1988 Articles
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on July 1988Equitable Shipyards, Inc. has reopened its Madisonville, La., shipyard to begin construction on 39 coal-carrying hopper barges for the Indiana Michigan Power Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind. John Dane III, president of the Trinity Marine Group that includes Equitable, said the reopening of the Madi
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- Marine Machinery Association Holds Government-Industry Forum On Ship Repair And Parts Quality page: 45
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on July 1988The Marine Machinery Association (MMA) recently held its Government- Industry Forum in Norfolk, Va. MMA's president, Larry Holley of Warren Pumps, Inc., opened the meeting, explaining that the location was chosen to bring the forum close to the operating forces and promote a dialogue on cur
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on July 1988The trend toward upgrading output and efficiency of marine diesel engines, as well as improving their ability to burn heavy residual fuels with high sulfur content, has placed increasing demands on the petroleum industry to improve their products. The oil producers have responded by offering
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on July 1988General Ship Corporation of Boston, Mass., which specializes in shipbuilding, diesel and steam engines, conversions, overhauls, renovations, and repairs in both the private and commercial shipping industries, was contracted by the U.S. Government to perform modifications that would update an
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on July 1988Under Seas Defense '88 (USD), an international exposition and conference on underwater warfare technology, will be held in the Holiday Inn at Embarcadero, San Diego, Calif., from October 3-6. Under Seas Defense '88 is the second annual exposition and conference in this series. It will featur
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on July 1988The Naval Education and Training Center (NETC), located in Newport, R.I., recently took delivery of a new Class (YP-683) Yard Patrol training vessel. This YP is the first of seven YP-683 Class vessels the NETC will be receiving during the next three months from Marinette Marine Corporation,
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on July 1988The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee recently added language to the FY 1989 defense appropriations bill which would order the Navy to open the competition to build a fourth Aegis guided missile destroyer to all qualified U.S. shipyards. This, however, is based on whether or not the
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on July 1988Reportedly Largest Passenger Catamaran Built In U.S. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash., have delivered what is said to be the largest high-speed passenger catamaran built in the U.S. to Catalina Passenger Service, for service between Newport Harbor and Catalina Island in
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on July 1988Marine Management Systems (MMS), a leader in providing computerized management information systems for the shipping industry, is offering a free set of brochures describing these systems, as well as various services offered by the company. "MMS—An Overview," one of the brochures included in
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on July 1988The 1988 Ship Production Symposium, sponsored by the Ship Production Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and hosted by its Pacific Northwest Section, will take place August 24-26, 1988 at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, Wash. The theme of this year's techn
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on July 1988Danish shipbuilders Burmeister & Wain recently christened the ninth in a series of Panamax 59,999- dwt product tankers, built by the yard since 1985. The M/T Fredholm, which was christened by Jacqueline Weil, was contracted by K/S Frederiksholm, a Danish partnership. Like her sister ship, t
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on July 1988The Soundcoat Company of Deer Park, N.Y., is offering a free eightpage bulletin on constrained layertype vibration damping materials, called Soundfoil, which the company's materials laboratory has developed for control of noise and vibration. Soundfoil is described in the bulletin as a highl
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on July 1988—Literature Available SPD Technologies, Philadelphia, Pa., recently announced the completion of its acquisition of the Navy Switchgear Division of Brown Boveri Power Equipment, Inc., based in Montgomeryville, Pa. According to George M. Gordon, president and chief executive officer of SPD Tech
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on July 1988Gerald A. Motta has been named vice president of operations for Waterway Communications System, Inc., by its president, Richard A. Baker. Waterway Communications System, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is responsible for the development of Watercom, a new directdial telephone service for the mar
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on July 1988Vessel Christened 'Seaward' In New York Ceremony The Turku yard of Finnish shipbuilder Wartsila Marine Industries Inc. recently delivered its biggest passenger vessel to date to Norwegian shipowner Kloster Cruise Ltd. The 1,800-passenger vessel is the first new generation cruise ship built a
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on July 1988General Thermodynamics Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., is offering free literature which gives technical data on their Model 300-A BMEP Balancer, the most common use of which is to adjust the fuel distribution to an engine to assure that each cylinder is producing an equal share of power. I
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- MAJOR NAVY CONTRACTS page: 36
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on July 1988The following special section features the latest U.S. Navy contract awards for shipbuilding, ship repair, conversion, maintenance, shipboard electronics, communication systems, weapons, etc. This special section covers contracts awarded between March 23 and May 31, 1988. For contract awards
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on July 1988Over the next two years the U.S. Navy will spend more than $18 billion on developing new systems and equipment. The program offers many exciting business opportunities for manufacturers, engineering firms, systems integrators, etc. Spending Is Up For New Technology Navy R&D spending has gro
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- DIESEL POWER REVIEW page: 10
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on July 1988One of the more difficult tasks facing both marine engineers and vessel owners contemplating new construction or the reengining of an existing vessel is keeping up with the latest developments in diesel engines for both main propulsion and auxiliary power. Manufacturers of marine diesel engi
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on July 1988Arthur Engel, president and chief executive officer of Southwest Marine, Inc., has been chosen Maritime Man of the Year by The Propeller Club of The United States, Port of San Diego. Mr. Engel was presented with The Brass Hat Award by Rear Adm. Joseph Rizza, president of The Propeller Club,