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on September 15, 1984Imi-Tech Corporation, Elk Grove, 111., recently announced the availability of its new marine products brochure describing its line of lightweight, fire-resistant insulating products for marine applications. The brochure, Catalog No. 584, also describes the unique core material, Solimide® pol
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on September 15, 1984According to William H. Bevan, president of Marine Technologies and Brokerage Corp., the S.S. United States will shortly begin removals in preparation for its movement to the shipyard for a complete retrofit. The vessel will undergo a massive rip-out and rebuild, which will convert it from t
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on September 15, 1984Halifax Industries Limited of Nova Scotia, whose two shipyards are now managed by AMCA International, recently announced two key appointments. Tom Duncan, formerly general manager of the Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, was appointed director of operations, and Mauritz Erhard, formerly
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on September 15, 1984The HEET Automotive Division of DeMert & Dougherty, Inc., Oak Brook, 111., recently announced the introduction of new HEET Diesel Fuel Treatment, a special fuel additive developed by Universal Oil Products Inc. HEET Diesel Fuel Treatment provides important preventive maintenance benefits be
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on September 15, 1984Technical Symposium-October 3-4, Norfolk, Va. A technical symposium, Naval Ship Maintenance & Modernization/ Affordability, sponsored by the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and the American Society of Naval Engineers, Tidewater Section, will be held at the OMNI International Hotel
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on September 15, 1984Third International Symposium—October 1-3, New York The Third International Symposium on Marine Salvage will meet October 1-3 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Co-sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the Maritime Association of the Port of New York, the meetings are
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on September 15, 1984Sperry Corporation has been awarded a $62.8-million definitized contract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for engineering, development, integration, and production support of combat systems on 11 Perry Class (FFG-7) guided-missile frigates. New COPPER BLAST is a premiumquality, all-pur
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on September 15, 1984SOFEC, Inc. of Houston has received a contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction, testing, and sea trials of a rapid deployment single anchor leg mooring terminal known by the trade name RA-DE SALM™. The unit will moor and unload tankers of up to 70,000 dwt in the open
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on September 15, 1984Stanley Symon has been named director of tankers at Stolt- Nielsen Inc, Greenwich, Conn., to succeed Per Heidenreich, according to an announcement by Jacob Stolt-Nielsen Jr., chairman of Stolt Tankers and Terminals. Mr. Heidenreich is leaving the company to pursue other business interests.
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on September 15, 1984Peterson Builders, Inc. (PBI) of Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently launched the third ARS Class rescue/ salvage vessel in a series it is building for the U.S. Navy. A perfect side launch (photo) was executed as sponsor Mrs. Diana M. Walters christened the ship Salvor (ARS-52). Assisting as matro
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on September 15, 1984—Results Available Independent laboratory tests of Amergize™ deposit modifier/combustion improver have proven a significant reduction in specific fuel consumption, carbon deposits, exhaust smoke levels, and metallic deposits in a test engine operated on a residual oil blend containing high
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on September 15, 1984A new computerized ship management information system has been developed by Nav-Com, Inc., of Deer Park, N.Y. This system, Busiship™, is the first integrated package that combines fully marinized computer hardware with a wide variety of software packages designed specifically for marine appl
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on September 15, 1984The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced the award of a contract worth $79,664,877 to Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard, Inc. of Lockport, La., for construction of 15 high-speed, diesel-powered patrol boats. The contract was awarded following the decision of the U.S. District Court in Washi
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on September 15, 1984With the recent signing of a $3.6- million contract with the U.S. Navy for the construction of 15 110-foot open lighter barges, Moss Point Marine (MPM) of Escatawpa, Miss., has begun to look to the future with renewed confidence and enthusiasm. MPM president John Dane I II summed up the feel
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on September 15, 1984Because of the increased activity in oil exploration off the Italian coast, private Italian owners have established O.D.S. Italia s.p.a. with offices in Napoli, Genova, and Ravenna, for the purpose of supplying highly specialized vessels to the offshore industry. The first vessel to be owned
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on September 1984New York — September 27-28 The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, in conjunction with the SNAME T & R Ship Production Committee, will present its Third International Symposium, "Maritime Innovation— Practical Approaches '84," at the Wald
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on September 1984A double ceremony took place recently at Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Limited's Portchester Shipyard involving two high-speed ferries being built for Hong Kong owners. Mrs. Rosemary Lamont, wife of MP Norman Lamont, Minister of State for Industry, named the J u Kong and launched the Cheung Kong.
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on September 1984IMO AB of Stockholm, Sweden, one of the companies that will be exhibiting this month at the International Ship Machinery, Marine Technology (SMM) Exhibition and Congress in Hamburg, Germany, has announced some of the new products it will be showing. Among these products will be the IMO-ACF-
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on September 1984The Power Transmission Division of Western Gear Corporation, Lynwood, Calif., has entered into a license agreement with Rademakers Aandrijvingen, B.V. of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The agreement gives Western Gear's Power Transmission Division the right to manufacture and sell Rademakers e
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on September 1984Metric Constructors, Inc. of Charlotte, N.C. has been awarded a $3,378,000 contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the construction of a new marine maintenance facility at Manns Harbor. State-owned vessels, including ferries, tugs and dredges, which operate along the