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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
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on March 1988Racal Marine, Inc., Cranford, N.J., will be exhibiting several new products at New York's Whitehall Club, 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y., on April 12-14, 1988. The maritime industry will be especially interested in Racal's color rasterscan radars. In addition to the company's established 1
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on March 1988Norwegian-based Unitor Ships Service AS recently acquired the Gamlen Marine Chemicals activity of Sybron Chemicals Inc., Birmingham, N.J. Gamlen Marine Chemicals, one of Unitor's competitors, has a worldwide network for distribution and sale of marine chemicals and services. Gamlen Marine i
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on March 1988Crane Company, Defense and Specialty Systems Group, St. Louis, Mo., recently announced the consolidation of two of its business units, Crane Midwest Fittings and Unidynamics/ Midwest, to form Crane Midwest. Crane Midwest will continue to maintain the product lines of both business units and
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on March 1988This March 1988 issue marks a milestone in the publishing history of MARITIME REPORTER/Engineering News. It is the first A.W.O. ANNUAL to be published by MARITIME REPORTER and it establishes March as A.W.O. month. Every year from 1988 on, the March issue will be the A.W.O. ANNUAL. This annu
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on March 1988Marine Management Systems (MMS) recently completed implementation of their computerized Planned Maintenance (PMS) system aboard Cunard Line's luxury ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), according to an announcement made by MMS president, Eugene D. Story. The PMS system, operating on a persona
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on March 1988Skaarup Shipping Corporation of Greenwich, Conn., has announced a number of organizational changes at the executive level. B.O. Larsen, president, has retired, effective January 1,1988, William O. Gray, formerly of Exxon Corporation, who joined Skaarup in September 1987, will assume the respon
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on March 1988The Port of Iberia, New Iberia, La., recently reported that the new public dock facility completed there last year is attracting great interest and is proving to be more profitable than had been anticipated. The new facility, fronting on the port's Commercial Canal and linking to the Gulf In
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on March 1988—Free Literature Offered— Robertson-Shipmate, Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has just introduced in the U.S. a new multi-station commercial VHF radiotelephone, the RS-7100, for the marine market. According to the company, the new RS-7100 VHF radiotelephone is a heavy-duty commercial grade system th
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on March 1988Lexair, Inc. of Lexington, Ky., fluid power specialists, are offering free catalogs on two products marketed by the company: "Hi-Cyclic" hydraulic and pneumatic directional control valves; and poppet type two-way valves. The Hi-Cyclic valve has been produced for over 35 years and is the mos
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on March 1988The Danish company Norpol Technic A/S of Grinsted has introduced a totally new type of release hook for all kinds of single-point suspension rescue boats and life rafts. The Norpol Safety Release Hook is a new concept, consisting of a male and female part, which, when put together, automati
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on March 1988Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., has signed a letter of intent for the purchase of Lockheed Shipbuilding Company's Gulfport Marine Division, Gulfport, Miss. The purchase price has been set at $21,000,000. At present, the Gulfport facility has U.S. Navy contracts to construct nin
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on March 1988Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Va., launched and christened the U.S. Navy's newest Nimitz Class aircraft carrier, the Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), at recent ceremonies at the yard. JoAnn Webb, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, James H. Webb Jr., was the ship's spon
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on March 1988The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a major contract worth about $670,000 to Mid-Coast Marine Corporation, Coos Bay, Ore., for the drydocking of two buoy tenders. The Alaskan-based vessels, the USS Ironwood, from Cordova, and the USS Sweet Briar, from Kodiak, will be stationed in the Internati