationary hydraulic power stations yet is portable, lightweight, and designed for the most demanding needs. The