1992 Articles
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on March 1992Two Navy-designed, 65-foot, aluminum- hulled boats termed "Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support Craft, Mark 2" (EODSC MK2, for short) are presently being built by Oregon Iron Works of Clackamas, Oregon. The tasks of detail structural design and computerized lofting are being handled by Elliot
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on March 1992Seattle-based MARCO Pollution Control, a world leader in the development of marine oil spill clean-up systems, has delivered the first of two large Filterbelt modules to Batservice Yard in Mandel, Norway. These 27-foot long by 6-foot wide modules, amongst the largest ever produced, will be ins
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on March 1992MTU North America recently announced the promotion of two employees—Jeb Berg to vice president customer services and John Shock to general sales manager— as part of a company reorganization implemented to improve customer service and the overall operation of the company. Ray Carrell, MTU No
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on March 1992Five post-Panamax size container ships will be propelled by the most powerful marine diesel engines ever ordered. Each of the 4,000 TEUplus ships booked from Hyundai Heavy Industries by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMMC) is specified with a MAN B&W 12-cylinder K90MC-C engine offering a maximum
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on March 1992The new Liebherr CBW Litronic deck crane seems to be in brisk demand in the ship crane market. According to the manufacturer, low overall height, slim line design and many additional features guarantee customer satisfaction. Numerous orders have already been placed with Liebherr-Werk Nenzin
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on March 1992Marine systems manufacturer Jered Brown Brothers recently announced its plans to consolidate all of its administrative, engineering, and manufacturing operations at the company's Brunswick, Ga., manufacturing facility. J e r e d ' s 220,000-square-foot Brunswick manufacturing facility is lo
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on March 1992For over 40 years Kuhlautomat Berlin GmbH has been a leading European supplier of refrigerating plants for the shipbuilding industry. The scope of delivery covers: marine cold-storage plants for airconditioned rooms and low-temperature rooms; refrigerating units for marine air conditioning;
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on March 1992Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced weekly containerized service to Curacao, N.A., with sailings from Jacksonville and Port Everglades/Miami. The announcement was made by Peter A. Baci, vice president, Caribbean Services. Mr. Baci stated that the service would operate on a fixed-day
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on March 1992Barracuda Technologies Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of structural polymer alloy foam core materials used in the construction of large FRP sandwich vessels, is expanding its engineering services group to the United States. The complete engineering service will
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on March 1992Only a very few LNG carriers remain in layup and of these, two are soon to be reactivated. Specifications for the reactivation operation of the two 122,250-cubicmeter LNG carriers LNG Lagos (ex- Gastor), and LNG Port Harcourt (ex-Nestor), which have both been laid up in Loch Striven, Scotlan
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on March 1992Watercom officials recently announced the availability of a new software program designed to electronically record and maintain business information on board boats. The new product, PC-TRAP, is user friendly, can replace hand written logs and can transmit information to shore side offices. PC
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on March 1992Metritape, Inc. of Littleton, Mass., has produced tank gages for ocean tankers for more t h a n 25 years. The firm's products were important in the movement toward closed tank gaging impelled by Inert Gas Systems (IGS) and Crude Oil Washing (COW). In May 1990, Metritape was approached by a ba
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on March 1992Harrington Metal Fabricating and Machining Co., Inc., Fennville, Mich., recently delivered two specially modified 103.4-inch nozzles with stainless steel interior skins to Ashland Oil, Inc. for refurbishing the 3,200-hp City of Pittsburgh, which recently underwent extensive stern rebuilding an
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on March 1992Seaward International, Inc. recently delivered nine 2-foot-diameter by 10-foot-long netless highcapacity foam-filled marine fenders to the Virgin Islands Port Authority. The fenders were installed at the Port Authority pier at Gallows Bay on the island of St. Croix, where they are used by Re
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on March 19921992 REVIEW The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), one of the most significant advances in marine communications history, will be phased in from now until February 1999. GMDSS will offer improved and reliable distress alerting and better facilities for distress location;
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on March 1992One of the biggest changes in maritime safety communications since the invention of radio began to unfold last month. Fueled by dramatic advances in mobile satellite and radio communications technologies and automatic distress alerting techniques, a new set of regulations for safety at sea
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on March 1992The development and marketing of corrosion-preventive coatings which are not only effective in protecting equipment but are also environmentally and ecologically safe has been a goal of Esgard, Inc. since its founding. The Lafayette, La.- based company developed its marine ballast and void c
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on March 1992The 23,400-dwt double-hull chemical tanker Conger, largest ship ever to emerge from the Kiel yard of German shipbuilder Lindenau GmbH, was nominated for the "Outstanding Oceangoing Ships Award" by MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News" magazine (December 1991 issue), and by the U.K. "Royal
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on March 1992The 96-berth 'E' module for the semisubmersible rig Polymariner was recently delivered after a construction period of only six months. It is a four-level, 39.4-foot high block with a base area of 39.4 by 60 feet and weighing only 260 tons. Low weight is inherent in the construction method de
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on March 1992The face of maritime navigation and communications will change forever in 1993, when the last of 24 satellites is deployed in the Global Positioning System, making the system fully operational. The Global Positioning System, or GPS, aU.S. military navigation system, will provide allweather,