Maritime Magazines Archive
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on January 15, 1983The revised edition of the U.S. Coast Guard publication "Navigation Rules, International-Inland" is now available through the Government Printing Office. Federal law requires that after January 1, 1983, a copy of the new Inland Navigation Rules must be kept for reference onboard all boats o
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on January 15, 1983Lockheed of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced recently that it will build and test six prototype, lowcost underwater vehicles that can be launched from helicopters to destroy enemy naval mines. The battery-powered, wireguided vehicle, dubbed the Lowcost Expendable Neutralization System (LENS), w
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on January 15, 1983Scott Equipment Company of Dayton, Ohio, has announced the availability of their new Model 50 and 55 packaged Barge Spotters (movers) which provide customers with: increased wire rope life; smooth starts and stops; infinitely adjustable speed control; and faster barge loading/unloading, at
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on January 15, 1983The Maritime Administration has released a 172-page report entitled "Shipboard Fuel Handling and Treatment-Guidelines for Onboard Conditioning," which provides guidelines and recommendations for the shipboard treatment and conditioning of fuel oils. Four propulsion systems — steam turbine
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on January 15, 1983Thomas M. Kelly has been named vice president, Pacific Division for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. He replaces William L. Burch who has served as acting director of that division since January 1982. Mr. Kelly joined Lykes in 1972 and held various positions in the company's New Orleans traf
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on January 15, 1983William H. Potter, president of Fairhaven Marine, Inc., has announced the appointment of John Romanelli to the position of vice president-yard manager at the Fairhaven, Mass., facility. Mr. Romanelli will be responsible for directing all operations of the full service repair yard and marina
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on January 15, 1983Tracor, Inc. of Rockville, Md., has received a $5.4-million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical integration and evaluation services for sonar systems aboard U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines. William C. Moyer, group vice president for Tracor Applied Sciences, s
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on January 15, 1983Atlantic Container Line (ACL) announced recently that Philip Bates will retire as chairman and chief executive of Atlantic Container Line Services, Limited, Southampton, U.K., on December 31, 1983. Bengt Koch will succeed Mr. Bates. "The orders for ACL's five new third generation ships have
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on January 15, 1983Robert H. Pouch, president and chief executive officer of Barber Steamship Lines, Inc., has been elected by the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry as Commissioner of Pilots of the State of New York, it was announced by James P. McAllister, Commission chairman. The six-member board of
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on January 15, 1983The Maritime Subsidy Board and the Maritime Administrator recently approved applications under which Crowley Maritime International, Inc., a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., will acquire all stock in Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., from Holiday Inns, Inc., for $96 million. Approval of the s
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on January 15, 1983MacGregor Far East (MGFE), the Tokyo-based member of the MacGregor International organization, has received orders to supply cargo access equipment for 33 vessels to be built for Paraguay. Thirty are dry cargo barges to be delivered by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in knocked down form
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on January 15, 1983Comsat of Washington, D.C., announced that Bruce D. Smith has been elected president of Comsat Technology Products, Inc. In this newly created position, Mr. Smith is responsible for the management of the corporation's telecommunications equipment manufacturing and marketing activities. His
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on January 15, 1983A diesel engine symposium conducted recently in San Francisco by MAN-B&W Diesel was very well attended by a wide cross section of important West Coast shipowners, operators, and naval architects. A brief introduction by the president of American MAN Corp., K. Peter Koch, was followed by a
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on January 15, 1983The recent meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New England section, held at the New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., featured the presentation of a technical paper entitled "Marine Installation and Operating Requirements for Continuous Electric Li
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on January 15, 1983Work commenced at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Inc. Whidbey Island yard, Freeland, Wash., recently on the initial phase of a 265-foot by 54-foot by 22-foot self-propelled trailing suction split-hull hopper dredge. Manson Construction & Engineering Company of Seattle, Wash., is the custom
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on January 15, 1983The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Council on Oceanic Engineering (COE) have invited papers from all interested authors for the Oceans '83 Conference and Exposition. Each accepted paper will be presented at the conference in
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on January 15, 1983Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., recently demonstrated a reliable, inexpensive method of transmitting data at medium speed from ship to shore via satellite and regular telephone lines. Lykes made repeated transmissions between one of its ships, the Cygnus, and shore on a r
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on January 15, 1983The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a contract "in excess of a million dollars" to Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Fla., for the construction of a 250-passenger/ vehicle ferry. The contract is the second for a ferry awarded to Offshore Shipbuilding since October 19
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on January 15, 1983The Engineering Department of the State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y., recently held the dedication of its newly constructed ship model basin. Prof. Jose Femenia, chairman of the college's engineering department, announced that its availability adds ano
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on January 15, 1983A $1.87-million contract from the U.S. Navy for lease of two shipyard gantry cranes has been awarded to the Clyde Division of the Koehring Group of AMCA International Corporation, according to an announcement by Koehring. The cranes, which are of a new design, designated by Clyde as the Mo