Short 1992 Articles
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on May 1992Raytheon has announced its new JRC JHS-7 hand-held VHF radiotelephone which provides communication between survival craft and nearby vessels through the use of up to 13 channels. The radiotelephone is designed for short range communications with a minimal battery power consumption. Accordin
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on May 1992Certain sizes of ships, both bulk carriers and tankers, are usually under-priced by the ship resale market, according to a new study compiled by a New York maritime consulting firm. Shipping Intelligence, Inc., publishers of The Ship Sale Monitor and The Period Time Charter Monitor, reporte
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on May 1992The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has awarded five contracts, totaling about $18 million, for layberthing of Ready Reserve Force (RRF) vessels which participated in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The contracts, with four oneyear renewal options, provide for berthing, electric power
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on May 1992After the Philippine senate rejected a treaty that would have extended U.S. rights to Subic Bay naval base by 10 years, the Department of Defense (DOD) began planning a build-up on Guam that will eventually turn the island into the region's central supply, communications and arms depot. Bec
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on May 1992Astilleros Espanoles SA (AESA) recently announced that Jose Carlos Gonzalez-Sama, naval architect and marine engineer, has been appointed general commercial manager of the company and its group of companies. The nomination of Mr. Gonzalez- Sama was proposed by Juan Saez, chairman of AESA, t
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on May 1992The president and CEO of International Marine Carriers, Inc. (IMC), Robert G. Wellner, recently announced that the company has experienced a complete change in its board of directors and corporate officers. Mr. Wellner will be chairman of the board and other members include: Thomas F. Keenan
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on May 1992A free color brochure entitled, "A Milestone in Autopilot Technology," details the Navipilot from C. Plath. A general purpose, multi-function, microprocessor-controlled autopilot, the Navipilot V is suitable for application on all classes of ships ranging from yachts to supertankers. The bro
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on May 1992Amclean, Inc., a Miami-based coatings removal contractor, has developed an advanced waterjet system that can reportedly remove coatings more rapidly than traditional sandblasting techniques. Amclean claims the system can save shipyards as much as 50 percent per square foot as compared to sa
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on May 1992The Finnish Board of Navigation (FBN) recently ordered a new multipurpose icebreaker from Finnyards, the shipbuilding company formed by Rauma Yards and Hollming. The vessel will be used for icebreaking in the winter and will be chartered to Ugland Offshore A/S of Norway during the summer for
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on May 1992Bender Inc. of Exton, Pa., recently introduced its new RCT 3000 portable ground fault current instrument. The hand-held unit can reportedly detect current leakage as low as 1 mA and operates through the use of a nickel-cadmium battery. The unit is said to have an accuracy of 1 percent of the
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on May 1992During her keel laying ceremony, the first 600-ton module section of the MS Maasdam's double bottom was placed in the shipbuilding dock at Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. The 35-foot-long ship's keel section extends the full width of the vessel and stands 25 feet high. The Maasdam
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on May 1992Del Norte Technology Inc., Euless, Texas, has introduced the Model 2006 GPS system, one of the latest additions to its GPS product line. The 2006 is a 6-channel LI C/A code GPS receiver which comes with a built-in PC and rugged splashproof case. The system allows for flexible data logging an
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on May 1992Schichau Seebeckwerft AG recently launched the first of two reefer ships it is currently building for Great White Fleet (United Brands/ Chiquita) at its yard in Bremerhaven. The ships are the first of this type being built at the yard of which four have already been built and delivered by Br
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on May 1992As part of an effort by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to rejuvenate Boston Harbor, the Quincy shipyard, renamed the Fore River Staging Area, will be the site of a $6.1-billion redevelopment project. In 1987 the MWRA purchased the 180-acre Fore River shipyard from Genera
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on May 1992The 205-acre Riverplex International Inc. terminal in Louisiana is to be turned into an intermodal cargo-handling facility by the Port of South Louisiana, which recently paid $12.1 million to purchase it. The terminal will be renamed Globalplex. The terminal has handled dry bulk cargoes for
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on May 1992Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. recently delivered the passenger/ auto ferry Captain Henry Lee to Maine State Ferry Service. The vessel was designed by Rodney E. Lay Associates of Jacksonville, Fla., and partially funded by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration and State of Mai
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on May 1992The initial phase of the Coast Guard's first attempt at developing legislation with the assistance of direct public input is completed. In an attempt to formulate a fair and reasonable set of regulations pertaining to the Oil Spill Act of 1990, the Coast Guard formed a 28 member committee to
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on May 1992A conference on oil spill regulations and response and a related trade show will be featured during The Oil Spill Prevention And Response Expo (OSPRE), in Seattle, Washington, from September 30 - October 2,1992. Designed for vessel and facility operators facing new state, federal and provinc
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on May 1992The Port of Portland continued its healthy container increase in February with a 25.3 percent increase over the same month a year ago. Portland's gateway handled 17,110 TEUs in February this year compared to 14,139 TEUs in February 1991. Portland experienced an 8 percent increase in contai
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on May 1992The Society of Marine Port Engineers, New York, N.Y., Inc., and the State University of New York Maritime College recently co-sponsored the 40th Annual Fort Schuyler Forum. Held on the SUNY Maritime College campus in the Bronx, the forum focused on marine refrigeration and diesel engine perf