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on July 1990Over the past year, Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., has been awarded three separate contracts for repairs and maintenance to eight 110-foot Island Class patrol boats. The repairs have consisted of general maintenance such as sandblasting and painting of underwater tanks, sewage t
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on July 1990Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, R.I., recently announced the delivery of the M/V Spirit of Boston to Holiday Cruise II, Inc., a subsidiary of Cruise International headquartered in Norfolk, Va. The 192-foot-long by 35-footwide dinner/excursion boat carries a crew of 75 who are responsible
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on July 1990ABB Marine has signed a $50- million contract with the Merchant Shipbuilding Division of Fincantieri in Trieste, Italy, concerning the delivery of the electrical propulsion and power systems for three 50,000- grt cruise vessels under construction for Holland America Line (HAL). Each vessel w
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on July 1990Atlantic Marine, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has signed a $12.6-million contract with Steamboat Development Corporation of Davenport, Iowa, to build three 102-foot sternwheel casino dinner vessels. Delivery will begin in the first quarter of 1991. Designed by John W. Gilbert & Associates, I
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on July 1990Astilleros Unidos de Mazatlan, S.A. de C.V. (AUMAZ) in Mazatlan, Mexico, recently delivered the tug Pemex LI (51) to the Mexican oil company Pemex. The vessel is the first of four harbor tugs powered with propulsion and gensets supplied by Deutz MWM. Main propulsion for the tug is provided
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on July 1990The Trinity Marine Group has completed a five-boat, $13-million contract with the delivery of two 106-foot docking tugs from Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., to the Jordan Ports Corporation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The new tugs, Amman and Aqaba, are each 106.5 feet in l
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on July 1990Two new series of economical, high-horsepower-capacity, light-al- loy marine transmissions have been introduced by ZF of North America. The IRM 41 series and IRM 50 series marine transmissions are rated for light- and medium-duty and pleasure craft duty cycles for diesel engines, and light-d
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on July 1990River City U.S.A., Inc., the Kansas City, Kan., operators of the Cummins NTA-855-M-powered paddle-wheeler Missouri River Queen, recently took delivery of a second passenger vessel, the new 150-foot, 800-passenger America. Built by Marine Builders, Inc. of Utica, Ind. (also the builder of the
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on July 1990U.S. Yards Could Gain $ 6 . 6 Billion In Retrofit Work The Congressional legislative battle over double-hull/double-bottom tankers appears to be drawing to a conclusion. According to reports, House and Senate conferees are currently working on compromise legislation as part of the pending o
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on July 1990Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. was recently awarded a $3- million contract for overhaul, repair and conversion work. The work will be performed on the NN-1, an offshore jack-up drilling rig which is 50 percent owned and operated by Noble Drilling Corporation, of Houston, Texas in par
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on July 1990Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., is constructing an allaluminum, 140-foot, 350-passenger dinner yacht, the Anita Dee II, for Tee Dee Enterprises, Inc., which has operated smaller charter vessels in Chicago for over 12 years. Designed by Aluminum Boats, Inc., its parent company, the
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on July 1990Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. of North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, recently delivered the hydrographic survey vessel R.B. Young to the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, following a successful and extensive series of trials. The vessel was built to a design by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver,
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on July 1990Global Marine Group, Inc. has changed its name to GMG Systems, Inc. The new GMG Systems, Inc. name reflects the expansion of the company's product lines and services of both marine and commercial activities. The company has recently extended its marine efforts to ©1989, Jeffboat the design,
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on July 1990Continuing its focus on service excellence, Viking Life Saving Equipment, Inc., recently sponsored a servicing school for technicians and trainees from throughout North and South America. During the seminar, students reviewed proper service techniques for Viking life rafts. This included rec
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on July 1990Essex Machine Works, Inc., Essex, Conn., recently delivered new forged steel propeller shafts for America's Tall Ship, the barque Eagle, to the Coast Guard base at Governor's Island, N.Y. According to Wilson W. Cross, president of Essex Machine Works, Inc., a new shaft will be installed on
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on July 1990Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., recently launched its third mine countermeasure ship, the USS Patriot (MCM-7). The Mine Countermeasure Ship is a new design, designated the "Avenger" class. The ships are 224 feet in length, have a beam of 37 feet, a draft of approximately 11 fe
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on July 1990Tano Marine Systems, Inc., New Orleans, La., has been named the Single System Vendor (SSV) responsible for integration of the complete propulsion system for a new oceanographic survey ship. The contract was awarded by Avondale Industries, Inc., Shipyards Division. Under the contract, Tano re
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on July 1990The Navy's newest crane ship, SS Green Mountain State (T-ACS 9), was named recently during a ceremony at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, in Norfolk, Va. The ship, named for the state of Vermont, will be under the operational control of the Navy's Military Sealift Command. The
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on July 1990Seaward International, Inc. has recently received its largest order ever for the supply of foam-filled marine fenders to the U.S. Navy. The order was placed by Firth Construction Company of Baton Rouge, •La., who was awarded the prime construction contract from the Naval Facilities Engineeri
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on July 1990A new U.S. Navy report, "Antisubmarine Warfare: Meeting the Challenge," outlines what it calls the emergence of "a significant ASW problem" from Third World and nonaligned nations with submarine forces. The report, therefore, represents a major shift from the Navy's almost exclusive focus on