April 1992 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News

Content

• Council Suggests DOD Actions To Benefit US Yards page: 6
• AWO Testifies At USCG User Fee Hearing page: 6
• SPD Technologies Elects Colangelo President page: 8
• Renk Tacke Wins Planetary Gear Unit Order From Mitsubishi page: 8
• Sea-Fab Building Two Oil Skimmers For California Co-Op page: 9
• Syncrolift Shiplift Used To Launch HMS Vanguard page: 10
• Frotronics Adds Safecom CM And CP To List Of Products Marketed For Philips page: 11
• Trinity Industries Delivers Two Hydrographic Survey Ships To U.S. Navy page: 11
• MSRC Hosts Reception In N e w York City page: 12
• Comsat Corporation Names C. Thomas Faulders III Vice President And CFO page: 15
• Three Circuit Breaker Seminars Offered By SPD Technologies page: 16
• 1993 International Oil Spill Conference Issues Call For Papers page: 19
• Deerberg Offers Literature On Waste Management And Interior Design page: 20
• OTC PREVIEW Offshore Industry's Largest Show Slated For May 4-7 In Houston page: 23
• USCG Orders Differential GPS Equipment From Magnavox page: 30
• NKK, Hitachi Zosen Cooperate To Build Technigaz LNG Carriers page: 30
• U.S. Cruise Ships Poised To Sail To Havana Should Castro Be Ousted page: 31
• Subic Naval Base Losing Its Drydocks page: 31
• C.F. Laborde Elected Senior VP, Co-General Counsel Of Tidewater page: 31
• MMS Receives Five Ship Contract From Oglebay Norton page: 31
• DEVELOPING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY page: 32
• First Spill Response Vessel Launched For MSRC By Bender Shipbuilding page: 34
• MARINE SPILL RESPONSE CORPORATION page: 35
• Erie Basin Bargeport Opens page: 36
• U.S. Naval Academy Acquires Eight ECO Bridge Simulators page: 36
• IHI's Contra rotating Propeller To Be Installed On VLCC Scheduled For Commissioning In 1993 page: 38
• Nichols Delivers 76-Person Ferry For Use By Saipan's Grand Hotel page: 39
• Arkhon Offers Brochure Detailing Marine Consultant Services page: 40
• ABS Holds Seminar On Tanker Designs Of The Future page: 41
• ABS Signs Agreement To Advance Phoenix World City Project page: 42
• Growing Cruise Market: 10 Million Passengers By The Year 2000 page: 45
• New Vicmar Fuel System Could Save Operators Millions Of Dollars page: 45
• PSRY Now Major Center For Cruise Ship Destination, Repair And Conversion page: 45
• SPD Battery Monitoring System Praised By Canadian DOD page: 46
• Intervention/ROV '92 Set For June 10-12 In San Diego, Calif. page: 46
• Det norske Veritas Authorized For U.S. Tonnage Admeasurement page: 47
• WesTech, Cosworth Sign Licensing Agreement For Closed Cycle Systems page: 47
• Chevron Christens New Tanker In Brazil page: 48
• Rolla Offers 20-Page "Guide To Fast Propellers/ And 4-Page, Color Brochure page: 48
• Comsat Expands SeaMail With Instant Electronic News In Seven Languages page: 51
• Krupp MaK Engines Ordered For Three Hurtigruten-Line Ferries page: 51
• Dry Dock Association Formed As Ship Repair Revives In N ew York page: 52
• Two Former East German Shipyards To Be Sold By Privatizing Agency page: 52
• Zidell Marine Launches Second Of Two Chip Barges page: 54
• Nelson Supplies Bilge Equipment For New MSRC Vessels page: 54
• Bisso Adds New Tug To Its Fleet Of Vessels page: 56
• Lanng & Stelman Develop N e w Remote Monitoring System page: 56
• Midland Offers Liquid Level Overfill Alarm System For Tank Barges page: 57
• Harrison County Voters In Mississippi Approve Dockside Gambling page: 57
• World's Largest Fish Pump For Chile page: 60
• DOT Releases Port Needs Study page: 60
• ASNE DAY 92 page: 61
• COMMERCIAL SHIPBUILDING—DIVERSIFICATION AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR NAVY SUPPLIERS page: 71
• AWO Urges Change In USCG User Fees Proposal page: 72
• Alaska Considers Exemption To Direct Action Requirement page: 72
• Motorola Introduces Line Of Portable Marine Radios page: 74
• MSI Awarded $9 Million Navy Simulator Contract page: 75
• Joint Venture Formed By McDermott, Shelfproekstroi page: 75
• Oil Industry Warns US Of Looming Price Shock page: 76
• Tanker Operators Asking Charterers To Cover Oil Spill Costs page: 76
• Jotun Coatings For All Statoil Platforms page: 76
• U n i t o r To Conduct U n i q u e R e f r i g e r a t i o n T r a i n i n g On G a s Tanker page: 77
• G r e a t Lake C a r r i e r s C o u l d G a i n From W o r l d T r a d e A g r e e m e n t s page: 77
• N e w Miller Brochure On XMT Inverters page: 78
• N e w Gulf Coast Marine Communications Service page: 78
• Pan-United Secures Major Tanker Contract page: 79
• Chemical Carriers Association Elects N e w Officers page: 79
• USCG Rules On Oil Spill Recovery Vessel Foreign Ownership page: 79
• Harris Introduces New Multiband, Multimission VHF/UHF Radio For Export Markets page: 80
• Shipping Business Booms Despite Soviet Breakup page: 81
• ABS Urges Side Stringers For Double Hulls page: 82
• Bender Shipbuilding To Convert Galena Eagle page: 82
• How The Oil Industry Did Financially In 1991 page: 83
• ECO-100 Pollution-Control Vessel Makes National Debut page: 84
• IMAS ' 9 2 To Be Held In Cyprus November 11-13, 1992 page: 86
• SWATH Cruise Ship Passes Sea Trials page: 87
• USCG/IMO To Hold Oil Spill R&D Seminar In Washington, June 1 -4 page: 87
• U.S.-Built NSF Research Icebreaker Begins Operation page: 88
• Marlow Ropes Offers Full Color, 36-Page Literature Package page: 89
• Brown Brothers Develops New Stabilizer System page: 89
• Avondale Boat Division Delivers New Tug To E.N. Bisso page: 90
• Free Color Brochure From ABB Marine Details Diesel Control page: 92
• Aqua-Chem Offers Brochure On Freshwater Equipment page: 92
• T-Torque's Drive System Available To Boat Builders, High-Speed Enthusiasts page: 92
• Free Brochure Offered On AutroMaster 3 0 0 0 Monitoring System page: 93
• Singmarine Launches Ore Carrier page: 94
• Schottel Rudderpropellers Offer Power, Maneuverability page: 96
• IDB Aero-Nautical Acquires Ocean Satellite Television page: 97
• VLCC ' N ew Venture7 Delivered By Ariake Works Of Hitachi Zosen page: 97
• World Shipbuilding Order Book Largest Since 1977 page: 98
• ISOPE 92 Scheduled For June 14-19, 1992 In San Francisco page: 98
• Textron Lycoming TF40 Marine Turbines Power New Megayacht Seawalker page: 99
• Trinity To Build Two Double-Hull Barges For Bouchard Transportation page: 99
• Gibbons Bill Pounded By South Atlantic And Caribbean Port Association page: 100
• USCG Prepares Overseas Maritime Training Team page: 100
• US Carriers Ask Government To Enforce Cargo Competition Rule page: 101
• Carnival Examines Future Ship Designs page: 101
• 'Spirit Of Norfolk' Delivered By Service Marine Industries page: 102
• Tampa Shipyards Christens First Of Two Navy Oilers page: 102
• Lamb Appointed To Oil Spill Oversight Council page: 103
• Marine Industries Northwest Installs Bowthruster In Freighter page: 103
• L&C Associates Provides D / H And Sealing System For Two Ships page: 103
• New Range Of Hold And Deck Coatings From International page: 104
• Aldenderfer Joins Trans-Tec Services As Managing Director page: 104
• Corroless Offers Owners Project Management, "Flying Squad'' Services page: 105
• Stolt Tankers And Terminals To Purchase Stolt-Nielsen Seaway page: 105
• Gladding-Hearn Delivers New Pilot Boat To Charleston, S.C. page: 112
• Toronto/St. Catharines Study Possible High-Speed Ferry page: 113
• Heavy Duty U.S. Pipe Bender Delivered To Italian Shipyard page: 113