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on September 1985— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Sales of cold-water survival suits by Imperial Manufacturing Company of Bremerton, Wash., approach 100,000 this year, according to production manager Jim Skelly. A big boost in sales for the company, which has been producing survival suits for 15 years,
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on September 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation officials recently provided an update on three major programs in which the company's marine construction group is involved: • A 64,000-ton-capacitv sectional drydock that will be installed at the firm's new 100-acre repair yard on the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel in
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on September 1985— An Update — This article is an excerpt from the first quarterly update to International Maritime Associates' report on U.S. Navy Ship Procurement. It is divided into five sections: • legislative action • program developments • industry activity • projected market • revised Navy points of
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on September 1985Midland-Ross Corporation, Russellstoll Division, Livingston, N.J., is offering a free, full-color, 20-page brochure on the Max-Gard® plug, receptacle, connector and interlock system from Russellstoll. According to the publication, the Max-Gard system, which features a variety of unique safet
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on September 1985Wilson Walton International of Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland (UK), recently received two contracts to provide rapid emergency service to two ship operators. The first contract, for a Norwegian customer, involved the replacement of a scrubber base tank, part of the ship's inert gas system, whic
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on September 1985Industrial Engineering & Equipment Company (INDEECO), St. Louis, Mo., recently announced that Katina R. Truman has joined its operation as advertising manager. From the St. Louis office, Mrs. Truman will implement advertising programs to support INDEE- CO's extensive electric heating line.
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on September 1985Jack Edwards, president of Halter Marine, Inc., has announced the recent launching (photo) at its Lockport, La., yard of a highly innovative 140-foot tugboat, first of two under construction for Otto Candies, Inc. of Des Allemands, La. This $5-million vessel, which is described by Otto Candi
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on September 1985—Literature Available Krupp Mak Diesel, Inc. (KMDI), a subsidiary of Krupp Mak Maschinenbau GmbH, which has been selling medium-speed engines for heavy fuel and MDO operation both in the United States and in Canada, will relocate its offices and parts warehouses to Toronto, Canada, on Octob
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on September 1985COMSAT has announced that its board of directors has elected Irving Goldstein as chairman and chief executive officer, and Marcel Joseph as president and chief operating officer of the corporation, effective October 1 this year. Mr. Goldstein, who joined the company in 1966 and has been pres
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on September 1985Royal Cruise Line (RCL) of Piraeus, Greece, has announced its commitment to build two 990-passenger luxury cruise ships to join its present fleet of ships, the Golden Odyssey and the Royal Odyssey. Under the personal supervision of RCL chairman P.S. Panagopoulos, the new ships will be built
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on September 1985The Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New Jersey recently installed its newly elected officers and directors. Hans K. Schaefer, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has been elected the new vice president, replacing John H. Griffith, chairman of Norton, Lilly International, In
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on September 1985A sturdy liquid-level sensor and transmitter from Tecnomatic Controls Ltd. in Britain is said to withstand the rigors of shipboard and rig applications. Constructed of stainless steel and monel (a nickel-base alloy), the Series 200 is completely seawater, oil and chemical resistant, and its
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on September 1985Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production and Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company have signed a twoyear contract with the Canmar/ Reading & Bates joint venture for the use of Canmar's single steel drilling caisson (SSDC) mobile Arctic drilling unit. Tenneco and 11 partners will use the unit for a w
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on September 1985The 42-foot, 50-ton pushboat Walter D. Johnson, newly built by Keith A. Record of Portland, Ore., is undertaking a demanding job on the Columbia River—that of spotting bridge construction barges in tight quarters and rapid river currents. For this tough assignment, vessel owner Johnson Bros.
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on September 1985The Nicor Sailor (ex-Acadian Sailor) is now one of the largest-capacity supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico. This Nicor Marine vessel (shown above), which suffered an on-board fire in the Gulf in April 1984, has been completely rebuilt for a new assignment—to haul supplies for drilling operat
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on September 1985North Sea Ferries, a joint operation between P&O of the United Kingdom and Nedlloyd of the Netherlands, has chosen Wartsila/Sulzer ZA40 medium-speed diesef engines for the two new cruise ferries con- tracted for in the U.K. and Japan. A total of eight engines will be supplied, with four the
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on September 1985Newly revised literature from American Air Filter, an Allis- Chalmers company, is now available on AMER-kleen cartridge filters for marine and stationary applications. The AMER-kleen cartridge filter is a glass fiber filter that successfully cleans the intake air for highhorsepower engines.
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on September 1985Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 14-19, 1985 Expoship Riomar, the only international maritime exhibition in Latin America and one of four fairs organized by Seatrade, will be held this year on October 14-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With the 1985 event moving back to its original venue at
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on September 1985Better Equipment Increases Profitability —A Review— Most U.S. shipyards are in the process of increasing their efforts to expand repair and conversion work, both commercial and military. As many of these projects include drydocking, the efficiency of a shipyard's shiplift/transfer systems
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on September 1985—Literature Available Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited and Kongsberg Limited have entered into an agreement to establish a joint international marketing and sales venture for computer-based dynamic positioning and machinery control systems for naval vessels. A complete systems a