Maritime Magazines Archive
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on October 1983The Environmental Systems Division of Electrolux-Wascator AB, Stockholm, Sweden, has been renamed as Electrolux Envirovac. The name "Envirovac" has long been used in the United States, where the subsidiary company Envirovac Inc. has installed the Vacuum Toilet System in innumerable vessels,
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on October 1983The Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Fla., has been awarded a contract from Waterway Communications System, Inc. (WATERCOM) of Jeffersonville, Ind., for the design, manufacture, construction and maintenance of a new marine telephone system covering more than 4,000 miles of inland waterways. T
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- M/V GRAND REPUBLIC page: 26
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on October 1983Largest Addition To McAllister Brothers Fleet Delivered By Offshore Shipbuilding The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company of Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, highlighted the celebration of its 100th anniversary recently with the introduction of its new passenger/ auto ferry,
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- Terry To Manufacture And Sell AEG-Kanis Steam Turbines In North America —Literature Available page: 24
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on October 1983Terry Steam Turbine Company, of Windsor, Conn., and AEGKANIS, a German manufacturer of steam turbines, gas turbines, and electrical control systems, have signed an agreement granting Terry the rights to sell, manufacture, and service AEG-KANIS reaction steam turbines within the U.S., Mexico
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on October 1983Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a multiyear contract from the U.S. Navy Electronic Systems Engineering Activity, St. Inigoes, Md., to provide engineering support services for test and evaluation programs. William C. Moyer, Ph.D., group vice president of Tracor Applied Sciences, sa
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on October 1983Earlier this year, after intensive design investigation and development, the Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defense placed a contract with Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd. for the construction of two prototype catamaran minehunters for the Royal Australian Navy. Each is 31 meters in lengt
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on October 1983National Marine Service Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo., a recognized leader in shipyard and diesel engine repairs, announces the opening of its new East Coast diesel engine parts and service facility at 4580 Village Avenue, Norfolk, Va. (804) 855-9277. National Marine indicates the Norfolk fa
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on October 1983Richard M. Currence, president of Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, New Orleans, La., has announced the addition of Gulf Fleet No. 65, a 190-foot by 40-foot by 16- foot 6,000-hp class towing/supply vessel, which is powered by twin EMD 12 645-E7C diesel engines through twin Reinjes WAV 2740, 4:
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on October 1983MARCO Seattle and Campbell Industries, well-known fishing vessel builders, have announced the formation of MARCO Pacific Shipbuilding Corporation. The Taiwan-based MARCO subsidiary will specialize in the construction of tuna purse seiners for both local and world markets. The first vessel t
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on October 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from Lamberts Point Barge Co. of One Commercial Place, Norfolk, Va., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in the financing of a 35,000- deadweight-ton self-discharging coal barge to be used in export coal top-off operations in D
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on October 1983COMSAT World Systems Division, Washington, D.C., recently announced three vice presidential appointments. Edward J. Martin has been named to the position of vice president, international operations. In his new capacity, Mr. Martin will be responsible for the operation and planning of COMSAT
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on October 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., One Market Plaza, San Francisco, Calif., a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing or refinancing one ice-strengthened oil/deck cargo
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on October 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of the Chemical Pioneer, a 35,000- deadweight-ton chemical carrier being built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va. The approved guar
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- FISH EXPO '33 page: 14
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on October 1983Over 550 companies will have exhibits at Fish Expo from October 26-29, 1983, at The Seattle Center in Seattle, Wash. This will make for the largest Fish Expo ever, topping the 535 companies that exhibited when the show was last in Seattle in 1981. Fish Expo alternates annually between Boston
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on October 1983The Blue Star Line has announced the placement of an order for four new Reefer ships to be built at the Harland & Wolff Yard in Belfast. The four ships will be of similar layout and will incorporate the latest technical developments in Reefer vessel design. The 463,000- cubic-foot-capacity
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on October 1983Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma, Wash., reported today that all outstanding conditions have been met to finalize the award of a $143-million contract for the design and construction of two 252- foot corvettes for Thailand. The contract had previously been signed subject to obtaining a weapon
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on October 1983Two 120-foot by 45-foot by 7-foat deck barges have been constructed by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., for Piling & Structures, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. The barges, the first constructed by NABRICO for the Florida company, will be used in general construction work, carry
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on October 1983Blount Marine Corporation of Warren, R.I., announced the delivery of the 150-foot by 35- foot Star of Chicago to Star Line Corporation of East Lansing, Mich. The Star of Chicago is a Bay Queen style dinner boat with a passenger capacity of 600 and seating for 450 in two dining rooms. She is r
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on October 1983Ships fitted with Navidyne's INMARSAT ship terminal can now obtain free emergency medical advisory services by satellite. An agreement has been reached between Navidyne and Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. (MAS), to offer four months of free medical support to all customers purchasing Navidyne's
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on October 1983Personnel at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., recently completed a restoration of the Coast Guard Cutter Gentian, a 180-foot oceangoing buoy tender (WLB). The overhaul of the World War II vintage vessel marked the second renovation of a Class A buoy tender under the U.S. Coast Guard's