Maritime Reporter 1984 Articles
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on November 1984Devoe Marine Coatings Co., Louisville, Ky., one of the largest manufacturers of high quality coatings, recently announced the following management appointments. William Mitchell has been appointed vice president, Eastern region. Mr. Mitchell is responsible for all sales and technical service
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on November 1984—Literature Available Premium Blue, a new premium grade 15W-40 diesel engine lube oil from Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Ind., is now available in the Southeastern states, company officials reported as they announced a test marketing plan that will result in national distribution of th
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on November 1984The first meeting of the 1984-85 season for The Society of Marine Port Engineers (SMPE) New York, N.Y., Inc. was held at the Union Club in Hoboken, N.J. A good turnout of members and guests heard a presentation titled "Computer Applications for the Marine Port Engineer" by David A. O'Neil, p
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on November 1984— Literature Available Ferrous Corporation, Bellevue, Wash., a manufacturer of combustion catalyst for marine diesel and boilers has developed a complete system for administering catalyst into the fuel oil. The Ferrous Marine System (FMS) provides the user with a proportioning pump, depulsi
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on November 1984James R. Farmer has been promoted to manager of worldwide operations for Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., according to a recent announcement by company president W.C. O'Malley. Mr. Farmer joined Sonat Offshore in 1966 and was named ad- ministrative manager of operations in 1970. In 1978 he was
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on November 1984Selection of appropriate lubricants for marine equipment is one of the most important steps toward ensuring maximum protection of marine engines and efficient operation of the vessels. To aid in the selection process, Gulf Oil Corporation has published a guide to its complete line of marine
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on November 1984John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. of Morton Grove, 111., offers a new full-color brochure that describes the company's Mechanical Maintenance Training Center (MMTC) and explains its specialized training program. "A maintenance man can save millions of dollars on repairs, replacements, and downtime
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on November 1984Deutsch Metal Components, Los Angeles, Calif., has announced the release of their new detailed Pyplok catalog which contains technical and dimensional information on the mechanically applied pipe connecting system. The catalog illustrates how Pyplok is designed for the shipbuilding and ship
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on November 1984Paul A. King has been promoted to division manager of Sonat Offshore Limited, major operating subsidiary of Sonat Offshore Drilling in the North Sea. He joined Sonat Offshore Drilling in 1976 as a trainee in the North Sea, and was then assigned to the Discoverer Seven Seas deep-water drillsh
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on November 1984Revised Bulletin 104-23, just published by American Standard Inc.'s Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y., gives details of small pre-engineered, fixed-tubesheet heat exchangers used for heaters or oil coolers in a wide variety of industrial applications. The bulletin includes details of 57
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on November 1984Texas Instruments has an- nounced the new TI Marine Busi- ness System designed to give fleet managers a promising new home office tool for improving vessel oper- ating efficiency. Designed to utilize information logged by a TI 8000 Integrated Marine System installed on individual vessels, th
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on November 1984Samsung Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SSC) of Koje, South Korea, has published a 24-page full-color brochure describing the company and its shipbuilding facilities and capabilities. Elaborately presented, photographs, drawings, and text describe the up-to-date facilities and equipment of the yard,
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on November 1984Harbormaster of Quincy, Mass., Division of Mathewson Corporation, has available a free eight-page brochure on the Harbormaster® propulsion units produced by the company. Harbormaster deck-mounted and thru-hull mounted propulsion units are illustrated in the publication, with pertinent data
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on November 1984Nacos 20, a new computerized integrated navigation and command multi-processing system for the optimization of navigation and bridge control of both standard and specific purpose vessels, has been announced by Krupp Atlas Electronik. Integrating a series of navigational sensors and an autopi
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on November 1984The Power Transmission Division of Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., has entered into a license agreement with Rademakers Aandrijvingen, B.V. of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The agreement gives Western Gear's Power Transmission Division the right to manufacture and sell Rademakers e
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on November 1984Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems has received a contract from Marathon Oil UK, Ltd. for two rig-skidding systems for use on the Brae B platform for the North Brae gas condensate field in the North Sea. Each system consists of two 420- metric-ton and two 210-metric-ton, push-pull capacity hydra
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on November 1984—Literature Available Regency Electronics, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind., announces the introduction of the Polaris MT6500, a systhesized marine band transceiver. The MT6500 operates all U.S. and international channels, 10 weather channels, and has capacity to add up to 10 private channels. Th
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on November 1984Three offshore service companies— Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation of New Orleans; Jackson Marine Corporation of Aransas Pass, Texas; and Zapata Marine Service of Houston—plan to merge into a new company that will have $600 million in assets and a fleet of 325 vessels to serve offshore oil and
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on November 1984The f o l l o w i n g is a d i r e c t o r y of major b u y i n g off i c e s a n d l o c a t i o n s w i t h r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for proc u r i n g and purchasing machinery, products and e q u i p m e n t for U.S. Navy new construct i o n , conversion and repair projects. Since the mid
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on November 1984Acting on behalf of the United States Navy, the Maritime Administration recently awarded a $17,952,454 contract to Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc., San Francisco, to convert a government- owned containership into a naval auxiliary crane ship. The ship, the ex-President Monroe bu