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on February 1986Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, a leader in the development of the U.S. Navy's revolutionary Aegis weapons system, retired recently after 42 years of Naval service. His last assignment was a deputy commander for weapons and combat systems at the Naval Sea Systems Command. His accomplishments in t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Metropolitan Master Machinists, the Manufacturing Division of Metropolitan Plumbing Supply Corporation, has introduced a new line of Vanstone flanged fittings. According to the manufacturer, the company has doubled its machine shop capacity and they are diversifying th
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on February 1986Reco Crane Company of New Orleans, La., announced the promotion of Gary Hardin to general sales manager. Mr. Hardin, a veteran sales manager of the Xerox Corporation, joined Reco three years ago as assistant offshore operations manager. Reco, with branches in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Ch
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on February 1986—Literature Available A new primer, specially developed for application on damp steel surfaces, was recently introduced by Hempel's Industrial Coatings, a worldwide manufacturer of industrial, offshore and container coatings. Called Hempadur 1557, the new coating is well suited for surfaces
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on February 1986Dillingham Ship Repair, a part of the worldwide Dillingham Corporation, is offering a free full-color brochure on their ship repair services and facilities available at the Portland Ship Repair Yard in Portland Harbor. This brochure is divided into six major sections, "Dillingham Ship Repai
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on February 1986The Marine Division of the British company, Houseman (Burnham) Ltd. has been acquired by Vecom B.V. of Maassluis, Netherlands. Aiming at strengthening its water treatment operations in specific geographical areas of the industrial market, Houseman wanted to restructure its International Divi
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on February 1986Carrier Transicold Division president Stephen P. Munn presents Jacques Cousteau with a testimonial plaque,signed with pride by the Carrier employees who built two air conditioning systems donated to the Alcyone, Captain Cousteau's experimental windship. Jacques Cousteau's experimental windship
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on February 1986The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet received its newest ship, and its second Aegis guided missile cruiser, following the recent commissioning of the USS Valley Forge (CG-50) at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss. Principal speaker at the commissioning ceremony was William H. Taft IV
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on February 1986—Literature Available A new relative-positioning software package, called Geomark, designed to process data collected by TI-4100 Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigators was recently introduced by Texas Instruments. The Geomark software for GPS provides highly accurate postprocessing posi
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on February 1986CELASA (Protexa Group) recently announced the availability of its new yard location in the Port of Altamira in the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Offshore market. In addition to its present Gulf yard in Tuxpan, Veracruz, which is capable of building jackets up to 700 feet, t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Puroflow Marine Corporation, which recently announced the development of a new series of compact power-line filters for OEM applications, has reached agreement with Sperry Corporation to provide Puroflow filters for Sperry's new line of "ruggedized" on-board computers
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on February 1986—Literature Available Marine Travelift has announced the development of a new "Floating Boat Hoist" model. The 35-toncapacity unit was designed for use in ports where conventional launching pier facilities would be impossible or not practical. Model 35FBH is gasoline powered for adaptabilit
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on February 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation has announced that it has put operations at its New Orleans Division on idle status following a six-month strike by Local 29 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. According to Todd president Hans K. Schaefer, this action was made ne
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on February 1986Dr. Anthony C. Antoniou, formerly general manager of Hellenic Shipyards, Scaramanga, has joined the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard in Bahrain, the yard recently announced. Dr. Antoniou, whose technical and managerial experience includes seven years as head of the design and drawing office
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on February 1986—Literature Available System failures due to corrosion, misalignment and binding are problems that have plagued the current methods of remote valve actuation for years. The use of these methods will decrease with the development of the Remote Mechanical Valve Actuator (RMVA) by Teleflex In
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on February 1986Fuel Savings Alone Can Justify New Engine Investment At the New Orleans Work Boat Show in January, Caterpillar Engine Division announced new and improved diesel marine propulsion system products and support programs designed to help operators reduce costs and improve equipment availabilit
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on February 1986(Ed. note—Complete literature is now available from GM/EMD describing the new 710G Series.) The new 710G Series of diesel engines from General Motors Electro- Motive Division (GM/EMD) offers increased reliability, better fuel efficiency, and the potential for significantly higher horsepower
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on February 1986MMA, the Marine Machinery Association, continuing its efforts to foster a better understanding and a better business climate between the Navy and the marine industry, will host two panel discussions at its next meeting on February 26 in Crystal City, Arlington, Va. During the morning, four pan
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on February 1986A new line of flow transmitters is included in the free One-Stop Shopping, sensors and controls catalog from Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Catalog Sales, Plainville, Conn. A patented flow-through paddlewheel design is used to give accurate linear output; ± 1 percent. One version is cavitation-fr
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on February 1986Jonathan Turley has been named product manager for Marine and Offshore of ASEA Inc., company officials announced. Mr. Turley has some 20 years' experience in the marine business. After spending five years at sea with the British P.O. Lines, he joined the ASEA organization in 1971 in Am- ste