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on March 1986The icebreaker Otso (shown), ordered in March 1984 by the Finnish Board of Navigation, was delivered recently by Wartsila's Helsinki Shipyard. She is the first of two technologically advanced icebreakers of a new type. The second vessel was ordered in December 1985 and is scheduled for deliv
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on March 1986Ed Bonner, president and CEO of Leslie Co., is the 1986 chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA). Larry Solley, group vice president and worldwide product director-Final Control Systems, Fisher Controls International, Inc., is the new vice chairman. Both were elected
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- THE INVISIBLE INDUSTRY page: 52
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on March 1986The practice of communicating information in order to influence actions, create a desired public image, or shape viewpoints, can be traced from the earliest civilizations. Much of what is known today of ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Persia comes from material intended to promote and glorify th
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on March 1986The 99th Congress was sworn into office in 1985 with perhaps its primary challenge to control the spiralling federal deficit. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, both Democrats and Republicans, and the President, expressed their strong commitment to decrease government spendi
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on March 1986In 1985, the depressed state of the barge and towing industry further emphasized the longstanding need to secure a reasoned and stable regulatory environment for domestic marine transportation. This elusive goal took on greater importance as the dilemma of too many vessels chasing too few ca
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on March 1986The American Waterways Operators (AWO), is the national trade association representing the inland and coastal barge and towing industry, and the smaller shipyards which service that industry. Since 1944, when AWO was founded, the association has worked at defining, supporting and promoting i
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- 1986 VALVE EQUIPMENT GUIDE page: 38
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on March 1986Valves, valve actuators, and other accessories are vital components in any ship's piping systems for cargo, fuel, ballast, steam, seawater, and many other applications. Valve manufacturers offer a wide variety of valve types, variations, and materials, including ball, butterfly, check, swing
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on March 1986Managers of the Marine Corps League-sponsored "Modern Day Marine—Force in Readiness Military Exposition" have announced that over 80 percent of the 95,000 square feet of exhibit space in the Sheraton Washington Hotel has been committed for their scheduled July 22-24, 1986, military expositio
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- NAVY CONTRACTS page: 30
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on March 1986Ordnance Vitro Corporation, Silver Spring, Md., is being awarded a $4,825,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for system integration agent production engineering services for the Tartar MK-74 missile fire control system and MK-26 guided missile launching sy
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- NEW NAVY BUDGET: OVER $100 BILLION page: 22
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on March 1986Changes Create New Supplier Opportunities The Department of Defense has requested $311.6 billion in new budget authority for the fiscal year (FY 1987) beginning October 1, 1986. Included in the budget request, biggest ever in U.S. peacetime history, is $11 billion allocated for construction
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on March 1986The first phone call through the revolutionary WATERCOM® Automated Maritime Telecommunications System was placed by Ron VonColln, program manager at Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., aboard a boat on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., to Rick Baker, executive vice president of Waterway Com
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on March 1986The 2,000-passenger cruise ferry Wellamo ordered by EFFOA-Finland Steamship Company Ltd., was delivered recently by Wartsila's Helsinki Shipyard. Before the new vessel left the shipyard for a short flag-changing cruise, she was christened by the Governor of the County of Turku and Pori, Mrs.
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on February 1986The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet received its newest ship, and its second Aegis guided missile cruiser, following the recent commissioning of the USS Valley Forge (CG-50) at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss. Principal speaker at the commissioning ceremony was William H. Taft IV
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on February 1986—Literature Available System failures due to corrosion, misalignment and binding are problems that have plagued the current methods of remote valve actuation for years. The use of these methods will decrease with the development of the Remote Mechanical Valve Actuator (RMVA) by Teleflex In
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- Caterpillar Offers Literature On New Marine Diesel Propulsion System Products And Support Programs page: 49
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on February 1986Fuel Savings Alone Can Justify New Engine Investment At the New Orleans Work Boat Show in January, Caterpillar Engine Division announced new and improved diesel marine propulsion system products and support programs designed to help operators reduce costs and improve equipment availabilit
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on February 1986(Ed. note—Complete literature is now available from GM/EMD describing the new 710G Series.) The new 710G Series of diesel engines from General Motors Electro- Motive Division (GM/EMD) offers increased reliability, better fuel efficiency, and the potential for significantly higher horsepower
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- UPDATE ON FY 1986 NAVY PROGRAMS page: 26
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on February 1986On 19 December Congress passed a continuing resolution providing defense program appropriations for FY 1986. It provides total obligational authority of $281 billion for defense programs. The Administration had requested $304 billion and last year's defense appropriation was $278 billion. N
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on February 1986Naval shipyards have been in operation in the U.S. for over 180 years and, with the private sector, share the mission of providing adequate naval and maritime resources to meet national defense requirements in times of peace and conflict. These shipyards both built and repaired naval ships u
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on January 15, 1986The 50-foot move of a 160-footlong, 200-ton glass fiber reinforced polyester (GRP) mold is done safely in 3Vi minutes on a film of air at the Mercantile-Beliard N.V. shipbuilding plant in Ostend, Belgium. Each of six mold sections are moved the same way by the yard, which is in the middle of
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available Saab Marine Electronics AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, has been supplying radar-type level gauging systems for over ten years. Originally, the system's only function was to measure level. However, with the price of crude oil and refined products continually climbing, Saab re