Maritime Reporter 1991 Articles
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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 1991The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, owned by Edison Chouest Offshore, has been custom designed for the Antarctic research activities of the National Science Foundation. Engineered by a firm in Vancouver, and being built in Louisiana, the vessel incorporates both Thordon bearings and a water soluble
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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 1991Barracuda Technologies, Laholm, Sweden, has been awarded a comprehensive contract by Kvaerner Batservice a.s., Norway, to supply the cellular core material and syntactic filler system for nine new mine countermeasure hovercraft/ catamaran vessels (MCMVs) ordered by the Norwegian Navy. The con
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on April 1991The second ship in the new Wasp Class (LHD-1) of multipurpose amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy was recently christened "Essex" at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Miss. The principal speaker at the ceremony was Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney. His wife, Mr
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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
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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 1991Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corp., has begun building an Incat-designed catamaran for a southern California operator. Beginning in May, Catalina Channel Express will provide excursion and commuter service aboard the 102- foot Jet Cat Express from its home base of San Pedro, Calif
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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