Short 1988 Articles
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on May 1988Cruise International (CI) of Norfolk, Va., operator of the "Spirit" line fleet of seven harbor cruise ships, has announced plans to build five New York-class vessels in the next two years. Two will be built in 1988, and three in 1989. A contract for the first of the two has been awarded to B
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on April 1988Rear Adm. Paul L. Krinksy, superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, has been elected an honorary member of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) by the group's council. A plaque signifying Admiral Krinksy's membership was presented to him by ASNE's president, Dr. Alfred
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on April 1988Tenfjord Inc. of Norway (represented in the U.S. by Tenfjord Inc. of Hoboken, N.J.) is offering free literature on steering gears manufactured to their rotary piston design. The Tenfjord unit is very compact, especially the M-type with its integral pump units, and space-saving is an importan
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on April 1988Rexnord Defense Systems Inc., the New Orleans-based manufacturer of marine automation and control systems, has been purchased by its former president and renamed TANO Corporation. James J. Reiss Jr. has purchased all outstanding stock of Rexnord Defense Systems from its parent company, Rexn
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on April 1988The new RS-7100 VHF radiotelephone is a heavy duty commercial grade system that permits use of up to six full-function remote stations. Extremely popular in Europe, the RS-7100 is now approved for use in the United States. This is a full duplex radio, with dual watch, designed primarily for
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on April 1988Datamarine adds a new dimension to loran and Satnav navigation with the introduction of the Model 7000 Datamarine Chartlink. The Chartlink delivers vital navigation information quickly and in an easy-to-understand form by translating loran or Satnav information into an easily recognizable el
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on April 1988Inventory Locator Service, Inc. (ILS), Memphis, Tenn., is now offering its Cross Reference Data Base of more than 22 million part numbers on compact disc. Named CD-Fiche, the ILS CDROM (read only memory) is offered to subscribers as an alternative to on-line access to the ILS Cross Reference
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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