1988 Articles
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on March 1988Increasing R&D Budgets Offers Many Business Opportunities For Navy Suppliers This year the U.S. Navy will spend over $9 billion for research and development—generating a flow of business opportunities for equipment manufacturers, technology firms, computer software and hardware suppliers,
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on March 1988The American Waterways Operators (AWO) is the only association representing the national interests of the domestic inland and coastal tug and barge industry. Reflecting its national character, AWO's 300- plus member companies are located along the banks of all major U.S. waterways, and on th
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on March 1988The American Waterways Operators (AWO) recently announced the election of Harriet Harrison as chairman of the association's Southern Region. Mrs. Harrison is the first woman to ever be elected chairman of any of AWO's five regions. The fact that the southern region which consists of waterwa
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on March 1988The consolidation of Tate Temco, Elliot's Strainer Division, and Andale Pipeline Products into one company, Tate Andale, Inc. has led the way for the company's introduction of a new, free 130-page catalog detailing their full line of strainers, valves, valve actuators, heat exchangers and sp
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on March 1988Wooster Products Inc. of Wooster, Ohio, recently published a 20- page catalog on the anti-slip safety stair and walkway products manufactured by the company. Included in the three-hole-punch catalog are Spectra® safety treads, specified for best architectural aesthetics, heavy pedestrian tra
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on March 1988—Free Color Brochures Available— Alfa-Laval, Inc., Ft. Lee, N.J., is offering three color brochures and one technical paper detailing the relative economic and performance advantages of their marine plate heat exchangers. These reports explain that Plate Heat Exchangers (PHE) and Shell and
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on February 1988The recent introduction of Wartsila Diesel's Vasa 46 engine is now being followed by a new auxiliary engine, the Wartsila Vasa 22/26. According to the analysis made before the Vasa 46 project, a really reliable medium-speed engine is the optimum choice as the prime mover for virtually any sh
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on February 1988EES Corporation of Sugar Land, Texas, has published a six-page brochure titled "OMNIPURE Sewage Treatment Plants," which is being offered free. The brochure discusses the three basic categories of marine sanitation devices manufactured by EES Corporation for its Omnipure product line: the s
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on February 1988Ocean Springs, Miss., which specializes in marine surveys, marine consulting and naval architecture, is offering a free brochure titled "CLI Marine Technical Services." The publication lists such CLI marine technical services as: accident reconstruction, certification, consultation, grain sh
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on February 1988Spar Associates, Inc. of Annapolis, Md., was recently awarded a contract by Halifax-Dartmouth Industries, Ltd. of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Under the contract, Spar will supply Perception™, their shipyard planning and cost/schedule control system, which will be used to plan and manage HDI's $60-
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on February 1988—Brochure Offered The Rukka 2-in-l Softank System has been developed jointly by Johnson Line AB, (Stockholm) and the Finnish manufacturer Rukka Oy. It is designed for transportation of a wide range of non-hazardous liquids, including juices and concentrates, wines and harmless chemicals, ut
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on February 1988The plan for the reorganization of Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Inc., Mobile, Ala., was confirmed recently by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The plan marks the end of Chapter 11 protection for Bender after just nine months. Since January 1987, Bende
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on February 1988Morecambe Bay Contractors, a joint venture between Press Offshore and McDermott International, Inc., has been awarded a contract valued at more than $100 million for two drilling platforms for the Morecambe Bay gas field by Hydrocarbons Great Britain Limited. The project, which will begin im
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on February 1988The new FR-2010 high resolution color radar from Furuno, designed primarily for commercial deepsea shipping, offers price and performance features that make it equally at home on commercial workboats, fishboats and the most prestigious yachts. The bright 20-inch diagonal raster scan CRT, eq
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on February 1988The completion of Westmark Systems' acquisition of Tracor, Inc., with all merger documentation filed with the State of Delaware where both companies are incorporated, was recently announced by Adm. Bobby R. Inman, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Westmark, together with Fra
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on February 1988—Literature A v a i l a b l e— Cummins Engine Co., Inc., which acquired majority ownership of Onan Corporation in early 1986, recently announced an agreement with Hawker-Siddeley and Onan Corporation whereby Cummins will assume responsibility for the Onan L series diesel engines. Under this
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on February 1988Shallow-draft workboat operations are beginning to be revolutionized with the introduction by North American Marine Jet Inc. of Benton, Ark., of a new diesel-powered waterjet propulsion unit that produces more than 3,000 pounds of static thrust at 150 horsepower. Tradenamed the "Traktor Jet"
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on February 1988Si-Tex, Clearwater, Fla., recently introduced the budget-priced 950 VHF/FM radiotelephone and reintroduced, by popular demand, the EZ-7 fisherman's Loran. The 950 VHF/FM radiotelephone transmits on 49 channels and receives on 59, including nine weather channels. Electronic up-down controls
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on February 1988Developments in the Raytheon R61 Rasterscan Radar's Interference Rejection, and Rain/Sea Clutter technology have led to even greater reduction of interference from weather and other radars. R61's advanced video processing circuitry further improves the bright, sharp picture Raytheon radars
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on February 1988Norwegian shipbuilder Fjellstrand of Omastrand recently delivered the first of a new generation of high-speed, low-noise level passenger ferries. Christened the M/S Fjordprins, the 127-foot catamaran is the result of an extensive program of tests carried out by Fjellstrand in cooperation wi