Maritime Reporter 1991 Articles
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on January 1991The American Bureau of Shipping, one of the world's leading ship classification societies, has formed a Strategic Marketing Team to provide clients more timely access to its experience and technical expertise and to assist prospective clients in the development of liquefied natural gas and l
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on January 1991Honolulu, Hawaii, January 16-21, 1991 The Annual Convention of the National Association of Passenger Vessel Owners (NAPVO) will be held on January 16-21, 1991 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. A post-convention meeting will occur on Maui Island on January 21-23. Last year
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on January 1991BMD Posts Successful Year; Eyes Retrofit Market Following a period of transition and consolidation of its marine operations, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, at one time one of the leading shipbuilders in the nation, has made a successful transformation into one of the leading U.S. full service
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on January 1991Deway Marine & Industrial Craftsmen, Inc. Virginia Beach, Va., has introduced a new seal for inwater shaft repair. SealChest Corporation has designed, developed, patented and proved the seal, Duclamp, for inwater propulsion shaft repair. Conventional methods of performing this duty have bee
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on January 1991Aluminum Boats, Inc., Crown Point, La., has delivered the Lanmar Cove, an 85-foot all-aluminum crewboat to Land and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Bromborough, Merseyside, England. The new boat is the sixth built for Land and Marine by a Trinity Marine Group shipyard and the first all-aluminu
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on January 1991Despite recent concern about overcapacity in the cruise industry, new and refurbished luxury liners and cruise ferries continue to enter the market with more and more berths in an effort to attract firsttime and repeat cruisers. However, according to Cruise Lines International Association (
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on January 1991The first EM12 full ocean depth multibeam echo sounder from Simrad Subsea A/S, Horten, Norway, has gone into operation on the research vessel Ocean Surveyor, operated by Worldwide Ocean Surveying Ltd., England. The EM12 data has been collected for the scientific and commercial sectors and pr
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on January 1991The first foreign delivery of the new Flying Cat high-speed catamarans from Kvaerner Fjellstrand, a member of Norway's Kvaerner group, has been made to Greek shipowner Ceres Hellenic Shipping & Co. This is the second Flying Cat to be built by Fjellstrand's Omastrand yard south of Bergen. Th
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on January 1991Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany, recently delivered the 6,000- grt passenger ship Tatamailau to the Directorate General of Sea Communication, Jakarta, Indonesia. The 969-passenger newbuilding is the eighth passenger ship and, at the same time, the first in a series of three vessels for the
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on January 1991Reliability has always been of the utmost importance in all commercial applications of reverse osmosis desalination, whether on a commercial commercial fishing vessel, offshore drilling platform or cruise ship. And there are times when the special requirements of a customer do not fit the s
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on January 1991Vessel Information Systems has brought microprocessor technology into the pilothouse by introducing the VIAS System-128. This new vessel instrumentation and alarm system represents a high-tech melding of computer display technology with familiar shipboard systems, resulting in the ultimate "
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on January 1991Despite the recent drop in passenger bookings, some industry analysts are predicting that by the year 2000, more than 10 million passengers will take cruises annually. These projections are based on a growth level of 10 percent per year. Present cruise passenger levels stand at 3.7 million p
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on January 1991Miami Beach, Florida, February 5-9 A record attendance of delegates, visitors and exhibitors is expected at the seventh annual Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference and Exhibition when its takes place at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla., from February 5 to 9, 1991. With an
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on January 1991Key To Fast Ship Design May Be Submerged Cylinders An $11 million project to design a small containership that will travel 55 miles an hour and carry 1,000 tons of cargo is being carried out by the Japanese Government and several Japanese shipyards. Known as Techno-Superliner, the high-s
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on January 1991While in the process of converting the S/T Keystone Canyon from 165,000 dwt to 125,000 dwt at the Northwest Marine Iron Works Shipyard in Portland, Ore., BP Oil of Cleveland, Ohio, has also added a complete system of closed gaging cargo monitoring equipment. The tankship is being retrofitted
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on January 1991U.S. Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III recently participated in an actual operational trial onboard the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). He first toured the entire LCAC manufacturing facility at the Textron Marine Systems Shipyard Operations in New Orleans, La. The LCACs are a
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on January 1991Hatch & Kirk, Inc., Seattle, Wash., is promoting state-of-the-art engine monitoring and control panels available to diesel, dual fuel, and gaseous-fueled engine users worldwide, according to Cliff Chappie, vice president of sales. The panels are custom-designed to replace outdated monitoring
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on January 1991Southwest Marine, Inc., San Diego, Calif., has selected Hopeman Brothers, Inc., Waynesboro, Va., as a subcontractor on the $75-million, 13-week conversion of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Viking Serenade. As a subcontractor on the huge conversion project, Hopeman Brothers will complete the i
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on January 1991The leaders of the maritime industry recently honored Federal Maritime Administrator Capt. Warren G. Leback for his support of the American merchant marine and maritime education and training. Almost 600 guests gathered for the dinner-dance held at the State University of New York Maritime
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on January 1991The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will be busy in the next few months investigating a host of countries for unfair shipping practices. Under the Omnibus Trade Act of 1988 and the Shipping Act of 1984, the FMC has the authority to combat practices by foreign governments which create unfai