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on February 15, 1983The continued increase in the number of offshore units around the world is again reflected in the latest (1982/83) edition of the Register of Offshore Units, Submersibles and Diving Systems, published recently by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. The number of mobile drilling rigs listed has gr
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on February 15, 1983The Administration's budget for fiscal year 1983 will allow the Navy to reach a 600-ship fleet, Navy Undersecretary James Goodrich told the Western Shipbuilding Association. Speaking before the group's recent annual meeting, Mr. Goodrich said the Navy currently has 514 ships, up from 460 tw
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on February 15, 1983Eastern Marine, Inc. of Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the 166-foot supply vessel Trinity River to Transportation Resources, Inc. of Houma, La. The vessel, built at Eastern's shipyard in Panama City, is the fourth of a five vessel package which includes the Leaf River, Pine River, Ro
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on February 15, 1983Raytheon Marine Company held a Maritime SatCom Training Seminar at its New York office at Staten Island's Pouch Terminal recently to provide Raytheon technicians with a comprehensive review of installation and service procedures for Satellite Communications equipment. Raytheon recently anno
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on February 15, 1983Raytheon Company of Lexington, Mass., has combined its government marketing, international marketing and government relations activities in a new office of corporate marketing. Philip A. Phalon, who has been named vice president-corporate marketing, will head the new staff activity. Mr. Phalo
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on February 15, 1983A new teak deck, expected to reduce maintenance and improve appearance, was installed recently on the Eagle, the U.S. Coast Guard training ship. Three-inch-thick teak planks were secured to the steel deck by Nelson stud welding — a semi-automatic arc welding process used for fastening applica
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on February 15, 1983Computer data transfer between ship and shore via satellite is completely practical and feasible, according to the results of a series of tests recently completed by Navidyne Corporation, Newport News, Va. The most recent tests were conducted jointly by Navidyne and Marine Management System
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on February 15, 1983maritime prepositioning ships (T-AKX) have been signed recently by the Navy's Military Sealift Commander Vice Admiral Kent J. Carroll. Admiral Carroll said the MPS will carry enough cargo to support three Marine amphibious brigades, a total of 46,000 men, and may be prepositioned near poten
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on January 15, 1983Alva M. (Al) Hill has been elected senior vice president of Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer headquartered in Bellingham, Wash., with an Eastern plant at Swansboro, N.C., while Steve Harris has been promoted to national sales manager, and Timothy J. Chalfant appointed chief engi
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on January 15, 1983Earle Messere, the technical director of the Naval Underwater Systems Center, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Southern New England Section, American Society of Naval Engineers. Mr. Messere likened the Underwater Systems Center to a $500-million industrial research and devel
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on January 15, 1983Johnson & Towers, Inc., diesel engine specialist headquartered in Mount Laurel, N.J., has been appointed a distributor for the Alco Power Boss line of large diesels ranging from 675 to 4,500 bhp, according to Peter M. Johnson, J & T executive vice president. These four-cycle engines, includi
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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, 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, 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, 1983Joseph A. Farrell III has been selected as the next president of The American Waterways Operators, Inc. (AWO), the national trade association for the U.S. barge and towing industry. Mr. Farrell comes to AWO from Pullman Power Products Corporation, where he served as senior vice president. H
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on January 15, 1983The OK coupling, manufactured by SKF Steel, Coupling Division, is described in detail with text and full-color photos in a 26-page ring-bound brochure now available free of charge. Titled "No Screws. No Bolts. No Flanges. No Keys.," this informative book includes a series of pages made of t
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on January 15, 1983The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) recently dedicated the Saudi Abha and the Saudi Diriyah—reportedly the largest ro/ro's in the world —during christening ceremonies held in Malmo, Sweden. The ro/ ro's are the first two of a $250 million, four-ship order awarded to the Sw
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on January 15, 1983Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. (Norshipco) of Norfolk, Va., recently used its 950- foot floating drydock "Titan" in a unique operation to help in the construction of a new tunnel under the Elizabeth River — in addition to the drydock's normal ship repair function. The Titan has a lift