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on May 1991In an emergency at sea, familiarity with the lifesaving equipment aboard could mean the difference between disaster and a successful rescue. Several new videotapes to train crews in the proper use of marine lifesaving equipment are now available to operators of commercial vessels. The films
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on May 1991The Floreal patrol frigate constructed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France, recently completed its sea trials and was delivered to the French Navy. Accordingly, the French Ministry of Defence confirmed the expected order for two more frigates—No. 5 and No. 6—which makes a tot
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on May 1991Centrico, Inc., Northvale, N.J.,offers a Westfalia automatic self-cleaning oil purifier designed to remove impurities and water from heavy fuel oil, thus improving engine performance and preventing engine breakdown. Westfalia automatic oil purifiers, which are being increasingly specified f
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on May 1991Kvaerner Eureka cargo pumps have been specified for two 91,000- dwt North Sea shuttle tankers recently contracted by Finland's state oil company Neste Oy, from domestic shipbuilder Masa Yards. This contract is a significant one for Kvaerner Eureka as it breaks new ground in the use of the co
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on May 1991Systems Engineering Associates (SEA) Company recently announced the following employee promotions and transfers within the finance and accounting department. Joseph W. Ritzel has been promoted to vice president, finance and accounting for Day & Zimmermann, Inc. (DZI), SEA's parent company,
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on May 1991A third contract to build a reinforced fiberglass modified Lerici class minehunter has been awarded by the U.S. Navy to Intermarine USA of Savannah, Ga. Intermarine USA is a subsidiary of Montecatini, part of the Ferruzzi-Montedison Group. The new minehunter is expected to be completed in 19
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on May 1991According to a new study from Drewry Shipping Consultants, cheaper international oil prices will prove a major boost to tanker trade levels. Titled "The Outlook for Oil Trades to 1995," the Drewry report says if the spot crude price stabilized around $20 a barrel before gradually rising to
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on May 1991When radar is installed on smaller boats, the owner often has to decide on a compromise: put up with the poorer target definition of a 1.5-kw radar, or fill up the dash or overhead compartment with a large radar display. Koden's new MD- 3401 radar eliminates the need for compromise, providin
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on April 1991Increases of as much as threefold in the cost of marine liability insurance faced owners of tankers trading to the U.S. at the recent renewal of most protection and indemnity covers. In the wake of the Exxon Valdez disaster, increases required by the Protection and Indemnity Clubs (P&I)—the
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on April 1991Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., New Orleans, La., recently announced that it has named Neil G. McManus vice president, planning and analysis, and Octave Livaudais assistant vice president, liner services, Atlantic division. Mr. McManus, who began his career with Lykes in 1980 as a management tra
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on April 1991Marine Inland Fabricators recently launched and delivered its first tow steering vessel at its Panama City, Fla., yard to a major U.S. towing company. The tow steering unit has a length of 36 feet 8 inches, beam of 18 feet and hull depth of 7 feet. Power for the unit is supplied by two Detro
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on April 1991Avondale Industries of Louisiana, in a bid to increase its shipbuilding business, has decided to try utilizing the Japanese method of offering a choice of standard configurations to keep costs down compared with its usual custom-design approach for commercial vessels. The firm at the same ti
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on April 1991One of the world's tallest fourpile offshore platforms is being built for Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas Company, a subsidiary of Freeport McMoRan Inc., in McDermott Marine Construction's Louisiana fabri- 86 cation yards. The platform, named Crystal, will extend 875 feet from the seafloor to th
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on April 1991Leevac Shipyards, Jennings, La., recently delivered the Cape Hatteras, the first new supply vessel to be built in the U.S. since 1986, to Sea Mar Operators of Lafayette, La. The vessel is 200 feet long with a beam of 40 feet and a normal draft of 15 feet, a size that enables it to operate in
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on April 1991PBM, Inc., Irwin, Pa., has designed a patented flush tank valve virtually eliminating the pocket area normally found between tank bottoms and other valves that directly mount to tanks and vessels. PBM also has a patented Adjust-OSeal design that allows in-line adjustment of the valve seats.
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on April 1991West State, Inc. (WSI) recently announced that Tore Steen has been appointed president and chief executive officer. Mr. Steen will assume the role from Doug Watson, owner of WSI, who will become chairman. WSI is one of three major marine repair companies in Portland, Ore. Mr. Steen has a di
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on April 1991To comply with pollution restrictions that go into effect in 1995, several electric utilities and industrial power plants along the Great Lakes are considering using low-sulfur Western coal, which would mean a big surge of business on the Great Lakes. Fred Shusterich, general manager of Mid
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on April 1991Leslie Controls, Inc. of Tampa, Fla., recently announced that it had acquired all of the Navy and marine product lines previously manufactured by the Bailey Division of CMB Industries of Fresno, Calif. Leslie has been a quality manufacturer of Navy and marine equipment for 95 years, and curr
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on April 1991Rinus Schepen has been appointed vice president, Central America and Panama Service, for Crowley Maritime Corporation's Atlantic Division. He reports to Miguel A. Rossy, senior vice president- Crowley Caribbean Transport (CCT) Services. In his new position, Mr. Schepen, who is now headquart
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on April 1991According to a report by the Soviet Ministry of Merchant Marine, a chronic inability to order new ships may lead to financial losses for Soviet shipping companies and to lack of competitiveness in the world maritime market. The semi-official newspaper Water Transport reported that the sever