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on August 1988A newly named docking tugboat, described by its owners as the most powerful such craft in the port of New Orleans, has been commissioned by E.N. Bisso and Son, Inc., tug operators and marine contractors. The M/V J.A. Bisso II, formerly the Evelyn Edwards, has gone into service after minor re
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on August 1988Wallenius Lines, Stockholm, Sweden, recently announced that the 52,000-grt pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) Faust will transfer from the Swedish flag to the U.S. flag later this year. Faust is one of the largest and most modern vessels in the Wallenius fleet. She can carry 6,380 cars or 3,200
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on August 1988GEMS Express Service now offers convenient level switches to fit a 3/4-inch bung fitting on 55-gallon drums. Three versions are available for normal six to eight weeks' delivery. The high- and low-level model features two floats in a single unit for monitoring both high and low levels. Separ
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on August 1988Indal Technologies of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, recently announced that it has received a $10- million contract from Saint John Shipbuilding Limited of Saint John, N.B., to supply Recovery Assist, Securing and Traversing (RAST) systems and support services for the second batch of six new
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on August 1988Castrol Marine of England, specialists in marine lubrication, has published a new four-page color brochure on the Castrol MXD 400 range of oils that the company markets. The brochure presents a brief history of the development of the Castrol 400 range of oils, which followed an exhaustive p
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on August 1988A special close-in navigation and maneuvering course was recently conducted for 15 officers and men of the soon-to-be commissioned USS Tennessee, the first Trident II submarine. The submarine team training is a new course conducted by MarineSafety International at its Newport, R.I., simulato
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on August 1988The Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation recently launched the U.S. Navy guided- missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61) at ceremonies at the San Pedro yard. The principal speaker at the event was the Hon. Elton Gallegly, Congressman, 21st District, California. The ship'
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on August 1988Matatec Marine International Ltd., Whitley Bay, U.K., the worldwide representative of the various ship repair yards throughout mainland China, has appointed Marindustry Worldwide, Inc., Mahwah, N.J., as North American representative for China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ship Repair Yards.
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on August 1988A new series of compact safety relief valves for pressures to 200 psi is now available from Circle Seal Controls, Anaheim, Calif. Designated the 500 Series Relief Valves, they provide a cracking pressure accuracy of +/-5 degrees, and an instant reseal at 90 percent of cracking (above 10 psi)
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on August 1988Gotaverken Arendal (GVA) of Gothenburg, Sweden, is constructing a new, powerful 4,850- ton icebreaker for the Swedish Board of Navigation, which will be able to plow through six-foot ice. The new 24,500-hp icebreaker, the Oden II, will be 353-1/2 feet long, with a maximum beam of 96-1/2 feet
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on August 1988A free color brochure highlighting a line of asbestos-free insulation textiles is now available from Hitco® Materials Division. The brochure explains in detail the many insulation textiles the company offers, and their applications. The products detailed include Refrasil®, an asbestos-replace
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on July 1988American Heavy Lift Shipping Company recently announced the election of Vice Adm. Raymond E. Peet, USN (retired), to its board of directors. Highlighting Admiral Peet's active U.S. Navy career were the positions of acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for James Schlesinger (1974) and Deput
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on July 1988Ameron Marine Coatings Division of South Gate, Calif., features a number of high-performance products for marine steelwork protection, including the well-known and highly successful Dimetcote® and Amercoat® systems. The range of products designed to protect steel from the severest conditions i
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on July 1988Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Co. (PBM) of Irwin, Pa., has published a 12-page catalog on three-, four-, and five-way multi-port ball valves. PBM's recently redesigned line of these valves incorporate streamlined investment cast components that, according to the company, increase the pressur
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on July 1988—Literature Available The City of Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has awarded a Port Development Study to MarineSafety International, which is headquartered at the National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point, N.Y. The study effort, to be conducted at MarineSafety's Computer-Aid
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on July 1988The Naval Education and Training Center (NETC), located in Newport, R.I., recently took delivery of a new Class (YP-683) Yard Patrol training vessel. This YP is the first of seven YP-683 Class vessels the NETC will be receiving during the next three months from Marinette Marine Corporation,
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on July 1988—Literature Available SPD Technologies, Philadelphia, Pa., recently announced the completion of its acquisition of the Navy Switchgear Division of Brown Boveri Power Equipment, Inc., based in Montgomeryville, Pa. According to George M. Gordon, president and chief executive officer of SPD Tech
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on July 1988Gerald A. Motta has been named vice president of operations for Waterway Communications System, Inc., by its president, Richard A. Baker. Waterway Communications System, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is responsible for the development of Watercom, a new directdial telephone service for the mar
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on July 1988General Thermodynamics Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., is offering free literature which gives technical data on their Model 300-A BMEP Balancer, the most common use of which is to adjust the fuel distribution to an engine to assure that each cylinder is producing an equal share of power. I
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on July 1988Arthur Engel, president and chief executive officer of Southwest Marine, Inc., has been chosen Maritime Man of the Year by The Propeller Club of The United States, Port of San Diego. Mr. Engel was presented with The Brass Hat Award by Rear Adm. Joseph Rizza, president of The Propeller Club,