Maritime Magazines Archive
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on July 16, 1985DiFlo International recently announced that the company is introducing a monthly lease program for its Series 1000 Fuel Management Systems as an alternative to an outright purchase, according to Thomas E. Prosser, DiFlo president. Available to financially qualified operators of vessels and f
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on July 16, 1985Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. of Mobile, Ala., recently redelivered two offshore supply vessels to Tidewater Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., after completing extensive conversions. The Doc Tide and Darol Tide were lengthened by 16 feet to accommodate liquid mud tanks and c
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on July 16, 1985A new eight-page bulletin by Blackmer Pump Division of Dover Corporation, Grand Rapids, Mich., presents their full line of rotary positive displacement, sliding vane pumps for military, marine and specialized industrial applications. Included are pumps specifically designed for bilge, feed w
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on July 16, 1985The 67-foot patrol boat Santa Cruz de la Sierra (shown above) was christened at a recent ceremony held at the Hope/Progressive shipyard in Houma, La. The new vessel, ordered by the Naval Forces of the Republic of Bolivia, was built under contract with Napco International Inc. of Minneapolis.
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on July 16, 1985—Color Brochures Offered Asianlift, a specialized marine heavy-lift pool, has been formed by two widely experienced companies in this field—Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) and Smit International South East Asia Ptd. Ltd. The Asianlift fleet currently comprises four heavy-lift fl
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on July 16, 1985The great advantages of efficiently and reliably cleaning diesel fuel and lube oils are well recognized, and Centrico, Inc. of Northvale, N.J., offers a wide range of Westfalia Oil Purifiers for this purpose. Westfalia Oil Purifying Centrifuges are being specified by diesel engine manufactur
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on July 16, 1985Mailing Kontrol A/S, the independent Danish-owned firm in the field of electrical alarm, supervision and control equipment, is offering a new full color brochure on the products produced by the company. Titled "Mailing Kontrol—75 Years," the publication gives a brief history of the firm from
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- $222.4-Million Navy Contract Awarded Pennsylvania Shipbuilding To Construct Two Fleet Oilers page: 33
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on July 16, 1985Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company recently announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of the Navy for the construction of two new fleet oilers of the T-AO 187 class. The basic contract value is $222,476,849. Work will start immediately on planning, engineering and materi
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on July 16, 1985Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Miss., has launched the sternwheel/excursion boat, Colonel (shown above), which is being built for the Colonel Museum, Inc., Galveston, Texas. When completed later this summer, the sternwheeler will be able to accommodate as many as 800 passengers on sigh
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on July 16, 1985In our world of rapid and continuous change, we have come to accept many situations and events which, just a few years ago, we would have thought "could never happen": the first man on the moon; Japan's technological ascendancy over many major U.S. industries; $33 per barrel oil; the breakup
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on July 16, 1985More than 80 key marketing and sales executives representing some 40 leading marine machinery manufacturing companies currently selling to the U.S. Navy attended a recent seminar in Washington, D.C. conducted by the Marine Machinery Association (MMA). Rear Adm. James Nunnelly, USN (Ret.), p
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on July 16, 1985Rados International Corporation, Naval architects and marine engineers of San Pedro, Calif., has announced completion of a new design to convert existing tuna purse seiner fishing vessels into mid-water stern trawlers. Under a contract with the Fishing Company of Alaska, Rados was recently
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on July 16, 1985Survival capsules are lowered from offshore rigs with winch systems that contain overrunning clutches capable of withstanding extreme shock loads. Whittaker Corporation, La Mesa, Calif., selected Formsprag® overrunning clutches manufactured by the Industrial Power Transmission Division of D
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on July 16, 1985Since inception of the industry over 30 years ago, Tidewater Inc.'s marine subsidiary, Tidewater Ma- rine Service, Inc., has consistently been a leader in the development of oil and gas support vessel design and operating improvements—hull design, superior machinery and in- novative equipmen
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on June 1985The WABCO Fluid Power Division of American- Standard, Lexington, Ky., has published an eight-page brochure on Logicmaster™ pneumatic control systems for marine engines equipped with hydraulic clutch reverse gears. WABCO Logicmaster controls incorporate the interlocks and protective circuits re
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on June 1985InterTrade Industries, Ltd. of Huntington Beach, Calif., has announced the opening of a metropolitan Washington, D.C., office and the appointment of Marvin Gensler as director of marketing and sales. This new office, at 1680 East Gude Drive in Rockville, Md., will provide sales and technical
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on June 1985Tracor, Inc., has received a threeyear $5.3-million program to provide technical and logistics support to the Naval Sea Systems Command, Surface Ships Directorate. Dr. William C. Moyer, group vice president of Tracor Applied Sciences, said this contract reflects continued successful involvem
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on June 1985Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries recently announced the opening of a new service facility in San Diego, established to offer complete engine and component rebuild and parts service for the Fairbanks Morse and Colt-Pielstick engine lines. The new facility will serve customer
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on June 1985Menge Marine Equipment Company, Inc., New Orleans, La., has joined Seaward International's worldwide network of sales representatives. They will be responsible for the sales and promotion of Seaward's entire line of foam-filled marine fenders and buoys in the eastern section of the U.S. Gulf
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on June 1985Ingersoll-Rand Company, Charlotte, N.C., recently announced the formation of a new division, the single stage products division, whose initial product offering will be XFLO, a mixed-flow single-stage turbo compressor. The new single stage products division, based in Charlotte, will be headed