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on April 1991R o b e r t F. K r a m e r and Christopher S. Morgan recently joined the marketing department of Delaval Turbine Division of Imo Industries Inc., it was announced by Bern E. Deichmann, manager, commercial operations. Mr. Kramer, marketing manager, will be responsible for managing the sale o
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on April 1991Christopher J. Wright, president of Stolt-Nielsen Inc., has announced the promotion of Stephen Harwood White to the position of managing director, tanker trading- Europe. In his new capacity, Mr. White will be headquartered in London, England, directing the company's European tanker business
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on April 1991Larry A. Colangelo has been elected to the new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer at SPD Technologies. In his new position, Mr. Colangelo will be responsible for directing all manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering and research-anddevelopment functions fo
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on April 1991Greater risks under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act are being managed by oil tanker owners by refusing to carry heavy crude to the U.S. and by reducing the number of other U.S. destinations. Owners are also paying higher insurance rates. The law, in effect since August, makes shipowners responsib
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on April 1991Moves by Canada to offer tax incentives to Hong Kong and other shipowners have been welcomed even though the colony is establishing its own independent maritime registry. The Canadian plan, which was outlined recently in Vancouver, British Columbia, would allow shipowners in Hong Kong to op
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on April 1991The Singapore Government recently announced a tax exemption plan for foreign shipping companies in a move to encourage owners to relocate to the country. The announcement came on the heels of a similar action by Canada. Singapore's plans were announced by its finance minister Richard Hu, wh
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on April 1991With watermaking capacities between 1,300 and 4,000 U.S. gallons (4,920-15,140 liters) per day, commercial fishing vessels, smaller workboats, as well as onshore facilities such as private residences, villas, and smaller hotels, make use of Sea Recovery's most compact and easily maintained c
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on April 1991Members of the Transpacific W e s t b o u n d Rate Agreement (TWRA), which set rates together for moving U.S. exports to the Far East, are increasing one of their surcharges, decreasing another, and boosting rates for some commodities. The carriers claim the price adjustments are necessary t
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on April 1991With the introduction of the BW 195A, the German firm ZF is able to extend its existing range of "downangle" marine transmissions with inclined output shafts. Although it has, until now, always been standard practice to offer transmissions with inclined output shafts for the lower end of the
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on April 1991According to industry officials, prices for drilling rig equipment are about to skyrocket because of strong worldwide rig demand. The resulting rise in the cost of finding oil and getting it into production may slow future drilling activity unless oil prices rise, officials also warned. The
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on April 1991Krupp Atlas Elektronik has extended its established range of DESO high-precision survey echo sounders with the introduction of new DESO 21 and DESO 22 models. Derived from the DESO 20, in service worldwide with leading survey organizations and port authorities, both feature built-in annotato
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on April 1991Amprodux, manufacturer of a broad line of level instrumentation, offers an attractive, compact singlelevel alarm and control unit called Model 101. The model 101 has a field-adjustable selector switch, for low or highlevel alarm/control. It has a multiturn- potentiometer sensitivity adjustme
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on April 1991Sound Ocean Systems, Inc. (SOSI) of Redmond, Wash., has been awarded a major contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for the supply of Multi-Mission Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (MMUROV) systems. SOSI is teamed with SUTEC (Scandinavian Underwater Technology) of Linkoping, Sweden
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on April 1991The Pentagon's chief shipping officer, Adm. Francis Donovan, Commander of the Navy's Military Sealift Command, said in his first postwar analysis of the Persian Gulf military crisis that the U.S. merchant marine is deficient by some 20 to 25 roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) cargo vessels. He estima
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on April 1991A diesel engine sales and rebuilding division opened recently in the Houston, Texas facility of Hatch & Kirk, Inc., the Seattle-based parts manufacturer. Hatch & Kirk president Roger Van Hoozer announced the recent acquisition of the assets of Defco, a leading rebuilder of EMD engines locat
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on April 1991Jim Bross has been promoted to director of sales for Inventory Locator Service, Inc. (ILS), it was recently announced by ILS president Fred Meyer. Mr. Bross will be sales director for the aviation, marine, power and telecommunications data base services. Mr. Bross was the manager of marine a
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on April 1991General Dynamics recently announced two key appointments at its corporate office in St. Louis, Mo. James E. Turner Jr. has been named executive vice president-marine land systems and services, and Michael C. Keel has been appointed executive vice presidentmissiles and electronics. Both will
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on April 1991A recent study done by SRI International of Menlo Park, Calif., for the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) revealed the maritime industry's economic impact on three West Coast states. Maritime and related industries in California generate $14.4 billion annually, $4 billion in north
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on April 1991A rail and sea link crossing the Soviet Union that could cut up to two weeks off the time it takes to move ocean freight from northern Asia to Europe is being opened by Sea-Land Service Inc. of Edison, N.J. A transit time of 23 days has been projected by Sea-Land executives in Rotterdam and
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on April 1991Saab Marine Electronics, one of the leading manufacturers of level gaging and cargo-handling equipment for tankers, recently reported that 1990 was their best year ever, with orders received in excess of $35 million. The company got orders for equipment for 103 tankers. In addition, a large