1983 Articles
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on June 1983The Wartsila Power Singapore diesel engine factory owned by Oy Wartsila Ab, of Finland and the Keppel Group of Singapore has started operations. The first engines were delivered recently. Construction of the Singapore factory was started about a year ago and completion is scheduled in Septemb
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on June 1983Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., yard has dedicated the keel for the reconstruction of its second ship in the U.S. Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Ship Program, it was announced recently by David Watson, yard general manager. "The keel is for the mid-body section of the Emma
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- Philadelphia Resins System Solves Alignment Problems On World's Largest Movable Flood Barrier page: 124
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on June 1983To protect more than a million Londoners and an estimated $8- billion worth of property, the world's largest movable flood barrier has been put into operation on the River Thames, eight miles downstream from Parliament Square. The entire island of England, Scotland, and Wales is tilting in
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on April 1983The executive board of Hapag- Lloyd AG, Hamburg, West Germany, recently announced that Hans D. Druegg, president and chief executive officer of Hapag- Lloyd (America) Inc., will assume an executive position in Hapag-Lloyd's European marketing and sales organization. He will be succeeded in
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on April 1983Data showing fuel consumed and rate of fuel consumpton is continuously displayed at the new Fuel Sav-r™ System. The system is described in literature offered by National Control Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. The monitoring system can help vessel operators cut operating costs and maximize ve
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on April 1983Joseph Harrington of Ameron Protective Coatings, chairman of the National Paint & Coatings Association's Marine Coatings Committee, recently announced plans for the association's 23rd Annual Marine and Offshore Coatings Conference, scheduled for May 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Balti
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- R a d i o - H o l l a n d U.S.A. N a m ed Exclusive Distributor For Sailor A n d Philips Products page: 40
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on April 1983Radio-Holland, U.S.A., Inc., of Houston, Texas, has been appointed exclusive authorized U.S. distributor for all Sailor radios and certain Philips communications equipment. The announcement was made recently by William K. Denton, president of Radio-Holland, who stated: "We are committed to
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on April 1983The Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Association recently held its 35th Annual Technical Conference in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Closed sessions of the 95-member organization were held on the first day of the conference with special attention being paid to offs
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on April 1983Stone Manganese Marine Limited held a reception and film show recently at the Whitehall Club, N.Y., to an invited audience of shipowners and other marine interests from the metropolitan New York area. The film and the discussion which followed concentrated on the subject of fuel economy and
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on April 1983Thomas Marine, Inc. of Patchogue, N.Y., recently delivered a 28-foot patrol boat to the Bay Constable unit of the Town of Huntington, N.Y. The vessel was designed and built by Thomas Marine for year-round patrol and rescue work in Long Island Sound and Huntington Harbor. Built of hili-arc wel
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on April 1983The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) recently published the 1983 edition of "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels." The 912-page book is applicable to steel vessels of 200 feet (61 meters) and over in length. The 1983 edition includes additional ABS requirements for steering gear
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on April 1983Roger P. Kavanagh has joined the Dock Express organization as vice president, it was announced recently by Warren R. Wheelock, president. Mr. Kavanagh brings to this new position broad experience in the international shipment of specialized cargoes, including several years with a large proj
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on April 1983The first annual International Inland Waterways Conference & Trade Show is scheduled to be held August 26-28, 1983, at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center in Louisville. This new conference and trade show will be of major importance to all rivermen — waterway users, port and w a t e r w a
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on April 1983John M. Murphy recently joined Pepper Industries, Inc., of San Diego, Calif., as vice president of marketing. A veteran of 30 years at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, also of San Diego, Mr. Murphy will utilize his marketing experience and years of shipyard contacts in the performan
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on April 1983Alfred (Al) Maceiras has joined National Marine Service Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo., as a shipyard Division salesman, William A. Creelman, president of the company, announced recently. Mr. Maceiras was previously associated with Diesel Engine and Fabricating Company, Inc., as the plant eng
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on April 1983Johnson & Towers, Inc. diesel power specialist of Mt. Laurel, N.J. has developed an extensive line of remanufactured short blocks for all Detroit Diesel engines in the 8.2 liter, 53, 71 and 92 series up to the big 8V-92. Literature is offered on the blocks. Dave Kline, J & T parts manager,
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on April 1983Patti Shipbuilding of Pensacola, Fla. recently delivered the oceangoing tug M/V Navasota to Brazosport Towing Co. Inc. of Freeport, Texas. The Navasota is a 100-foot by 30-foot, 3,600-hp class oceangoing tug and is ABS classed + Maltese cross A1 all ocean towing service, + Maltese cross AM
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on April 1983The Ocean Odyssey, a new super-class Arctic semisubmersible recently completed for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, was christened during impressive ceremonies held at the Oppama shipyard of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in Japan. After completing sea trials on
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on April 1983A paper entitled "Air Cushion Vehicles for the Arctic" was presented recently to the Los Angeles Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers by Raymond A. Bennett, vice president for commercial development at Global Marine Development, Inc. The paper described the experi
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on April 1983"The coming year shows signs of both hope and danger for the U.S. barge and towing industry," the new chairman of the board of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), told the association's members recently. "The hope is based on some longawaited signs of economic recovery, which woul