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on August 15, 1985Aberdeen, Scotland—September 10-13 Offshore Europe 85, the seventh in the series of biennial, high-technology offshore oil/gas industry exhibition/ conferences, will be held September 10-13 at its new permanent home—the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre at the Bridge of Don. At th
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on August 15, 1985Pettit Paint Company, Inc., Borough of Rockaway, N.J., one of the leading producers and pioneers in the development and manufacture of high-performance and quality coatings for the marine pleasure market for over 60 years, is expanding into the commercial and marine military markets. Pettit
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on August 15, 1985The State of Louisiana has awarded a contract to Racal Marine, Inc. for an advanced marine radar and electronic navigation aids simulator. The Racal MRNS 9000 simulator will be installed later this year at the Louisiana Marine and Petroleum Institute (LAMPI) in Houma. The system will meet th
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on August 15, 1985The French Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee (Normed) and the Finnish Wartsila Group have recently founded a joint venture company for manufacture of Wartsila Diesel Division's medium-speed heavy-fuel engines at Normed's La Ciotat shipyard. The new company, called Wartsila Diesel Norme
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on August 15, 1985One of the most popular types of diesel engines for the new generation of semisubmersible drilling rigs is, according to the manufacturer, Wartsila Diesel's Vasa 32. As many as 14 of some 20 deepwater harshenvironment semisubmersibles ordered by such leading Norwegian and U.S. offshore drill
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on August 15, 1985National Control Systems (NCS) of Saint Louis, Mo., has developed a unique new approach to help vessel owners and operators control their fuel costs. The new product, called "FUEL SAV-R," was introduced by NCS at the New Orleans Work Boat Show and has proven to be a useful tool for marine op
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on August 15, 1985The Arnessen Corporation of New Jersey, U.S. representatives of Atlas-Danmark Marine & Offshore, a division of Atlas-Danmark A/S, is offering a free, full-color, 12-page brochure on Atlas-Danmark freshwater generators for marine and offshore installations. The brochure contains charts, "wor
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on August 15, 1985The Australian government has asked two European companies— Ingenieurkontor Lubeck/Howaldtswerke- Deutsche Werft (IKLHDW) of West Germany and Kockums AB of Sweden—to submit detailed proposals for the design and construction, in Australia, of new submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. The
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on August 15, 1985The solid rocket booster recovery vessel Independence, built by Halter Marine, Inc. of Moss Point, Miss., was delivered recently to the Lockheed Space and Operations Company, for whom the vessel was built under a contract from Lockheed Shipbuilding. The 200-foot Independence will perform the
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on August 15, 1985The 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, the first of five Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) designed and built by General Dynamics' Quincy, Mass., shipyard for charter to the Military Sealift Command, will serve as floating warehouses for vehicles, fuels, ammunition, food, medical supplies, and other te
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on August 15, 1985Aluminum Boats, Inc., of Crown Point, La., recently delivered an 85- foot crew/utility boat, Abeer Nine (shown above), to the Barberlines Arabian Navigation & Shipping Company, Ltd. of Saudi Arabia. She is now serving offshore rigs and platforms in the Arabian Gulf from the Port of Dammam.
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on August 15, 1985A free, full-color brochure on triplex piston and plunger pumps is available from Cat Pumps. The four-page publication has several outstanding color photos of the company's regulators/unloaders, accumulators, pump protectors and gun handles. The brochure also contains handy reference charts
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on August 15, 1985—Literature Available Odin Electronics, Huntsville, Texas, recently announced a new electronic navigation system. The NCD-39 is a high-quality computer that stores charts digitally in nonvolatile computer memory, then presents them at any scale on a bright monochrome CRT display. Loran or s
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on August 15, 1985—Literature Available Total Transportation Systems, Inc. of Newport News, Va., recently announced the acquisition of Kenmark Industries of Santa Barbara, Calif. Kenmark will become a separate operating subsidiary of TTS, and will continue in its role as a leader in the design and manufacture
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on August 15, 1985Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger announced recently that the President has nominated Rear Adm. Glenwood Clark for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as Commander of the Navy's Space and Warfare Systems Command (SWSC), the first officer to hold this new position
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on August 15, 1985Jeffboat Incorporated, Jeffersonville, Ind., recently delivered the river towboat M/V Cletus (shown above) to Luhr Brothers, Inc. of Columbia, 111. Named for Cletus Whelan, vice president of Luhr Brothers, the 102-foot-long vessel has a width of 36 feet, depth of 10 feet, and normal operatin
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on August 15, 1985"A simple way to solve a complex problem," is how Murdock Engineering Company, Irving, Texas, describes its new tensioning system. According to the company's engineers, what job tensioners do— maintain constant tension on the riser or guideline as the vessel moves in response to wind and wav
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on August 15, 1985As part of its $13.2-billion merger with Gulf Corporation, Chevron Corporation has announced the consolidation of the Gulf and Chevron marine transportation organizations. Gulf's fleet of 11 tankers will be consolidated with Chevron's for a merged fleet of 43 operating vessels with a total c
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on August 15, 1985line of maintenance-reducing stuffing boxes is now available from The Johnson Rubber Company's Duramax Marine Division. In addition to making packing changes easier, several of the company's, heavy duty stuffing boxes are specifically designed to cut the need for drydocking. Three of the pop
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on August 15, 1985C. Raymond Hunt Associates, designers of Boston, and Gladding- Hearn Shipbuilding Corporation of Somerset, Mass., have collaborated on a fast, twin-diesel, all-aluminum pilot boat for the Sandy Hook Pilots. The construction contract was awarded to Gladding-Hearn in December 1984, and deliver