Medium 1977 Articles
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on February 1977A powerful new generation of axial piston variable volume hydraulic pumps and motors have been combined by Abex Corporation, Denison Division, into what the firm states are the smallest, lightest and most compact transmission packages available to mobile equipment industries. This new famil
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on February 1977A line of cryogenic control valves that includes cage-trim design in smaller sizes is available from Leslie Co. Designated class DOCS and DLCS, the valves will handle liquefied gases, low temperature vapors and twophase fluids such as nitrogen, acetylene and methane. They are particularly s
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on February 1977Moran Kurz Shipping Agencies, Inc., based in the World Trade Center in New York City, will be formed by Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc. of New England, and the Kurz interests of Philadelphia, Pa. The Kurz interests are owners of Kurz New York Agency, Inc., and Keystone Shipping Company. Moran
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on February 1977Roland A. Kjelland has been named executive vice president, Kaiser Steel Corporation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, Calif. 94666, responsible for the corporation's raw materials and shipping activities. In his new position, Mr. Kjelland will have total responsibility for the development of K
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on February 1977The 1977 edition of the Port of New York and New Jersey Scheduled Steamship Service Directory is now available for use by exporters, importers, freight forwarders and business and governmental agencies as a primary information source on the ocean shipping services available at America's lea
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on February 1977Tano Corporation of Metairie, La., has been awarded a contract to design and manufacture centralized control systems for two refrigerated containerships. The vessels are being built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard for Farrell Lines Incorporated. The Tano syste
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on February 1977The Heavy Machinery Division of Western Gear Corporation, 2600 East Imperial Highway, Lynwood, Calif. 90262, received a $3.4-million contract from Deepsea Ventures, Inc., Gloucester Point, Va., to design and build a system of machinery for installation aboard the R/V Deepsea Miner II, a 360
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on February 1977Pacific Far East Line, Inc., One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, Calif., has applied to the Maritime Administration for construction-differential subsidy (CDS) to aid in the reconstruction of four existing Lighter- Aboard-Ship (LASH) vessels to full containerships to carry 20 and 40-foot
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on January 15, 1977The Alabama State Docks, Mobile, Ala., has purchased 143 acres of prime waterfront property for additional port expansion, according to an announcement by Robert M. Hope, director. Mr. Hope said the property was acquired at a cost of $11 million from the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. It is
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on January 15, 1977Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., has delivered the new 195-foot offshore support vessel Highland Light to its owner, Offshore Logistics, Inc. of Lafayette, La. The Highland Light is the fourth in a series of large rig towing, anchor handling and supply vessels being built at Hal
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on January 15, 1977The second major barge to be built by Northwest Marine Iron Works' facility in Portland, Ore., in 1976, was recently christened. The barge Alaska, which cost approximately $8 million, received the traditional champagne christening blow from Mrs. Bella Gardiner Hammond, the wife of Alaska Go
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on January 15, 1977The scale of future independent tanker operations and the long-term role of independent tanker owners is the theme which forms the basis of Study No. 49, "The Role of Independent Tanker Owners," by H.P. Drewry (Shipping Consultants) Limited of London, England. In order to establish the differ
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on January 15, 1977A revolutionary new commercial waste oil dehydrator is presently beginning "on stream" operations after its recent installation on the Houston Ship Channel. The new, multi-effect dehydrator will be operated by Oil Processors of Texas under a franchised lease agreement covering virtually all of
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on January 15, 1977The last of four roll-on/roll-off cargo ships built by Bath Iron Works Corporation (BIW), Bath, Maine, for States Steamship Company of San Francisco, Calif., was launched on December 21, 1976. Named the S/S Illinois, the 684-foot vessel is part of the Maine Class of ships whose flagship is
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on January 15, 1977A second generation development of Marine Moisture Control Company's widely accepted sonic point probe system has resulted in an efficient and extremely precise new MMC Sonic Tank Gauging System for both marine and land-based installations. An unusual feature of the new system provides the
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on January 15, 1977Fifteen ENVIROVAC vacuum sewage collection systems have been ordered by the U.S. Coast Guard from Colt Industries' Water and Waste Management Operation, Beloit, Wis. These vacuum- operated systems will be used to retrofit existing Coast Guard cutters of the WLB-180, WLM- 175, WLM-157, and W
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on January 15, 1977A new high-performance VHF/ FM synthesized marine radiotelephone with capability for 56 transmitting and 99 receiving frequencies is now available from Apelco Marine Electronics, Manchester, N.H. The 25-watt AF-40MA covers the entire VHF worldwide marine band, with no need for adding or ch
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on January 15, 1977Dravo Corporation's Neville Island shipyard near Pittsburgh, Pa., recently launched its 40th Viking-class towboat, the Ned C. Sheats. The 5,600-hp towboat is the latest in the Viking line, which began in 1972 in response to the need for increased productivity in river transportation. Followi
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on January 15, 1977Amidst record-breaking tanker lay-ups and depressed tanker demand, and despite forecasts of continuing glut of tankers, the world tanker fleet in 1975 increased by 15 percent to a record 5,092 tankers of 347 million deadweight tons, according to the "Analysis of World Tank Ship Fleet," an a
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on January 15, 1977The Carthago Nova, a 272,000- dwt tanker launched August 7, 1976 in Spain at the Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste, S.A., shipyard for Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, S.A., will be the first vessel to use a new Litton Industries' microprocessor-based Integrated Navigation and Steering Contr