Maritime Magazines Archive
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on August 15, 1985A versatile manifold system for linking floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessels with their mooring turrets in offshore oil fields, which allows the vessels to weathervane continually without interrupting production, has been developed by the Marine Offshore Division of Mo
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on August 15, 1985After reviewing the results of a year-long Gulf Coast strategic study, the Secretary of Defense has announced homeporting decisions affecting nine Gulf Coast cities. The plan, to be implemented in the late 1980s and early 90s, involves some 29 ships and approximately 15,000 personnel. The c
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on August 15, 1985—Literature Available Unaflex Rubber Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., recently announced the availability of its "Supreme" tapered expansion joints in reducing type configurations. The joints are available for pressure or vacuum applications found in heating/ air-conditioning and ventilating
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on August 15, 1985—Literature Available The Wager Model 650 is a new, portable diesel exhaust meter for use in checking, to air quality standards, the emissions of dieselpowered work boats, fishing vessels, barges, dredges, and offshore drill rigs. This meter measures the opacity of diesel emissions to withi
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on August 15, 1985Ralph Helm, president of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc, Wise., has announced that six key people have joined the company's recently formed subsidiary, Manitex Inc. of McAllen, Texas. All six have had extensive experience and are well known in the offshore market. Fred Oprendek, mar
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on August 15, 1985ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding, and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Panel SP-6 on Marine Industry Standards, are seeking participants to join in their standards development activities. The two groups are working cooperatively to implement marine industry stand
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on August 15, 1985—Free Literature Available Mark Controls Corporation's Center Line Series SD butterfly control valve line has been expanded to include the SDT, a heavy duty, 300-psi rated valve. The SDT, as well as the other series SD butterfly control valves, have been designed for low-flow-rate-control appl
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on August 15, 1985—Literature Available Hayward Industrial Products, Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., recently added a 3-inch and 4-inch duplex plastic basket strainer to their product line. The strainers are made of polyvinyl chloride and contain no metal, and therefore are corrosionresistant. They will handle flow rate
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on August 15, 1985A new bulletin from John Crane-Houdaille, Inc., Morton Grove, 111., explains the benefits of upgrading sealing with compact Type 88 and Type 88S package seals. The publication provides sizing information and diagrams illustrating both Type 88 double or tandem package seals (for more hazardous
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on August 15, 1985WABCO Fluid Power, Lexington, Ky., a producer of engineered pneumatic and electropneumatic components and systems, is offering a brochure detailing its HelmMaster™ maneuvering control system for workboats. The HelmMaster provides one-handed control for close maneuvering operations even in rou
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on August 15, 1985United Technologies' Carrier Transicold Division recently donated two water source heat pump systems to The Cousteau Society (Fondation Cousteau) to meet the cabin environmental needs of Jacques Cousteau's new experimental windship, the Alcyone. The two water source heat pump systems will prov
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on August 15, 1985ASEA Hagglunds, Inc. is offering a free, 32-page full-color booklet on their extensive range of cargo cranes. The handsomely soft-covered publication is oversized and features several large, outstanding fullcolor photographs of some of Hagglunds' 300 standard type cargo cranes. The text, w
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on August 1985—Literature Available A new six-page, four-color brochure from Selby, Battersby & Co. describes the Selby System, in which thorough investigation, proper subfloor preparation and field-tested installation procedures produce years of trouble-free flooring service. Abuse from chemicals or just s
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on August 1985The power an engine develops is dependent on the pressure developed in its cylinder or cylinders. The General Thermodynamics Corporation, Plymouth, Mass., uses this pressure to sense the power developed in various types of engines. Its initial application was in an aircraft engine to give a co
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on August 1985Tidewater Inc. has adopted a capital expenditure budget of $40 million for fiscal year 1986 which commenced on April 1, 1985. The budget, which will be funded largely through internal cash generation, is as follows: marine services, $25 million; compression services, $12 million; and oil and
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on August 1985Alfa-Laval, Inc.. Fort Lee, N.J., has introduced a new Nirex freshwater distiller designed to meet the needs of smaller vessels. Designated the -JWP-26-C, the unit is a smaller version of the -JWP-36-C series. The unit can be used on fishing vessels, work boats, supply boats and offshore rig
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on August 1985The Paul Lindenau Shipyard in Kiel, West Germany, recently delivered the energy-saving, IMO Type II oil/chemical tanker Manitou (photo) to Atlantic-Rhederei F. & W. Joch of Hamburg. This specialized tanker is the fourth of a series that the Lindenau yard developed together with the shipping
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on August 1985—Literature Available Johnson-Duramax sleeve and flanged bearings feature specially formulated nitrile rubber securely bonded to a metallic or nonmetallic shell. Although industry standards generally call for naval brass shells, other type materials such as stainless steel, monel, aluminum and
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on August 1985Three managers have been named to new positions with Zapata Gulf Marine Corporation's domestic operations, Kenneth W. Waldorf, Zapata Gulf chairman and chief executive officer, has announced. Larry T. Rigdon has been named vice president-domestic operations with responsibility for the Gulf
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on August 1985Newman's Inc. is offering a free brochure on the company's line of Newco marine valves. The publication features text on gate, globe, check and angle valves. Cross-section diagrams, as well as black and white photographs accompany the text. According to the brochure, Newco marine valves hav