1990 Articles
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on December 1990Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany, recently delivered the LPG/ ammonia carrier Skriveri to AKP "Sovcomflot" of Moscow. This newbuilding is the third ship in a series of six gas carriers for the USSR. Upon completion of the series by the autumn of 1991, the yard will have built a total of 45
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on December 1990The Trinity Marine Group, Gulfport, Miss., and a team of Swedish engineers have joined forces to develop the construction process for a new double-hull tanker design. The new design is the Series 2000 double-hull tanker, developed by Rutger Deylin of Fram Shipping, in association with S.I. S
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on December 1990NEI Syncrolift of Miami, Fla., one of the world leaders in shiplifting technology, recently announced orders for five more Syncrolifts for locations around the world in Europe, Japan and the Pacific. These new orders, worth a total of more than $3 million, bring the total of Syncrolifts inst
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on December 1990The American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC), a conference within The American Waterways Operators, represents the interests of the small- and mediumsized or "second-tier" yards in the shipbuilding and repair industry. These yards build and repair the tugboats, towboats and barges for
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on December 1990U.S. YARDS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THEIR FUTURE It had been assumed by many observers that, with the termination of construction subsidies in 1981, American shipyards could not win competitively placed commercial ship orders. But current trends indicate that American yards are beginning to pay at
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on December 1990Judging from what was said at the Round Table organized by the Association of Marine Architects and Naval Engineers of Spain (AINE), held recently in Madrid, the European shipyards have found the formula that will enable them to compete successfully with their Far Eastern counterparts, and t
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on December 1990Sea-Land Service, Inc., Edison, N.J., has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Holeby Diesel, Denmark, for repowering the generating sets on board its twelve 4,140-TEU Atlantic Class containerships, formerly U.S. Lines' Econships. Under the contract, Holeby Diesel
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on December 1990Balehi Marine, Inc., Lacombe, La., recently delivered the 1,800- horsepower towboat Lake Charles to Conoco Oil Company. Based on Balehi Marine's standard 1,800- 2,400-hp towboat design, the Lake Charles has a length of 81 feet, beam of 28 feet, depth of 11 feet and draft of 7 feet 6 inches.
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on December 1990NKK Corporation recently announced that it has received an order from Nippon Yusen K.K. (NYK) and Perbadanan Nasional Shipping Line Berhad (PNSL), Malaysia's leading shipping company, to build a 18,000-cubic-meter LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier. The agreement was signed between NKK and
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on December 1990Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has begun construction of a harbor survey vessel for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The shipyard is building the relatively compact 55-foot-long by 16- foot-beam, all-aluminum vessel for year-ro
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on December 1990Diversified Technologies (Dt) of Chesapeake and Alexandria, Va., re- cently delivered one of its patented Launch and Retrieval Systems (LARS) to Houston Ship Repair, Houston, Texas, for installation on board the steam tanker Chesapeake. Its is the second of a series of SALM-LARS, the first h
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on December 1990MarineSafety International is offering a tug-barge simulator training course at the Computer Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF), which is located on the grounds of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. The course is aimed at increasing the margin of safety in handling
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on December 1990Five of the largest European shipbuilders recently met in Madrid to join forces and develop a new tanker design for the 21st century. The group, which included Spain's Astilleros Espanoles S.A., Germany's Bremer Vulkan and Howaldtswerke- Deutsche Werft, Italy's Fincantieri Cantieri Navali It
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on December 1990Peter P. Lombard, president of American United Marine Corporation, has been honored for his outstanding contribution to trade relations with Norway and the United States and has been awarded a special export diploma by the Export Council of Norway. The award, first given in Copenhagen in 19
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on December 1990Willi Becker Ingenieurbiiro GmbH of Germany supplied a highperformance hi-lift flap rudder for the recently reconstructed 46,300- dwt chemical tanker M/V Seabulk America. Working with consultants on the project, Willi Becker Ingenieurbiiro worked on a proposal for a high-performance flap ru
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on December 1990Responding to market demand, Wartsila Diesel has introduced a six-cylinder in-line version of their Wartsila Nohab 25 engine. Besides general marine applications, the engine's weight-power ratio of 7.0 kg/ kw makes it a contender for military and traction purposes. Also envisaged are high-pr
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on December 1990Florida-based U.S.-flag carrier Hvide Shipping, Inc., recently took delivery of the newly reconstructed 46,300-dwt U.S.-flag chemical tanker M/V Seabulk America. "The double-bottomed Seabulk America is the newest, most sophisticated chemical carrier in the U.S. coastwise trade. We are very p
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on September 1990Hardware Speciality Co. Inc., Long Island City, N.Y., distributor of fasteners and electronic hardware, recently appointed William (Bill) Berit ships division manager. Mr. Berit, who has been with the company since 1978, "will bring broad experience in purchasing, sales and sales management
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on September 1990Service Engineering Co. (SECO) has announced completion of the purchase of Continental Maritime of San Francisco and of Continental Maritime of San Diego. The acquisition of the San Diego operation fulfills the company's goal of expanding its presence on the West Coast. According to Orlindo
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on September 1990The Sea Prince, a 275,782-dwt tanker, was recently completed at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Works. The 1,070-foot-long by 185.7-foot-wide very large crude carrier (VLCC) was christened and delivered to the owner, Seatruth Shipping Company S.A. The tanker is powered by an HZ MAN B&W 6S80MC type d