Maritime Magazines Archive
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on September 15, 1980Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Wash., has been awarded a contract to construct nine 270- foot, medium-endurance cutters for the United States Coast Guard. Original contract price for the cutters is $378 million; however, with the escalation factor b u i l t into the contract price, ke
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on September 15, 1980CDI Marine Company announces the recent award of two major contracts to supply design services to the U.S. Navy. The first is a $1.3-million, one-year contract to provide design and engineering support for Navy surface ships to Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Fla. CDI Marine has b
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on September 15, 1980Orders were placed recently for the first four of a new generation of coal-burning ships. Two 75,000-dwt coal-fired bulk carriers have been ordered by Bulkships Ltd., the ship-owning arm of Australia's Thomas Nationwide Transport Group, from the Monfalcone Division of Italy's Italcantieri S
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on September 15, 1980A new study by the Maritime Administration e s t i m a t e s that c o n s t r u c t i o n c o s t s to increase deepwater cargo-handling facilities at American ports will exceed $5 billion in this decade. Growth of the nation's waterborne commerce, the report says, will require construction
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on September 15, 1980Ferrous Corporation, manufacturer of combustion catalysts for marine diesels and boilers, has recently prepared a brochure explaining the factors that affect combustion performance, and how to achieve maximum efficiency. The full-color, six-page brochure explains the causes of poor fuel eco
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on September 15, 1980The Maritime Subsidy Board has authorized the award of construction- differential subsidy (CDS) for work by Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Baltimore to increase the container-carrying c a p a c i t y of four Mariner Class vessels owned by Moore McCormack Lines of New York. The
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on September 15, 1980A new catalog describing Rockwell Edward cast steel gate, globe, angle, and check valves is now available from the Flow Control Division. Covering high-pressure, hightemperature valves for power, process, and general industries, the catalog reviews product design, development, and testing.
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on September 15, 1980Lance J. Melik, formerly manager- product d e v e l o p m e n t , has been promoted to the position of director of marketing for Twin Disc, Incorporated, Racine, Wise. He will be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the c o m p a n y ' s marketing strategy. Mr. Melik will s
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on September 15, 1980Major cost and time savings in naval ship construction are estimated from a newly developed insulation being applied to FFG-7 Class guided-missile frigates under construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, a Congoleum company. The new insulation, named Tuff Skin™, was developed and tested
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on September 15, 1980An entirely new shipyard, programmed to build commercial tug/ barge units, is now in operation in Ontonagon, Mich. Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Company (UPSCO), a privately owned firm, was formed in May of 1979 when its president, Charles H. Kerkman, together with Robert J. Rotundo and Robe
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on September 15, 1980Edward Renshaw, president of St. Louis Ship, was honored recently by the American Waterways Shipyard Conference (AWSC), an organization founded in 1976 largely through his efforts. Under Mr. Renshaw's stewardship, the AWSC has grown into a representative national body, which today includes
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on September 15, 1980Power take-offs (PTOs) designed for use on diesel engines with indirect drives are now available from the W i c h i t a Clutch Company, a subsidiary of Dana Corporation. These PTOs can handle the horsepower range from 250 to 800 hp at speeds up to 2,100 rpm. Wichita's PTOs utilize the Wich
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on September 15, 1980Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas, recently laid the keel for a new jackup drilling rig. Dixilyn-Field of Houston is the owner of this Levingston- designed Class 111-C rig, and will take delivery in April 1981. Officials of Dixilyn-Field at- tending the ceremony included L.A.
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on September 15, 1980Promet Private Limited, a marine construction company based in Singapore, has won repeat orders for the construction of two supply vessels from National Marine Service, and the construction of two three-legged, self-propelled jackup barges from Sun Contractors, Inc. Earlier this year, Prome
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on September 15, 1980"Gears and Gear Units" is the title of a new 16-page brochure published by Farrel Connecticut Division, Emhart Machinery Group. The publication describes types of gearing produced by the company, including industrial, marine, high-velocity, and special gearing. Single-helical, doublehelical
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on September 15, 1980Magnus E. Olsen, president, Overseas, Enterprises, has announced the appointment of Edward H. Barron as director of chartering. His responsibilities will encompass all chartering, marketing, and operational functions of O.N.E. Shipping Ltd., which maintains regular chemical tanker service f
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on September 15, 1980Hitachi Zosen of Japan recently received an additional order from J.L. Offshore Drilling A/S, Denmark, for construction of a jackup- type offshore drilling rig. This is the second of two of the same type rig to be built by Hitachi for the Danish company; the first order was received in April
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on September 15, 1980National Supply Company has received a U.S. patent for a subsea template system for multiple well drilling and production. The template design was developed by National Supply's Well Control Systems engineering group, Houston, to reduce time and cost of underwater operations, whether by remot
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- MTC '80 page: 40
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on September 15, 1980"Decade Of The Oceans" More Than 150 Technical Papers—More Than 200 Exhibits This year's Marine Technology Conference, to be held October 6-8 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hear U.S. Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt as the keynote speaker. Scores of sci
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on September 15, 1980Completion of an extensive radar simulator system at California Maritime Academy was announced recently by Furuno. The system was designed by Furuno engineers to present a wide variety of typical radar situations at sea on standard Furuno FRK- 100 16-inch radar displays under the control of