Maritime Magazines Archive
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on June 1986It is said of the mythical figure Damocles that he was forced to take his meals, his head bent precariously over his plate, with a sharp sword suspended above his head—that cruel instrument held aloft by a thread the width of a single hair. Sad to say, America's inland and coastal water carr
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- U.S. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING COSTS page: 44
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on June 1986A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA The year 1985 witnessed the continued resurgence of the United States as the world's foremost naval power. Measured by any yardstick, the Navy should meet its 600-ship goal by the end of this decade. President Reagan, Secre
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on June 1986When the Administration assumed office in 1981, the shipbuilding industry understood that it would be challenged to meet the performance and cost objectives of an expanded naval construction program. Further, the shipbuilding industry knew that performing the backlog of commercial and Navy
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- STATUS OF NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT page: 32
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on June 1986IMA provides a quarterly reporting service on Navy ship construction and maintenance programs. More than 300 companies now subscribe to IMA's quarterly service. This article describing the status of shipbuilding programs is based on excerpts from a recent quarterly report on Navy procurement
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on June 1986The number and tonnage of vessels delivered by U.S. yards during the past year were up from 1984, thanks mostly to construction for the Military Sealift Command's build-and-charter program. Six of the nine ships completed, and 155,862 of the total 164,711 dwt, were for charter to the MSC. G
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- Fairbanks Morse Invests In Future— Expands Parts/Service Operations, Increases Production And R&D page: 20
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on June 1986Faced with current marine market conditions—an outlook that indicates at least several years of continued low activity in new construction and repowering projects—what strategy should a major manufacturer of diesel engines pursue? Colt Industries' Fairbanks Morse Engine Division considers th
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on June 1986An impressive double launching was held recently at the Papenburg, West Germany, shipyard of Meyer Werft. Numerous guests attended the ceremony, including some from Indonesia. Prior to launch, the 6,400-grt vessels were named Kelimutu, after a mountain on the island of Flores in Indonesia,
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on June 1986Borg-Warner Air Conditioning, Inc. has changed its name to York International Corporation (YIC), headquartered in York, Pa. According to president and chief executive officer Thomas J. Vincent, the new name brings the company, its products and services, and its people together under an ident
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on June 1986—Brochure Available Through the combined forces of Metos Marine and Parma-Marine, a new building concept for fitting ship cabins and other similar spaces has been conceived. The concept offers a planning service in the initial planning phase of a building project and, using new production te
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on June 1986The Eleventh International LNG/LPG Conference, Gastech 85 was held in the Palais des Congres "Acropolis," Nice, France, from November 12-15, 1985. More than 50 papers were presented in nine working sessions: World Gas Supplies, LPG Production and Trade, Safety and Training, Development of F
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on June 1986—Literature Available Kuantan Port Authority in Malaysia recently placed an order with Penang Shipbuilding Corporation for a Voith Water Tractor as a shiphandling vessel for the newly built terminal in Kuantan. The decision was made after extensive evaluation of different tugboat designs and
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on June 1986Twenty-five maritime executives from 12 countries were elected members of the American Bureau of Shipping at the ship classification society's recent annual meeting held at its new world headquarters in Paramus, N.J. The new members are: Muzaffer Akkaya, general manager & chairman of D.B. D
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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 1986Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (ODECO) has received the 1986 NOIA Safety in Seas Award for its Advanced Stability and Ballast Control Facility. The announcement was made by W. Herbert Hunt, National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) chairman, and managing partner of Penrod Drillin
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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 1986During the recent annual convention of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), in Washington, D.C., Berdon Lawrence was elected unanimously as chairman of the board for 1986. Mr. Lawrence, president of Hollywood Marine, Inc., Houston, Texas, served as AWO vice chairman last year. Mr.
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on June 1986The Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode Island shipyard recently delivered the Alice Austen (photo), first of two passenger ferries ordered by the City of New York's Department of Transportation, Bureau of Ferry & General Aviation Operations. The $3.8-million, double-ended vessel has been designed