Maritime Magazines Archive
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on April 1983W.T. Hailey, vice president of marketing for Colt Industries, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division in Beloit, Wise., recently announced the appointment of R.L. Mattox to the position of Midwestern regional manager in Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Mattox succeeds D.P. Caldwell who has retired. Mr. Matto
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on April 1983Salzgitter • Kocks • Bulk Systems of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently received a contract to design, supply, and install a new multicommodity bulk ship loader for the port of Houston Authority, Houston, Texas. The ship loader will have box construction for the gantry and boom. The boom will complete
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on April 1983A new 2-inch stainless-steel submersible pump has been introduced by Multiquip Inc., Carson, Calif. The model ST-2005S is constructed of 304 stainless steel, and is ideally suited for the petrochem, agrichem, chemical, and marine applications where hostile liquids traditionally exist. In ty
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on April 1983A plan to build a pipeline from the Kuparuk River Oilfield, west of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to join the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was announced recently. The joint venture project would require building 36 miles of common carrier pipeline, it was announced by Kuparuk Pipeline Co., an Atlant
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on April 1983The Southeast Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers inducted the newly formed Student Section from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Fla., into SNAME at a recent section meeting. This is the second official student section to be established in the South
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on April 1983The Actinia, a semisubmersible offshore oil drilling rig, was recently completed at Hitachi Zosen's Ariake yard and delivered to the Actinia Shipping Corporation of Panama. Actinia is 82.3 meters long (270 feet), 60.96 meters wide (200-feet), and 35.36 meters high (116-feet). The rig is Hitac
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on April 1983A 50 percent improvement in pipe fabrication shop productivity was achieved recently through improved work scheduling in a shipyard pilot project sponsored by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Panel SP-8 on Industrial Engineering. A one day workshop will be offered, at no
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on April 1983TeleSystems, a Comsat company of Fairfax, Va., recently announced the appointment of Nita Dover as manager, maritime marketing. Ms. Dover will play an integral part in TeleSystems' marketing effort for its MCS-9000 shipboard satellite communications terminal. She will coordinate maritime ma
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on April 1983A.J. Finnin has been elected senior vice president of manufacturing and engineering operations of the Tano Corporation. The promotion was announced by James J. Reiss Jr., president of New Orleans-based Tano, a manufacturer of computer-based electronic systems for the marine, oil and gas, an
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on April 1983Keystone Valve-USA of Houston, Texas, recently announced the availability of a new line of butterfly valves for high-pressure/ high-temperature services. Literature is offered detailing the K-LOK valve's capability of handling line pressures up to 740 psi and temperatures up to 1,100 degree
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on April 1983The MX 720 electromagnetic log, a compact unit delivering reliable speed-through-the-water measurements, was introduced recently by Magnavox of Torrance, Calif. A brochure is available describing how the MX 720 operates either as a stand-alone speed log, or interfaces with equipment requir
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on April 1983A full range of temperature calibrators manufactured by the Danish company E.V. Johansen A / S is now being distributed to the American market by Jofra, Inc., Houston, Texas. The electronic temperature calibrators can measure all wellknown temperature sensor systems, without use of liquids
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on April 1983The Board of Directors for Houston Systems Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas, in an executive realignment, has announced the election of the following officers: Robert B. Taylor, executive vice president; John C.H. Chan, P.E. (Ca.), CMfgE., senior vice president; Gary Bladt, vice presid
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on April 1983Additional user taxes on the barge industry would weaken the competitiveness of the barge mode and ultimately damage the whole economy, a barge industry leader said recently. He went on to warn against sacrificing the entire waterways system to "shortterm and short-sighted budgetary goals."
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on April 1983The acquisition of Steadfast Marine, Inc., was recently announced by Oceaneering International, Inc. of Houston, Texas. Steadfast Marine is headquartered in Falls Church, Va., in the Washington, D.C., area, and specializes in marine search and recovery, accident investigation, towing, and n
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on April 1983The first RTA Superlongstroke engine, a 7-cylinder Mitsubishi- Sulzer RTA58, has been undergoing extensive tests at the Kobe works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Ninety-one of the RTA series have been committed for production since this model was announced a year ago. Sulzer officials
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on April 1983The Northwest Towboat Association recently held its 17th annual membership meeting in Seattle, Wash. During the meeting, Bill Epping, General Construction Company, was elected president for the ensuing year. The position of vice president was filled by Warner Nelson, Foss Launch and Tug Com
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on April 1983The recent meeting of the New England Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers featured the presentation of two papers by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Maine Maritime Academy. The first presentation was made by George Tryantafyllou, a
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on April 1983The Jos. L. Meyer Shipyard GmbH, Papenburg-Ems, West Germany, was recently awarded contracts to build an LPG carrier and two passenger ships for the Government of Indonesia. The new orders will insure full employment at the shipyard until early 1985. The 5,500-ebm LPG/ammonia carrier, sche
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on April 1983Frank L. Beier Radio, Inc. has added certified magnetic compass repair and calibration to the services offered its customers. Literature is available describing the only certified service available on the Gulf Coast. Certification is available in only a few foreign countries; it is not avai