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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 1991Nordic Machine & Manufacturing, Seattle, Wash., has expanded its line of stock anchor winches with the new 40-30-3000. This 40-inchdiameter by 30-inch-wide galvanized drum winch has a full drum line pull of 15,000 pounds enabling a maximum anchor capacity of 3,000 pounds. The winch can hold
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on April 1991A new condensed catalog from Frank W. Murphy Mfr., Tulsa, Okla., describes products from gages to complete control systems. All-new for 1991, the catalog contains photos and specifications for over 80 products. Many new products are included, such as dual set point pressure and temperature
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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 1991Baldt, Inc. of Chester, Pa., is celebrating its 90th anniversary. As a producer of product for the international market, Baldt indicates they will continue to expand their business based on what they do best: manufacturing some of the world's strongest, longest-lasting chain, anchor and rela
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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 1991Charlottesville, Va., is home to Sperry Marine Inc., a company which enjoys a world leadership position in an electronics market increasingly dominated by the Japanese. Sperry Marine, which celebrated its 80th anniversary last year, traces its beginnings to the Sperry Gyroscope Company found
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on April 1991Archway Marine Lighting, St. Louis, Mo., has introduced a new hitech searchlight fixture line suitable for towboats, oceangoing vessels, passenger vessels and other specialized workboats needing a very bright and fog-penetrating beam. According to the manufacturer, the sanshin, solid-state,
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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 1991Maritrans GP, Inc., the managing general partner of Maritrans Operating Partners L.P., has expanded its industry-leading training initiative to include a new training program for its 140 tug captains and mates. Developed jointly by Maritrans and MarineSafety International, the training combi
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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 1991The Southwest Marine Group, with facilities in San Diego (its headquarters), San Pedro (Los Angeles), San Francisco, Portland (Northwest Marine) and Samoa, reports that the Group is experiencing an upturn in commercial ship repair and conversion business. One of the most important projects