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on April 1988—Literature Available According to a recent announcement, Perkins' range of light commercial marine diesel engines have been given a new look. The engines, comprising 16 different units, will now be marketed as Power Prestige. This range includes Perkins' newest Prima and Perama small diesel
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on April 1988Halter Marine, Inc., New Orleans, La., has converted the 100-foot, aluminum crewboat Southern Light, into a fisheries security vessel for the Republic of the Marshall Islands. As the boat will patrol the territorial waters of the Marshall archipelago, her fuel capacity was expanded from 2,40
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on April 1988Arthur A. Riedel, chairman and chief executive officer of Riedel International Inc., recently announced three key promotions. Jamshed (Jim) Dastur has been named president of Riedel International Constructors, a subsidiary of Riedel International, Inc. Mr. Dastur, a highly educated and expe
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on April 1988The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton, Pascagoula, Miss., a $769.1-million contract to build four additional Ticonderoga (CG-47) Class Aegis guided-missile cruisers. This award brings the total number of Aegis cruisers awarded Ingalls to 19 of the 27 ships authori
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on April 1988Last year, Radio Holland USA opened new service depots in the San Francisco, Portland and Seattle areas. Now, the company has opened two additional depots in Norfolk, Va., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The new branch manager of the Norfolk—in Virginia Beach—is Kenneth Ravenna, formerly with Spe
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on April 1988Aqua Signal Corporation of West Chicago, 111., has published an elaborate 52-page catalog that illustrates the latest state-of-the-art lighting techniques for shipping, offshore, industry and sporting areas. The catalog offers more than just plain product information: it contains hints on ec
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on April 1988The Andalucia yards of the Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Astilleros Espanoles SA (AESA) are assured of work orders well into 1989, according to the company. According to the company, its Cadiz yard has a full complement of orders, including recently completed work for Gotaas Larsen and a
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on April 1988The first of two 135-foot, Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels being built by Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., under an $8.6- million contract with the U.S. Navy, has been delivered. The all-steel, twin-engine landing craft, designated LCU-1680, is capable of carrying three M-48 ta
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on April 1988Efficient fluid piping—whether it means reducing downtime, minimizing maintenance problems, reducing inventory, cutting costs or speeding up production—is a concern of almost every industry. Aeroquip Training Bulletin 582A, "How to Identify, Select and Install Hose Lines," offers helpful inf
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on April 1988Grandin S. Vought, an executive at Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company in Chester, Pa., since 1983, has been named vice president for operations with responsibility for all phases of new ship construction, it was recently announced by William T. Gallagher, executive vice president. In his new
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on April 1988When J.F. Brennan Co., Inc., a marine contractor located in La Crosse, Wis., decided to repower their eight-year-old workboat Anne Marie, they selected two 350-hp Cummins NTA-855-M marine diesels. The increased power and performance of the in-line, six-cylinder, turbocharged and aftercooled
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on April 1988Chevron Corporation's newest tanker, the 78,000-dwt R. Hal Dean, was recently christened and delivered at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. Christened by Mrs. Gale Dean, wife of R. Hal Dean, a member of Chevron's board of directors, the tanker was specially des
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on April 1988Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea recently won several contracts to build ethylene carriers for some of the leading overseas shipowners. Among the contracts is one for a 4,000-cubicmeter ethylene carrier for Olaf Pedersen's Rederi A/S of Norway. The carrier will have two cargo holds to
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on April 1988The 1988 Safety at Sea and Marine Electronics Exhibition and Conference (SASMEX '88) will be held at the New Hall, Royal Horticultural Society's Halls, Westminster, London, England, from April 26 to 28. The SASMEX '88 Conference will cover various aspects of shipboard fires, including: fire
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on March 1988The gigantic hull structure of the first in a series of three 250,000-dwt VLCCs built for World Wide Shipping Agency Ltd. of Hong Kong is rapidly taking shape at Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) Ulsan shipyard. Classed by Lloyd's Register of Shipping as + 100A1, "Oil Tanker,'" the vessel will h
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on March 1988A seminar which will examine the market in contracts for future bulk transportation will be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on April 25-27. The seminar, "Transportation Futures Markets— An Option for Tomorrow?" will be cosponsored by Iowa State University's Extension
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on March 1988The Braden Model PD12C-CT constant-tension davit winch and control system has been developed to reduce the risks involved when launching and recovering small boats over the side of a ship. During a launching operation, slack cable is available automati cally as soon as the boat rests on the
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on March 1988—Brochure Available Centrico, Inc. offers state-of-theart equipment for cleaning even the lowest grades of fuel and lube oil. Two technologically advanced units offered by Centrico are the self-cleaning Westfalia OSA-type oil purifier and the VESA-EC-2 precision timing and monitoring device.
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on March 1988Slingmax Rigging Products, Aston, Pa., has added Twin-Path Extra ™ Slings to their product line, according to Dennis St. Germain, president of the company. The company already markets the innovative Twin-Path™ Lifting Sling line. The new sling product consists of two complete slings in one,
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on March 1988—Literature Available A Harahan, La., distributor of Yanmar diesel engines recently announced the formation of a new company, Diesel America, Inc., offering a full line of new lightweight diesel pumps. Diesel America offers a full range of diesel pumps including centrifugal, trash, diaphrag