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Jeffboat Delivers The Thruston B. Morton
Shortly after the motor vessel Thruston B. Morton was christened on July 8, 1978, at the River Front Plaza in Louisville, Ky., she joined the fleet of American Commercial Lines, Inc., moving tows on the inland waterways system. The vessel was named to honor Thruston B.
Lykes Ship Sends Data By Satellite-Phone Hookup
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., recently demonstrated a reliable, inexpensive method of transmitting data at medium speed from ship to shore via satellite and regular telephone lines. Lykes made repeated transmissions between one of its ships,
MTN, BT Hook-Up Cruise Ships To Cell Phone Network
In a move which perhaps heralds the next plateau in at-sea communications. Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) in Miami announced an innovative partnership in which its satellite communications network will be used for a new service developed and patented by BT A&M,