Maritime Reporter 1989 Articles
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- MAJOR NAVY CONTRACTS page: 35
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on February 1989The following special section highlights the latest U.S. Navy contract awards for shipbuilding, ship repair and maintenance, shipboard communications, weapons, etc. October 3 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was awarded a $27.3-million modification to a contract for repair services for USS Samu
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on February 1989NAVY PROJECTS SPENDING $11 BILLION PER YEAR Editor's Note: This article only forecasts business opportunities in the shipbuilding sector. For a projection of business opportunities in the ship repair and maintenance sector over the next 10 years, see Mr. McCaul's article, "U.S. Ship Mainte
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- Marine coatings & corrosion control page: 16
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on February 1989Last year, the U.S. Senate passed the "Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988" which controls the application of tributyltin (TBT) antifoulings in the U.S. In response to this new legislation, several major marine coatings suppliers have introduced new TBTfree antifoulings. Addition
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on February 1989SPD Technologies recently marked its first full year as an independent operating company and also commemorated the 100th anniversary of its predecessor company and the birth of its principal product, the circuit breaker. Ceremonies marking the first and 100th anniversaries were held at the c
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- Shieldings To Buy Versatile Pacific page: 12
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on February 1989B.C. Pacific Capital Corporation recently signed an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. to Shieldings Incorporated, a private, Canadian- owned company headquartered in Toronto and Vancouver which has a number of major investments in manufacturing an
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on February 1989The National Shipbuilding Research Program Ship Production Symposium, which will be held September 13-15, 1989, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Crystal City, Washington, D.C., is soliciting unclassified abstracts and papers on a wide range of topics related to advanced shipbuilding procedu
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on February 1989Willcox North America, Inc., a manufacturer of composite flexible oil and chemical hoses used for loading/ unloading barges and tankers, recently opened a sales, service and distribution center in Houston, Texas. The new center, which is located at 9366 Wallisville Road, Building 170, Houst
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on February 1989'Reborn'Cruise Boat Will Operate In Galapagos Islands Runyan Machine & Boiler Works, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., has delivered the Isabela II, an oilfield supply boat converted to passenger service for Empresa Turistica Internacional, C.A. The boat will operate in the Galapagos Islands off the c
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on February 1989—Literature Offered— Valve cages, whether watercooled or uncooled, may have some inherent weaknesses which can lead to serious defects after some thousand running hours. The sensitive spots are the cooling channels, weld area, seat coating and the anti-corrosion coating. The damaged areas
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on February 1989The new JAX 9 Weather Facsimile Receiver from Raytheon produces high-resolution satellite photos and other recordings in 16 gradation levels on 10-inch thermosensitive paper. Because of its built-in timer feature, the JAX 9 can be preset to start and stop during selected broadcasts, allowing
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on February 1989Lister Chain & Forge Inc., a recently incorporated U.S. company, associated with 78-year-old Canadian chain-making and steel forging concern Lister Bolt & Chain, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., recently announced it would commence the manufacture of ship anchor chain in the U.S. by early April 1989.
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on February 1989Bird-Johnson Company's Pascagoula, Miss., plant manager Jim Elliott has announced plans to expand their marine propeller manufacturing plant to meet the demands of new orders. The current 43,000-square-foot facility, which houses a modern foundry as well as a complete propeller machining and
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on February 1989For over 30 years, MMC International Corporation, Inwood, N.Y., has been serving the maritime industry by manufacturing tank gauging systems, both portable and fixed, along with a variety of vapor control valves widely recognized for their durability, reliability and ease of operation. Of even
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on February 1989Southern Shipbuilding Corporation recently delivered the hopper dredge Sandy Hook to McCormack Aggregates, South Amboy, N.J., after the vessel underwent conversion at the Slidell, La., yard. The 290-foot Sandy Hook was converted from the hopper barge Harold Smith, which formerly transported
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on February 1989Sperry Marine Inc. of Charlottesville, Va., has published a six-page full-color brochure on RASterscan Collision Avoidance Radar (RASCAR) The brochure explains that Sperry Marine's revolutionary new RASCAR is a series of radars and AR- PAs designed to meet or exceed all SOLAS and type-approv
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on February 1989Free Literature Available Fire aboard ship is a major emergency, no matter how small the fire. On a very small ship the crew can usually escape overboard should the fire get out of control. On a large ship, however, the situation is far more serious and difficult. Passengers and crew may f
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on February 1989Montreal, Canada, February 20-21 The Canadian Maritime Industries Association's (CMIA) 41st Annual Technical Conference will be held at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel on February 20-21, 1989. "As a result of the resounding success of the Canadian Shipbuilding & Offshore Exhibition, we ha
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on February 1989PACECO Corporation is now a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Corporation after MES acquired all of the patents, drawings, trademarks and technology, as well as license agreements, including the name PACECO from the Fruehauf Corporation. From its new headquarters in San Mateo,
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on February 1989Under a recently awarded $1.4- million U.S. Navy contract, Caterpillar Inc. will develop a highly specialized mine plow for the Marine Corp's Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) in a two-year program. Managed by the Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Fla., the contract covers design, ma
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on February 1989A series of recent moves has resulted in a number of significant changes in the Marine Electric organization, a leading manufacturer and supplier of the product lines of Galbraith Pilot Marine (temperature monitoring, salinity monitoring, audio equipment); CML-Macarr (power supplies, wide ba