1990 Articles
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on September 1990Aeroflex International, Plainview, N.Y., is offering a new, patented, wire rope arch isolator which reduces the complexity and cost of high performance isolation systems needed in critical industrial environments, where severe shock and vibratory forces may effect sensitive equipment such as
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on September 1990The central navigation work station has become more and more the focus of modern bridge design in seagoing ships and, in accordance with this, Anschutz & Co. GmbH of Kiel, West Germany, offers its "Nauto Control" line of products to fulfill the demand of navigators for fast, comprehensive in
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on September 1990BoatLIFE of New York and Southampton, England, recently re- ceived a major contract from MASA-Yards OY of Helsinki, Finland, to supply deck compounds. Under the contract, BoatLIFE will supply its non-curing bedding compound and two-part polysulfide seaming compound to bed teak onto the meta
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on September 1990DESTROYER, CRUISER & FRIGATE TECHNOLOGY September 27-29, Biloxi, Mississippi The American Society of Naval Engineering (ASNE) in cooperation with the Surface Navy Association (SNA) and the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., will sponsor a symposium entitled "Destroyer, Cruiser
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on September 1990The Marghera yard of Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani recently delivered the 135,000- dwt bulk carrier Ignazio to shipowner Fermar Company, Ferruzzi Group. The ship will be utilized to transport coal for the Italian thermoelectric power plants of stateowned ENEL Company under a 10-year con
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on September 1990Twin-Path® slings from Slingmax ® Rigging Products, Aston, Pa., were utilized to raise a 240-ton tug after it sank in the Port of Green Bay, Wis. The marine construction and salvage company that was called to raise the tug consulted with Wisconsin Lifting Specialists Inc., a Slingmax dealer
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on September 1990SEACO/Elliot manufactures and sells a full product line of inflatable life rafts and personnel rescue platforms and related products for oceangoing vessels, offshore platforms, commercial fishing vessels, corporate and commercial aircraft and various military applications. In its 30 years, E
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on September 1990CG-66, the 14th Aegis guided missile cruiser to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Miss., was recently christened Hue City. The vessel became the first U.S. Navy warship named in commemoration of the efforts of U.S. Marines, soldiers and sailors involved in th
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on September 1990Willard Marine Inc., a leading manufacturer of rigid inflatable boats based in Anaheim, Calif., recently announced that testing for SOLAS approval of its new 18-foot RIB will start at the beginning of next year. The 18-foot RIB will have the capacity to carry 10 people and is the newest in
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on September 1990TANO Marine Systems, Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide the propulsion control system and central alarm and monitoring system for the U.S. Coast Guard's prototype Heritage Class Patrol Boat (WPB). TANO was awarded the contract by MTU North America, which is providing the engines fo
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on September 1990The House Armed Services Committee recently completed its markup of the Fiscal Year 1991 (FY 91) Defense Authorization Bill, recommending most of the administration's requests for Navy shipbuilding and conversion intact. The committee recommended authorization of $1.45 billion for one SSN-2
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on September 1990NavSea / MMA-Sponsored HM&E Conference Set For Arlington, November 27-28 Vice Adm. Peter Hekman, Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea), and James P. Fromfield, president of the Marine Machinery Association (MMA), recently announced their joint sponsorship of the first conferen
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on September 1990ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. recently announced plans to expand the RR..1 turbocharger product family with the introduction in spring 1991 of the RR 131, the smallest framesize BBC Turbocharger. The company already markets the RR 151, RR 181, and RR 221. The RR 131 is designed for engines with ou
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on September 1990For many years the German firm Markisches Werk Halver (MWH) has installed Nimonic valves in medium- speed diesel engines when standard valve spindles were no longer able to meet today's requirements. Both the trend toward higher peak pressures and the increasing use of residual fuels led to
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on September 1990The logical alternative to ladders, ship's ladders and spirals, Lapeyre Alternating Tread stairs offer the optimum combination of safety, comfort and space savings. Product features and applications are ex- plained in a new free brochure from Lapeyre Stair Inc. of New Orleans, La. The disti
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on September 1990Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corp., has introduced a fiberglass hull to its line of deep-V steel and aluminum pilot boats. Designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates of Boston, the 50-foot one-piece molded hull, which has four watertight compartments, is designed to ABS rules with add
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on September 1990Sulzer Brothers Ltd. has agreed to sell a majority of the shares of its subsidiary Sulzer Diesel Ltd. in equal parts to Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA of Trieste, Italy, and a German consortium of Bremer Vulkan AG of Bremen, and Deutsche Maschinen- und Schiffbau AG of Rostock. The
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on September 1990Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., a member of the Trinity Marine Group, has delivered the Moku Ahi, a 110-foot fire boat, custom- designed for use in the Honolulu Harbor. The vessel is equipped with four water monitors or nozzles with a collective capacity of up to 12,000 gallons p
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on September 1990Sigma Coatings recently published the Sigma Tank Coating File. This is No. 2 in a series of "system" files being dispatched by the company over the next few months. (An article on No. 1 in the series, Sigma Antifoulings File, appeared in the July 1990 issue of MARITIME REPORTER/ Engineering
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on September 1990German engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen recently announced it will present its new Series 595 diesel engine for the first time at the International Shipping and Marine Technology Market, SMM '90, in Hamburg, West Germany. The new Series 595 includes 12- and 16-cylinder models, with po