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on April 1989Red Fox Industries, Inc., New Iberia, La., is offering a free 20-page color brochure on the marine sanitation systems marketed by the company. The sewage treatment division of Red Fox Industries manufactures flow-through discharge-type sewage treatment units designed for use on wetlands, doc
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on April 1989Robert A. Banck has been named president of TANO Marine Systems, Inc., New Orleans, La., which designs and builds computerbased electronic systems for industrial and defense applications. The appointment was announced by James J. Reiss Jr., president of TANO Corporation, parent company of T
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on April 1989Keppel Shipyard, a major operating division of Keppel Corporation Limited, has completed a S$4.3-million (about US$2.2-million) conversion contract for the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. The M/V Santorini, a RO/RO car/passenger ferry, was converted to a full passenger-class vessel for s
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on April 1989—Literature Available Soundcoat Company of Deer Park, N.Y., now offers Quilted Barrier Absorber (QBA), a combination of materials specifically designed to provide durability and excellent acoustical properties. It is a composite of limp mass sandwiched between two layers of quilted absorb
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on April 1989KaMeWa recently expanded its product range through a licensing agreement with Seapacer Marketing AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. The new product, to be marketed under the name of KaMeWa-Seapacer, is an integrated system for maintaining optimum economical performance at sea. Together with KaMeWa's o
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- Furuno Introduces N e w Line Of Medium-Size Radars And N ew V i d e o Sounder W i t h Etched CRT page: 22
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on April 1989Furuno U.S.A., Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has introduced a new line of medium radars, and a new monochrome video sounder with etched CRT. Furuno's new FR-8000D Series radars are designed to provide top performance at a reasonable price for most workboats, fishing vessels and larger yachts
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on April 1989A new eight-page, full-color capabilities brochure from Drew Ameroid ® Marine offers a comprehensive overview of the products and "added value" services offered by the company, including its geographic scope, programs, commitment to research, and history. Titled "Drew Ameroid Marine: Innova
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on April 1989JJH Inc., a naval engineering company, has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Intermarine USA, Savannah, Ga., for the detailed outfitting design for the lead ship of the U.S. Navy's new coastal minehunter (MHC-51) Class. To be named the USS Osprey, the minehunter will be 188 feet long, 3
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on April 1989Apelco's XVC 8100 Color Video Fishfinder/Plotter is a powerhouse in a small package. It gives sharp, bright, eight-color displays of bottom and midwater fish and other targets on a 6-inch screen, plus valuable plotting information to help you reach and return to important fishfinding events
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on April 1989Total Transportation Systems (International) A/S (TTS) recently announced the receipt, through its United Kingdom subsidiary, of a $5.5-million contract to significantly modernize the steel fabrication facilities at Kvaerner Govan Limited in Glasgow, Scotland. The historic Govan shipyard, w
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on April 1989Allied Shipbuilders, Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently delivered the 57-foot 8- inch shiphandling tug Charles H. Cates X to C.H. Cates & Sons Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C. Based on a design by Vancouver-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Robert Allan Ltd., the Char
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on April 1989Bird-Johnson Company of Walpole, Mass., has been awarded the contracts to supply the twin-screw controllable-pitch (CP) propeller systems for the Navy fleet oilers TAOs 198, 200, 202 and 204. Avondale Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc. of New Orleans, La., which is building the
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on April 1989Comsat Maritime Services recently announced that Thomas Taricco has been named Western region manager, maritime industries sales, responsible for the company's maritime satellite services sales efforts within the shipping, fishing and offshore markets located on the West Coast. Mr. Taricco,
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- OTC '89 SPECIAL PREVIEW page: 25
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on April 1989May 1-4, Houston, Texas The annual Offshore Technology Conference, OTC '89, will once again be held in the spacious Astrodomain Complex in Houston, Texas, on May 1-4,1989. The event, one of the largest of its kind in the world, will consist of an exceptional technical program and a large e
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on April 1989Dr. Daniel G. True, senior research civil engineer at the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL), Port Hueneme, Calif., has been promoted to director of the Seafloor Engineering Division. He succeeds Norman D. Albertsen who has been appointed manager of the laboratory's Technology Base P
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on April 1989U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Yost and Customs Service Commissioner William von Raab recently announced that personal- use of illegal drugs found on commercial fishing industry vessels will no longer subject the vessel to immediate seizure, provided the vessel is engaged in fishery o
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on April 1989Orkot Engineering Plastics, Carlsbad, Calif., is offering free literature on 'Orkot' bearings, bushings, wear pads and other components ideal for marine use. 'Orkot' is a laminated material made by bonding various fabrics with thermosetting resins. Its mechanical and chemical characteristics
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on April 1989The U.S. Navy's newest ocean surveillance ship, the USNS Audacious (T-AGOS-11) was recently christened at Tacoma Boatbuilding, Co., Tacoma, Wash. Speakers at the launching ceremony included Rear Adm. Select Stephen S. Clarey, Deputy Commander/ Comptroller, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the
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on April 1989Acurex Corporation/Autodata Division, Mountain View, Calif., is a manufacturer of measurement and test equipment for surface and undersea ships of the U.S. Navy and other navies around the world. The Acurex Model 1605A Universal Sea Trials Meter for the first time combines the proven Acurex
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on April 1989Ocean Specialty Tankers Corporation (OST), a newly formed Houston- based company, recently announced an agreement in principal to long term charter three modern U.S.-flag parcel vessels from OMI Corporation and Hvide Shipping, Inc. The vessels, OMI Dynachem, OMI Hudson and Seabulk Magnachem