equipment
Avondale Boat Division Delivers New Tug To E.N. Bisso
The New Orleans-based harbor tug and long distance towing firm, E.N. Bisso and Son, Inc., has taken delivery of the 110-foot tug Capt. Bud Bisso from the Boat Division of Avondale Industries, Inc. The new vessel is equipped for both shiphandling and ocean towing.
ITT Mackay Marine Hosts Product Display And Discussion On Key Marine Communication And Navigation Issues
ITT Mackay Marine, a division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, located in Elizabeth, N.J., recently hosted a Communication/Navigation Product Display at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City. One of the products demonstrated was
National Marine Opens Dock-Side Diesel Shop In Harvey, Louisiana —Literature Offered
National Marine Service Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has opened its newly constructed engine shop located on shipyard waterfront property at the junction of the Harvey and Algiers Canals in Harvey, La. The facility services a variety of diesel engines,
University Of California Plans To Build Large Oceanographic Vessel
A new oceanographic research vessel has been designed and is to be built for the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography of La Jolla, Calif. The 170-foot, twin-screw vessel is to be built to replace other existing research vessels in the
Detyens Concludes Largest U.S. Conversion
In May Detyens Shipyard concluded the reactivation and conversion of the LNG carrier Galleoma (formerly Arzew), finishing what the yard termed the largest commercial reactivation and conversion in the U.S. this year. Located in Charleston, S.C.
Electro-Nav's New Watch Receiver Meets I M C O Requirements
IMCO Resolution A.383 mandates that seagoing vessels must be equipped with a watch receiver tuned to the 2182 kHz voice distress frequency, which must be monitored 24 hours a day while the vessel is at sea. Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron