Short 1986 Articles
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on June 1986The proposed Port of Portland (Oregon) budget for 1986-87 reflects a conservative projection of financial activity over the next fiscal year to improve, expand, and market facilities and properties to stay competitive and contribute to the economic growth of the community and state. The over
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on June 1986A free 12-page technical bulletin on the "Fluid Resistance of Santoprene ®" is being offered by the Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, Mo. Santoprene thermoplastic is a family of advanced elastomers that successfully combines performance characteristics of vulcanized rubber, such as heat resistance
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on June 1986Pickands Mather & Company of Cleveland, a subsidiary of Moore McCormack Resources Inc., has announced several personnel changes within its Marine Department. John B. Hopkins has been elected manager-fleet marketing and marine traffic; Thomas L. Jelepis has been appointed director-marine tra
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on June 1986Jack Edwards, president of Halter Marine, Inc., a Trinity Industries company headquartered in New Orleans, has announced the delivery of the catcher/processor fishing boat Atlantic Prince (photo), built at its Moss Point, Miss., shipyard for Lund Fisheries. Warren Lund is the principal partn
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on June 1986The Pentagon recently approved the sale of some $216-million worth of naval weapons to the Portugese Navy. According to the Pentagon, the equipment and services in the sale will be used in the Portugese Navy's new frigate construction program. If there are no Congressional objections, Portu
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on June 1986Six maritime executives were elected to the board of managers of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for three-year terms at the recent annual meeting of the international clas ification society held at the new world headquarters in Paramus, N.J. Management of ABS is vested in its board o
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on June 1986Bailey Refrigeration Company recently completed a top-to-bottom cleaning and charging of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt's after ship's stores refrigeration system. The 81,600-ton carrier is currently nearing completion at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The tune-up
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on June 1986Nelson Electric of Tulsa, Okla., has recently named Vic Sanchez as sales manager for Enclosure and Control Products. In this position, he will be responsible for providing headquarters support and direction to field sales representatives nationwide. Mr. Sanchez was previously with Adalet for
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on June 1986—Brochure Available A production contract with options for four years to produce fixed-station radio transmitters for the U.S. Navy has been awarded to Rockwell International Corporation's Collins Defense Communications, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The contract, issued by the U.S. Navy's Space and
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on June 1986Construction is underway on a $1.9-million class 130 jackup barge for Danos & Curole Marine Contractors of Larose, La., as part of the ongoing process of expansion in their marine department. Featuring a state-of-the-art closed loop hydraulic system, the vessel, to be christened Eric Danos,
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on June 1986Walter W. Rody, chairman of the American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC), and president of Port Allen Marine Service, Inc., has announced the following to serve as AWSC committee chairmen in 1986: Committee of Counsel—William P. Morelli, Associate General Counsel and Director of Govern
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on June 1986Zapata Gulf Marine Corporation of Houston has completed the acquisition of the assets of Seahorse, Inc., including 92 marine service vessels, according to an announcement by Kenneth W. Waldorf, Zapata Gulf chairman and chief executive officer. In exchange for the Seahorse assets, Seahorse's
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on June 1986A new, eight-page, full-color brochure presents the range of metal fabrication capabilities provided by Marathon LeTourneau for industrial and marine construction markets. This new publication highlights Marathon LeTourneau's integrated steel production, engineering expertise, metal fabricat
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on June 1986Located on the campus of the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, YDI Schools has developed a two-year program which leads to an associate of applied sciences (AASc) degree in small craft design. The associate degree program has been developed in order to offer students an integration
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on June 1986The recent collapse of the British company Elinca, whose antifouling and corrosion suppression systems are used by shipping operators in the U.S.A., has left many companies without a source for replacement anodes. One of the few companies offering replacement anodes which are compatible with t
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on June 1986—Literature Available The installation of a new MacGregor-Navire (MGN) RO/RO link span delivered recently by the Boelwerf yard in Belgium, has primed the ambitious U.K. port of Plymouth for further growth in commercial and tourist traffic. Potential is seen particularly for increased trade th
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on June 1986Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., has delivered the new M/V Prudence Ferry to the Prudence Island Navigation Company. The ferry took over operations of the previous vessel, the Prudence II, on March 1. The new M/V Prudence Ferry at 64 feet by 35 feet by 4 feet, is capable of carrying
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on June 1986—Literature Available SAIT, Inc. general manager, Chris Courard, has announced that SAIT XH 5112 Radio Telex System is fully compatible with the IBM PC© or IBM compatible computers. Utilizing Crosstalk© software, the PC interface consists of one additional printed circuit board with externa
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on May 1986Marine Travelift Inc. of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., is offering a free fullcolor brochure on their 150-toncapacity mobile boat hoist. The color publication features several fine photographs of the 150- ton-capacity mobile boat hoist, as well as the unit's operator cabin, pivot trunnion and hoist a
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on May 1986GALAX Integrated Systems of New Baltimore, Mich., is offering new free literature, including a brochure and data sheets, on their kit-assembled "starship-styled" marine control consoles. The company has now made available a series of high-tech aluminum pre-fab sectional modular consoles to fi