Medium 1985 Articles
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on September 1985"Getting Your Next Customer— and Keeping the Ones You Have" is the subject of a special workshop to be presented October 2-3 by the Association of Diesel Specialists, announced ADS president Harold Klebanoff, LaBan Equipment Corp., Valley Stream, N.Y. The workshop will be held at the Ramada
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on September 1985Midland-Ross Corporation, Russellstoll Division, Livingston, N.J., is offering a free, full-color, 20-page brochure on the Max-Gard® plug, receptacle, connector and interlock system from Russellstoll. According to the publication, the Max-Gard system, which features a variety of unique safet
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on September 1985Jack Edwards, president of Halter Marine, Inc., has announced the recent launching (photo) at its Lockport, La., yard of a highly innovative 140-foot tugboat, first of two under construction for Otto Candies, Inc. of Des Allemands, La. This $5-million vessel, which is described by Otto Candi
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on September 1985Royal Cruise Line (RCL) of Piraeus, Greece, has announced its commitment to build two 990-passenger luxury cruise ships to join its present fleet of ships, the Golden Odyssey and the Royal Odyssey. Under the personal supervision of RCL chairman P.S. Panagopoulos, the new ships will be built
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on September 1985The Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New Jersey recently installed its newly elected officers and directors. Hans K. Schaefer, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has been elected the new vice president, replacing John H. Griffith, chairman of Norton, Lilly International, In
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on September 1985The 42-foot, 50-ton pushboat Walter D. Johnson, newly built by Keith A. Record of Portland, Ore., is undertaking a demanding job on the Columbia River—that of spotting bridge construction barges in tight quarters and rapid river currents. For this tough assignment, vessel owner Johnson Bros.
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on September 1985The Nicor Sailor (ex-Acadian Sailor) is now one of the largest-capacity supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico. This Nicor Marine vessel (shown above), which suffered an on-board fire in the Gulf in April 1984, has been completely rebuilt for a new assignment—to haul supplies for drilling operat
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on September 1985North Sea Ferries, a joint operation between P&O of the United Kingdom and Nedlloyd of the Netherlands, has chosen Wartsila/Sulzer ZA40 medium-speed diesef engines for the two new cruise ferries con- tracted for in the U.K. and Japan. A total of eight engines will be supplied, with four the
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on September 1985A new 12-inch AC/TM rasterscan radar designed for either standalone or integrated installation aboard all types of small civil, naval and fishing vessels, the Atlas 5600, has been introduced by Krupp Atlas Elektronik. Combining continuous radar presentation and dedicated data display functi
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on September 1985Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) recently started marketing a power generating system for vessels "Mitsubishi Super Turbo Generating System" designed to meet all power demands on board during navigation by effectively using exhaust gases and heat from a main diesel engine. Owing to the
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on September 1985A recently published report, "High Solid Systems for Industrial Maintenance and Repair: Technical and Economic Analysis," adds support as to why Amerlock 400 has so quickly established itself as one of the world's leading M&R coatings. Amerlock 400 has achieved a remarkable record of acceptanc
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on September 1985Eleven more twin-screw Schottel-tugs have been ordered and/or delivered to various owners in different countries during the past few months. All of these tractor tugs will be equipped with a twin installation of the versatile Schottel Rudderpropellers for combined propulsion and steering. The
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on September 1985The Harvey Quick Repair Division of Avondale Shipyards, Inc. in Harvey, La., recently completed an extensive overhaul and re-engining of the 121-foot oceangoing tug Harvey Trojan (photo). Originally delivered by Halter Marine in 1974 as the Abdon Martin, the vessel is now owned by Harvey Gul
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on September 1985—Literature Available Ingersoll-Rand Company, Charlotte, N.C., recently introduced the new X-FLO compressor that is said to represent a major advancement in impeller technology. X-FLO's impeller design makes high-speed rotation possible, without the bending stress usually associated with conv
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on September 1985At the Papenburg, West Germany, shipyard of Meyer Werft the containership Ville D'Orient was converted into a combined sheep/cow carrier and recently delivered on schedule to the Turkish-Libyan Joint Maritime Transport Company of Istanbul, which will lease the ship from the principals, Islamic
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on September 1985McDermott Shipyards recently completed a specialized, twin-packaged drilling rig (shown above) for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company, for contract use on Texaco's Harvest "A" platform in the Santa Maria Basin, Calif. The rig was disassembled at McDermott's New Iberia, La., yard
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on August 15, 1985—Brochure Available Bailey Controls has announced the grand opening of its first Bailey Technical Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Center will be used for full service support, training and customer demonstrations for the Bailey Controls Network 90® microprocessor- based d
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on August 15, 1985Pettit Paint Company, Inc., Borough of Rockaway, N.J., one of the leading producers and pioneers in the development and manufacture of high-performance and quality coatings for the marine pleasure market for over 60 years, is expanding into the commercial and marine military markets. Pettit
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on August 15, 1985The State of Louisiana has awarded a contract to Racal Marine, Inc. for an advanced marine radar and electronic navigation aids simulator. The Racal MRNS 9000 simulator will be installed later this year at the Louisiana Marine and Petroleum Institute (LAMPI) in Houma. The system will meet th
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on August 15, 1985The French Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee (Normed) and the Finnish Wartsila Group have recently founded a joint venture company for manufacture of Wartsila Diesel Division's medium-speed heavy-fuel engines at Normed's La Ciotat shipyard. The new company, called Wartsila Diesel Norme