1990 Articles
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on August 1990North American passenger vessel operators now have access to catamaran designs of one of the world's largest and most experienced catamaran builders, because of an agreement between Westamarin A/S, the Trinity Marine Group, and Scandinavian Catamarans, Inc. Westamarin A/S, Mandal, Norway, w
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on August 1990Directions In Design, Inc., Chesterfield, Mo., recently won the interior design contract for the Dubuque Casino Belle, a new 2,000- passenger casino riverboat that will operate on the Mississippi River out of Dubuque, Iowa. Robert's River Rides, owner and operator of the $7.5-million vessel,
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on August 1990Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., recently delivered the Lady Windridge, the largest aluminum charter yacht ever built in North America, according to Salvador Guarino, general manager of Aluminum Boats, Inc. The new vessel is 170 feet in length with a 33-foot beam and 5- foot draft.
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on August 1990ZF of North America has announced reliability and horsepower capacity improvements in four of its marine transmission models. The input torsional couplings on the transmissions are now attached to the input shaft by means of an SKF® keyless taper. This design modification improves the reliab
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on August 1990Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) recently announced that it has acquired, through its subsidiary COMSAT Investments Inc., a minority interest in Marine Management Systems (MMS) of Stamford, Conn., with the option to increase its holdings in the future. Marine Management Systems
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on August 1990Marine Gears, Inc., Greenville, Miss., recently delivered six new main propulsion Haley gear units and six Haley auxiliary drive units to Main Iron Works, Houma, La. These gears were installed in three new vessels operated by G & H Towing of Galveston, Texas. The three vessels and their owne
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on August 1990Henschel, Inc., the Newburyport, Mass., subsidiary of SPD Technologies of Philadelphia, recently agreed to become the exclusive U.S. licensee for a line of marine speed measuring products produced by Aeronautical and General Instruments (AGI) of the United Kingdom. AGI is a leading producer
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on August 1990The recently delivered luxury cruise liner Crystal Harmony is the latest ship to be fitted with an advanced multi-channel marine satellite communications system. A Magnavox multi-channel SatCom station was fitted on the Crystal Harmony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan
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on August 1990The New York Shipyard Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., is completing extensive repairs on the 700-foot containership S/S Guayama, operated by Puerto Rico Marine Management. The work involves drydocking for tail shafting, sea valves, boiler repairs and replacement of a 60-ton evaporator and hull co
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on August 1990Although the legislation has yet to be approved, it appears that all oceangoing tankers operating within U.S. waters will have to be equipped with a double hull by 2015, according to a recent proposal by a joint House-Senate conferee committee. A joint committee made up of Congressional conf
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on August 1990Furuno, makers of some of the world's finest marine radars, recently announced a new heavy duty, commercial line of rasterscan radars/ ARPAs designed to fully meet IMO regulations for installation aboard all classes of vessels. Ten different models are available with a large variety of perfo
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on August 1990Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), a subsidiary of the American Ship Building Company, recently delivered two 260-foot specially configured Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/ RO) barges to Allied Maritime Management organization, a subsidiary of Seaworthy Systems, Inc., at its Nashville, Tenn., yard, fo
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on August 1990Serving The U.S. Inland And Coastal Waterways Vessels: Since the focus of the Annual National Waterways Conference August issue is on the inland and coastal waterways of the U.S., MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS thought it might be interesting and informative to examine and review a
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on August 1990Moss Point, Mississippi-based Homeport Marine Services recently ; delivered the 195-foot, U.S.-flag fish i tender Eastern Wind to Arctic Alas- • ka Fisheries, Inc., Seattle, Wash. She is the first of a series of two under construction at the yard for the U.S. owner. Designed as an oceangoing
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on August 1990NuFlex, Inc., Linden, N.J., manufacturers of composite transfer hoses for petroleum and chemicals, recently announced the availability of large bore composite vapor hoses. NuFlex manufactures 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-inch ID vapor hoses designed to meet recently announced Marine Vapor Control Regul
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on August 1990The Coast Guard recently announced final regulations designed to ensure the safe design, installation and operation of marine vapor systems on tank vessels and at marine facilities. During loading or ballasting of tank ships or tank barges, the liquid entering the tank displaces vapors with
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on August 1990Wartsila Diesel has announced the following new personnel appointments: Chestertown, Md.—Gary Fesenbek has been appointed materials manager for Wartsila Diesel's North America operation. He will be based at the headquarters office in Chestertown. Max Haga has joined the Chestertown office a
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on August 1990Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Co. (ASRY), Bahrain, recently reported first quarter 1990 results were "very satisfactory" with drydock occupancy close to 90 percent, ship repair sales above budget and operation profits above those of the corresponding quarter last year. The fifth of five VL
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on August 1990Magellan Systems Corporation, Monrovia, Calif., recently unveiled three products that make use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The GPS NAV 1000, made specifically for marine application, provides an advantage over some other receivers with its portability. The unit can be mou
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on August 1990A conscious decision to expand the activities of the American Waterways Shipyard Conference was made by the conference members on March 10, 1989, so that our nation's small and medium-sized shipyards could strengthen their voice in Washington. To achieve that goal, AWSC increased the size an