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on July 1988Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Co. (PBM) of Irwin, Pa., has published a 12-page catalog on three-, four-, and five-way multi-port ball valves. PBM's recently redesigned line of these valves incorporate streamlined investment cast components that, according to the company, increase the pressur
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on July 1988—Literature Available The City of Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has awarded a Port Development Study to MarineSafety International, which is headquartered at the National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point, N.Y. The study effort, to be conducted at MarineSafety's Computer-Aid
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on July 1988The Naval Education and Training Center (NETC), located in Newport, R.I., recently took delivery of a new Class (YP-683) Yard Patrol training vessel. This YP is the first of seven YP-683 Class vessels the NETC will be receiving during the next three months from Marinette Marine Corporation,
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on July 1988—Literature Available SPD Technologies, Philadelphia, Pa., recently announced the completion of its acquisition of the Navy Switchgear Division of Brown Boveri Power Equipment, Inc., based in Montgomeryville, Pa. According to George M. Gordon, president and chief executive officer of SPD Tech
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on July 1988Gerald A. Motta has been named vice president of operations for Waterway Communications System, Inc., by its president, Richard A. Baker. Waterway Communications System, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind., is responsible for the development of Watercom, a new directdial telephone service for the mar
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on July 1988General Thermodynamics Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., is offering free literature which gives technical data on their Model 300-A BMEP Balancer, the most common use of which is to adjust the fuel distribution to an engine to assure that each cylinder is producing an equal share of power. I
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on July 1988Arthur Engel, president and chief executive officer of Southwest Marine, Inc., has been chosen Maritime Man of the Year by The Propeller Club of The United States, Port of San Diego. Mr. Engel was presented with The Brass Hat Award by Rear Adm. Joseph Rizza, president of The Propeller Club,
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on July 1988Thomas E. Moran, chairman of Moran Towing Corporation, recently announced that Curtis Bay Towing Company, the 78-year-old marine transportation company, will change its name at its three ports of operation to Moran Towing of Maryland, Inc., Moran Towing of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Moran Towi
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on July 1988Stolt Terminals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) S.A., has purchased the interest held by Oiltanking Holding USA Inc., in their Stolt & Oiltanking Chemical Terminal joint venture in Houston. The amicable arrangement dissolves a partnership of six year
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on June 1988—Literature Available Comsat Corporation's Maritime Services Division recently announced its intention to offer a new maritime safety broadcast system through its coast earth stations in Southbury, Conn., and Santa Paula, Calif. The announcement was made at a meeting of the International Ma
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on June 1988In recognition of his contribution to engineering, Tom Bunyan was recently presented with the civil honor, "Officer of the Order of the British Empire," by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Mr. Bunyan is the inventor of commercially available products, sold worldwide under t
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on June 1988Featuring an expanded line of liquid level indicating systems, the new Gems 24-page catalog includes complete technical details on transmitters, transducers, indicators and accessories. All designed for direct operating, continuous indication. The liquid level transmitters and transducers inc
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on June 1988GEMS Express Service is offering a free comprehensive level and flow sensor catalog that contains 138 pages of complete technical information as well as prices. The catalog is designed to allow products to be ordered from a toll-free number, and since most are in stock, shipment will be made
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on June 1988COMSAT Maritime Services recently announced that it has signed an agreement with MCI International (MCII) to interconnect MCII's long distance telephone network with COMSAT coast earth stations for telephone service to and from ships at sea. As a result, MCI telephone subscribers with intern
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on June 1988The American Welding Society is extending an invitation worldwide to authors engaged in metalworking to participate in the professional program of its 70th annual convention to be held April 2 to 7, 1989. Consisting of the 70th AWS Annual Meeting Technical Papers Sessions and the 20th Intern
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on June 1988—Free Literature A v a i l a b l e— McDermott Shipyard, New Orleans, La., has delivered a 1,475-passenger ferry to the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority in Massachusetts. The 3,000-horsepower, twinscrew vessel, named the Eagle, is 233 feet long, with a 60-foot b
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on June 1988Wartsila Diesel recently presented a paper entitled "Fuel Oil Characteristics That Are Considered Most Important For Modern Marine Diesel Engine Operation And Development" at the ASTM Marine Fuels Symposium held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The paper, authored by Karl Yannes
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on June 1988"Laying-of-the-Keel" ceremonies for the first of two 128-foot tugboats for the U.S. Army took place recently at Derecktor Shipyard in Middletown, R.I. The ceremony designates the achievement of a major milestone in the planned scheduled construction of the vessel. The U.S. Army Large Tug's (
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on June 1988Joseph H. Le Blanc Jr., a nationally known figure in the shipbuilding industry for almost 25 years, recently retired from his post as sales manager of the Trinity Marine Group, which is owned by Trinity Industries, Inc. Mr. Le Blanc joined Halter Marine Services, Inc., in January 1969, as p
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on June 1988—Literature Available Art Petranek, president of Petroleum Communications (Petro- Com), has announced the completion of its Cellular/Satellite telephone service for the entire Gulf of Mexico's marketplace. PetroCom reports it is the first cellular telephone company in the Gulf of Mexico and