1989 Articles
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- Peterson Builders A w a r d ed $ 1 8 5 - M i l l i o n N a v y Contract To Build Three More MCMs page: 12
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on April 1989Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI), Sturgeon Bay, Wis., recently received a contract valued at more than $185 million to build three 224- foot wooden-hulled Mine Countermeasure ships (MCMs) for the U.S. Navy. The contract is the largest single award ever received by PBI and is the continuation o
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on April 1989New Orleans-based Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. recently announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent ownership of Argonaut Line, Inc., the parent company of U.S.-flag ship operator Farrell Lines, New York, N.Y. "The combination of Farrell and Lykes will be an improved service for our cu
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on April 1989400-Passenger Vessel Based On New DesignThe Warren, Rhode Island, shipyard of Blount Marine Corporation has begun the construction of a new, ultramodern design 400-passenger dinner boat for Rentacruise, Inc. To be called the Vista Jubilee, the passenger vessel is based on a new design unveile
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on April 1989New from Harris is a remote control device for its RF-3200 marine single sideband radio. Now you can mount the radio in one location and the remote control up to 125 feet away, with operation from either location The RF-3234 Remote Control Unit is now available as an optional accessory with
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on April 1989Two 38.8-meter (about 127.3- foot) high-speed passenger catamarans worth about NOK75-80 million (about $11-12 million), have been ordered from Fjellstrand of Norway by the Spanish shipping company Cat Lines S.A. in Valencia. This order marks a fresh market breakthrough for the Norwegian yar
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on April 1989The Palermo shipyard of Fincantieri recently delivered the rail/car/ passenger ferry Logudoro to the Italian State Railways. The ferry is now in service between Civitavecchia, near Rome, to Golfo Aranci in Sardinia, and between Messina, in Sicily, and Reggio Calabria. Built to the rules of R
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- N e w High-Efficiency Incinerators Introduced By H a m w o r t h y Offer Solution To On-Board Waste page: 6
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on April 1989—Free Literature Available— Hamworthy Engineering has been a leading worldwide marine equipment manfacturer for over 75 years. With its own offices worldwide, Hamworthy is able to provide shipowners the assurance of the availability of spare parts and service for their equipment. Besides c
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on April 1989Alsthom and Combustion Engineering recently announced the opening of negotiations to form joint companies that will combine their respective worldwide activities in the field of fossil-fuel boilers, associated equipment and services. Alsthom and Combustion Engineering will hold an equal stak
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on April 1989Regency 200 and 350 are the new family of single phase, constant voltage, DC power sources for gas metal arc welding (MIG) from Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Both models operate with a wide variety of constant speed and voltage sensing wire feeders, and are described in new literature. Units hav
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on April 1989Aiken-Murray Corporation, New York, N.Y., is offering a free sixpage fold-out brochure and other literature on the chemical and engineering services marketed by the company. Included in the literature is an announcement by K e n n e t h J. E d - w a r d s , president of Aiken-Murray Corpora
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on April 1989Ingram Barge Company, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has signed a letter of intent to purchase 319 barges and eight towboats from American Barge and Towing Company of St. Louis, Mo. The terms of the purchase were not disclosed. In making the announcement, Neil N. Diehl, chairman and CEO
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on April 1989Firm Offers New Down-Sized Unit That Complies With Annex V/MARPOL Regulations New Annex V/MARPOL 73/78 regulations restricting the dumping of waste from vessels at sea and offshore rigs have created storage, cleanliness and disposal problems for the marine industry. In response to these ne
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on April 1989The U.S. Coast Guard recently proposed extensive changes in existing regulations covering small passenger vessels because of new uses for these vessels and advances in design and technology. The proposed regulations are expected to reduce the number of injuries, lives lost and property dama
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on April 1989The doubling of its "A" unit parallel shaft speed reducer line, from eight to 16 sizes, is described in a revised 48-page bulletin from The Falk Corporation, a major manufacturer of power transmission machinery. This latest issue of the "A" unit bulletin contains information on the new speed
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on April 1989Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and OMI Corp. recently announced an agreement in principle to a merger between Hornbeck and three OMI affiliates—OMI Petrolink Corp., OMI Offshore Marine Services, Inc., and Potomac Transport, Inc.—following an exchange of shares. As part of this transaction,
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on April 1989H. Allen Fernstrom has been named to the post of executive vice president and chief operating officer of Marco Seattle. He takes over the day-to-day management of the 35- year-old company from president and founder Peter G. Schmidt, who will be devoting increased time to the firm's foreign o
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on April 1989—Literature Available Circle Seal Controls, Anaheim, Calif., has expanded its line of Sampling and Bleed valves to include both high-pressure and low-pressure miniaturized versions for use in airborne, shipboard and ground support equipment. Their use, for taking samples of, or bleeding o
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on April 1989Philadelphia-headquartered SPD Technologies recently announced a joint venture agreement with Daeyang Electric Co., Ltd., of Pusan, South Korea, to provide Mil- Spec circuit breakers and switchgear for the Korean naval industry. SPD, one the world's leading suppliers of Mil-Spec circuit brea
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on April 1989Raytheon's new Raynav 780 Loran- C Navigator is a rugged, commercial- quality, weatherproof unit designed, according to the manufacturer, with the most advanced technology available to bring mariners a new, unbeatable, high-level of accuracy. Yet this Loran is exceptionally easy to use and h
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on April 1989Raytheon Marine is offering a free, four-color brochure fully detailing its new cost-saving Integrated Bridge System, SNA-91. The fold-out publication features color photos, dimensional drawings and a detailed block diagram describing the system and its operation. In addition, the brochure p