April 1991 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Halter Marine Christens Second Of Two Navy Survey Ships page: 8
• Literature Available On COMSAT's SatCom Services page: 9
• New IMO Quabbin Package Improves Turbine Performance page: 9
• Balehi Marine Delivers Second Of Two GM-Powered Towboats For Conoco Oil Company page: 10
• Winninghoff Boats Introduces Versatile Workboat Design— Literature Available page: 11
• Wide Range Of Vessels Using Hamilton Water Jets Detailed In Free Literature page: 11
• Allied Shipbuilders Deliver New Caterpillar-Powered Z-Drive Ship-Assist Tug page: 12
• Saab Marine Reports Orders Received In Excess Of $35 Million page: 14
• World Bulk Fleet Expected To Increase Moderately For Next Few Years page: 16
• Lexair Introduces New Three-Way Poppet Type Control Valve page: 16
• Exxon Celebrates Grand Opening Of Port Allen Lubricants Plant page: 17
• Textron Marine Awarded $69.1 Million Navy LCAC Order Yard Completes SES Refurbishment page: 18
• Viking Introduces New 50-Man Reversible Buoyant Apparatus page: 19
• NEI Syncrolift Wins Over $3 Million In Orders For Shiplifts, Transfer Systems page: 20
• AT&T Awarded $157 Million Contract To Build Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable —Color Brochure Available page: 20
• OTC 91 page: 23
• Balancing The National Energy Strategy page: 30
• Gulf Craft Delivers 160-Foot Aluminum Crewboat For U.S. Gulf Operator page: 35
• Southwest Marine Reports Upturn In Ship Repair And Conversion Business page: 36
• American Ship Building Awarded Navy Contract For Up To Six Ocean Surveillance Ships page: 37
• Shipbuilding Surge Predicted For 90s page: 38
• Rail/Sea Link Crossing Soviet Union Opened By Sea-Land Service page: 39
• ASNE DAY 91 'Naval Engineering In The Changing Defense Structure' page: 42
• The Iowa Class Battleships page: 50
• PMSA Study Shows Impact Of Maritime Industry On 3 West Coast States page: 51
• General Dynamics Announces Two Key Appointments page: 51
• Inventory Locator Names Jim Bross Sales Director page: 52
• Hatch & Kirk Defco Division Opens In Houston, Texas page: 52
• Innovative Tug/Barge Training Begins At Maritrans GP page: 53
• War Showed Absolute Surge Requirement For More RO/ROs page: 54
• Sperry Marine Maintains Leading Position In Competitive Marine Electronics Market page: 55
• Archway Marine Lighting Introduces New Hi-Tech Searchlight Fixture Line page: 57
• Sound Ocean Systems, SUTEC Awarded NavSea MMUROV Contract page: 58
• Amprodux Introduces New Model Level Alarm/Control Unit page: 58
• Baldt Celebrates 90th Anniversary page: 59
• Krupp Atlas Introduces New Echosounders page: 60
• Astronomical Drilling Rig Prices Anticipated Because Of Worldwide Demand page: 60
• Murphy's All-New Gage And Control Catalog Pictures Over 80 Products page: 61
• Nordic Machine Expands Line Of Anchor Winches page: 62
• ZF Extends Range Of Marine Transmissions page: 62
• TWRA Members Adjust Rates Previously Set For U.S. Exports To Far East page: 63
• Sea Recovery Offers Compact, Commercial R.O. Desalinator page: 64
• Singapore Introduces Tax Plan To Lure Foreign Shipowners page: 65
• Louisiana Officials Create Oil Spill Cleanup Tax page: 65
• Kerr Becomes U.S. Agent For Brazil's Nacional Line page: 65
• McDermott Awarded Marathon Oil Contract page: 66
• DNV Grants Quality Certificate To Wartsila page: 66
• Jered Brown Bros. Expands Manufacturing Capability By Leasing Georgia Facility page: 66
• World's Largest Seiner Delivered By AESA page: 68
• MSE Offers 28-Page, Full-Color Brochure On Shipbuilding & Services page: 69
• 50,000-GRT 'Costa Classica' Launched At Fincantieri's Marghera Yard page: 70
• Thomas B. Crowley Jr. Appointed Manager, Red & White Fleet page: 71
• Shipowners In Hong Kong Welcome Canadian Moves To Offer Tax Incentives page: 71
• Tanker Owners Alter Practices To Cope With Risks Under Pollution Act page: 72
• Gladding-Hearn Building Detroit Diesel-Powered Catamaran For California Ferry Market page: 73
• SPD Technologies Names Colangelo Executive VP page: 74
• Stolt-Nielson Names White Managing Director, Tanker Trading-Europe page: 75
• Delaval Turbine Division Appoints Kramer, Morgan To Marketing Department page: 75
• Best Effort Response To Cleaning Up Oil Spills page: 76
• Severe Vessel Shortage, Advanced Age Of Fleet Threaten Some USSR Lines page: 76
• Schepen Appointed VP, Central America/Panama Service For Crowley page: 77
• Leslie Acquires Bailey Division, CMB Industries' Navy/Marine Product Lines page: 77
• Ingalls Christens USS Essex, Second Wasp Class Assault Ship page: 78
• Western Coal Shipments Through Great Lakes Ports Could Expand Dramatically page: 79
• Norwegian Navy To Build Nine MCMVs With Composite Hulls page: 80
• Tore Steen Appointed President And CEO, West State, Inc. page: 81
• PBM Designs Patented Flush Tank Valve— Literature Available page: 81
• New $40 Million NSF Research Ship Fitted With Thordon Bearings page: 84
• Leevac Shipyards Delivers First New Supply Vessel Built In U.S. Since 1986 page: 85
• McDermott Marine Readies Four-Pile Offshore Platform For Freeport-McMoRan page: 86
• Avondale To Use Japanese Method Of Building —Gets Trade Zone Status page: 86
• Trimble Navigation Introduces Integrated GPS Receiver And Antenna In One Unit page: 87
• Flexible Power Solutions* page: 88
• Marine Inland Fabricators Launches Tow Steering Unit page: 89
• Lykes Bros. Names Two New Officers page: 91
• Marine Liability Insurance Increases Up To Threefold For Tankers Trading To US page: 92