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on February 1991Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, a leading manufacturer of diesel and gas turbine- powered equipment, recently received a $20-million order for 24 diesel-powered generator sets. The generators will be used aboard patrol frigates being built for the Republic of China (Taiwa
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on February 1991Maryland Marine, Inc., Houston, Texas, recently contracted Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., to build four 30,000-barrel double-skin tank barges. According to Caroll Bjornson, owner of MMI, the 297-1/2-foot barges will be built to Coast Guard Type II standards and will b
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on February 1991A pair of Cummins 6BTA5.9-M1 marine diesels were selected to power a new rough-water fire/rescue vessel recently delivered to the Avalon Harbor Patrol of Catalina Island. The 7-1/2-ton, 12-foot-beam, 32-foot-long boat was built by Seaway Boat Company of Long Beach, Calif. It has been placed
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on February 1991Saab's new computerized cargo handling system, the MaC/501, was recently selected by Swedish shipowner United Tankers for installation on its new product tankers. The two vessels have been ordered at the Uljanik shipyard in Yugoslavia (hull nos. 406 and 407) and are scheduled for delivery in 1
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on February 1991Sperry Marine Inc., Charlottesville, Va., has donated several pieces of historic marine equipment to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Va., to mark the company's 80th anniversary. C. Richard Kenney, senior vice president and general manager of Sperry Marine, officially presented the items
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on February 1991Vancouver Shipyards of North Vancouver, Canada, has been awarded a $35-million contract to install a new upper vehicle deck and re-engine the 4,903-gross-ton Queen of New Westminster, a ferry belonging to British Columbia Ferry Corporation. The ferry will go into Vancouver Shipyards in the
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on February 1991The Rauma shipyard of Finnish builder Rauma Yards Oy recently launched a luxury expedition cruise ship for the German company Discoverer Reederei GmbH. At the ceremony, the vessel was christened M/S Society Adventurer by Ms. Ursel Klein, wife of the president of Discoverer Reederei. The ves
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on February 1991Tidewater Inc., New Orleans, La., recently announced that its marine service division, Tidewater Marine Service, Inc., has signed two multiyear contracts that will place 41 pieces of inland towing equipment in service in West Africa. The first contract signed with Noble Bawden Drilling (West
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on February 1991Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, Pa., recently announced it has completed the sale of two of its Great Lakes ore vessels, the Lewis Wilson Foy and the Sparrows Point, to Oglebay Norton Company, a Cleveland, Ohio-based raw materials and Great Lakes marine transportation company. The F
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on February 1991Marine Industries Northwest, Inc., of Tacoma, Wash., recently repowered the 124-foot car ferry M/V Guenemes for Skagit County, Washington. The primary conversion work on the double-ended ferry consisted of removing two existing skidmounted angle drive propulsion units and related steerage s
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on February 1991Oceaneering Production Systems, Houston, Texas, recently announced that Amoco-Gabon Gombe Marin Company, a subsidiary of Amoco Production Company, has awarded Oceaneering International Services Limited a contract to provide a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) system to be in
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on February 1991Oil & Gas Rental Services, Inc., Morgan City, La., has exercised its option with Halter Marine, Inc., Lockport, La., to build a fourth 220- foot all-steel offshore supply boat. Construction and delivery of the $5- million-plus boat will be in 1991. In June 1990, the two companies announced a
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on February 1991The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has scheduled the 2nd Offshore Symposium, Design Criteria and Codes, for April 4-5, 1991, at the Westchase Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas. The event, which is being sponsored by the Texas Section of the society, will feature 22 pa
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on February 1991Lips Thrusters B.V. of the Netherlands, one of the world's leading manufacturers of marine propellers, has published a full-color, 24-page brochure on marine propellers and steerable thrusters. Since its founding in 1928, Lips has supplied over 45,000 fixed-pitch propellers, with sizes up to
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on February 1991Ole Skaarup, chairman of Skaarup Shipping Corporation of Greenwich, Conn., has announced that William O. Gray has been appointed president of Skaarup Oil Corporation and that Capt. Lawrence Tzou has assumed full responsibility for ship operations and management for Skaarup Shipping Corporat
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- Shipbuilders Council Of America Seminar On Ship Marketing, Finance To Be Held February 12-13 page: 70
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on February 1991As a follow-on to last year's marketing conference on international shipbuilding and repair, the Shipbuilders Council of America is planning an expanded 1-1/2 day seminar to be held on February 12-13, 1991, at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. The seminar will be divided into three hal
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on February 1991In a brief ceremony recently, Avondale Industries' Shipyards Division began construction of the first LSD-41 Class, Cargo Variant Ship (LSD-49) to be named USS Harpers Ferry. Scheduled for delivery in November 1993, the USS Harpers Ferry is the first of a five-ship contract awarded by the U
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on February 1991Chris-Marine, a world leader in diesel engine maintenance equipment, has published a full-color brochure on diesel engine maintenance tools for large-bore, medium-speed and auxiliary diesel engines. Solving the emerging problems of diesel engine maintenance has been the main drive at Chris-M
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on February 1991Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH of Germany has designed a new submarine capable of extended underwater endurance using a closedcycle diesel engine. The 98.4-foot-long by 18.7-footbeam mini-sub, dubbed the TR-300, would displace 300 tons submerged and carry a crew of eight sailors.The dimensions g
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on February 1991Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. of Mobile, Ala., has received an order from Nolty J. Teriot, Inc. of Golden Meadow, La., for two 175-foot class self-elevating workboats designed for maintenance of offshore production platforms. The order calls for the first vessel to be completed by m