Maritime Magazines Archive
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on May 1986A comprehensive technical paper entitled "Oxygen Control, Carbon Monoxide Control, or Both—Which Is Best for Your Boiler?" by E.P. Smith, market manager-energy group, Bailey Controls, Burlington, Ontario, was presented at the 46th National Conference of the Institute of Power Engineers in Ha
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on May 1986The Maritime Administration has announced the availability of a twovolume research report, "Micro- Computer Based Part Power Heat Balance Program for Commercial Marine Steam Turbine Propulsion Systems." Prepared by Seaworthy Systems of Essex, Conn., the program was developed to assist ship
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on May 1986—Literature Available Taylor Diving, Inc., Belle Chasse, La., a Halliburton Company subsidiary, announced the award of two new contracts and the completion of its first Gulf of Mexico underwater project for 1986. Norman Chambers, president of Taylor, said the diving service contractor has b
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on May 1986Russell G. McVay, vice president of Moran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc., has appointed Kenneth S. Johnson as chief harbor dispatcher for the Port of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Johnson is a veteran of 40 years' experience, ashore and afloat, in the tugboat industry in New York Harbor
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on May 1986The world's largest submersible derrick barge, built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. for McDermott International, Inc., has been equipped with an advanced ballast control system supplied by Bailey Controls. The Bailey Network 90 microprocessor- based system provides integrat
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on May 1986An Aker H-4.2 semisubmersible drilling rig, said to be the first of its kind ever constructed, was launched recently from Drydock No. 1 of Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) Ulsan Shipyard in Korea. The advanced unit, worth about $75 million, is built to the Aker H-4.2 design and custom-fitted
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on May 1986Portland, Oregon—May 21-23 The 11th Spring Meeting/STAR (Ship Technology and Research) Symposium of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will be held at the Red Lion Inn/ Lloyd Center in Portland, Ore., May 21-23. The theme of this year's symposium is "Looking to the 90s." In
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on May 1986—Literature Available Grandi Motori, the diesel engine division of Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, will be launching a number of new engine designs in the course of this year and 1987. Most of them will be for marine applications or land-based electric power generation. One unit is the
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on May 1986—Tavrow Named Chairman The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) held its 1986 Annual Meeting Luncheon recently at the San Francisco World Trade Club. It provided PMSA members with an opportunity to review the group's activities in the past year and hear the views of Congressman Edwa
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on May 1986The 1986 schedule of Mechanical Maintenance Skills Development and Improvement Seminars has been announced by John Crane International Sealing Systems. The comprehensive four-day seminars are conducted at the company's new Mechanical Maintenance Training Center in Arlington Heights, 111. At
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on May 1986— L i t e r a t u r e Available Radio-Holland recently announced they have obtained exclusive distributorship rights to the Anschuetz Product Line in the U.S. This means that sales and service of Anschuetz products will now be handled through Radio-Holland's branch offices in the USA as well
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on May 1986At the recent quarterly meeting of the Shipbuilders Council of America, William E. Haggett, president and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works, was reelected chairman of the board of the Shipbuilders Council of America. Hans K. Schaefer, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, was ren
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on May 1986Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., has laid the keel for the first of two 135-foot landing craft being built for the U.S. Navy. The recent keel-laying ceremonies were highlighted by speeches from Rep. Trent Lott of Mississippi's Fifth Congressional District and Capt. George Dowell, t
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on May 1986The 43,300-dwt containership Hanjin Longbeach (photo), a highspeed, ultra-rationalized vessel, was completed recently by Hitachi Zosen's Innoshima Works and delivered to Highness Maritime S.A. (Panama). The new ship has a capacity of 2,358 TEUs with containers stacked three high on deck. She
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on May 1986—Literature Available National AirOil Burner Company, Inc. (NAO), Philadelphia, Pa., a process equipment manufacturer, has introduced the Portable Burner Ignitor (NPBI). The hand-held unit is used to ignite burners in boilers and process furnaces and is the newest development from NAO. Safe
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on May 1986William R. Cumming, president of Texaco Marine Services, Inc., recently announced that TMSI has signed a ship management agreement with Globtik Tankers London Limited to manage the tankers M/V Brazil Pride and M/V Brazil Glory. TMSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texaco Inc., is a full-servi
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on May 1986Joseph J. Cuneo, chairman and chief executive officer of the J.J. Henry Co., Inc., a firm of Naval Architects, Marine Engineers and Marine Consultants, has announced the appointment of Gregory J. Masaitis, David F. McMullen and Charles H. Gross Jr., to senior management positions. Mr. Masai
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on May 1986Tri-Tex Marine Inc., a subsidiary of Baldt Inc., has introduced the new Video Medcare First Responder ® System. The First Responder concept is based on the need to provide immediate medical life support to persons injured in the workplace and recreational settings. First Responder video prog
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on May 1986Two 215-foot by 50-foot by 14- foot split-hull dump scows have been constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO) of Nashville, Tenn., for the Panama Canal Commission. The two 1,300-cubic-yard barges, the first to be built by NABRICO for the Commission, will be used in the on-going dred
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on May 1986EG&G Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc. (EG&G WASC), was awarded a new threeyear contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical and program management support for the AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System. Total value of the award, w