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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available Designed for the commercial market, Sea- Slide is a water-based urethane drag reducing overcoat. It is an easy-to-apply finish that reduces friction between the boat's hull and the surrounding water. It is based on the principle that a hydrophillic surface where water ski
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Offered The Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors has announced a significant expansion of its product line by virtue of marketing agreement with Deere & Company, and has moved to streamline and tighten its manufacturing operations in North America. "With these moves
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on January 15, 1986—Literature AvailableKarl Senner, Inc., of Kenner, La., the North American distributor for Reintjes marine gears has been in business since 1972 and has sold nearly 1500 gearboxes ranging in size from 100-10,000 hp. Reintjes/Karl Senner, Inc., has developed a strong position in the U.S. mark
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on January 15, 1986Omnithruster Canada Inc. of Sarnia, Ontario, a subsidiary of Omnithruster Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in recent months has delivered four units for installation in Canadian government vessels. The John P. Tulley, a 226-foot hydrographic survey vessel owned by the Canadian Department of
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on January 15, 1986Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA in Italy has completed major conversion work on the rollon/ roll-off containerships Amaranth Jolly and Grey Jolly owned by Ignazio Messina. Without increasing the main dimensions, the cargo capacity of each ship was almost doubled—from 500 to 976 TEUs
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on January 15, 1986Another of the U.S. Navy's TAKR Class of Fast Sealift Ships, the USNS Altair, was dedicated at Avondale recently and was delivered ahead of schedule. The USNS Altair (T-AKR-291) is the second of its class to be dedicated at Avondale. It was converted from a Sea-Land (SL-7) commercial contai
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on January 15, 1986TravAlaska, the West family's cruise and tour firm headquartered in Seattle, will take delivery of a new passenger vessel from Westport Shipyard this spring. The 90-foot boat Glacier Seas will be the first commercial hull from a new adjustable mold the Westport, Wash., fiberglass vessel buil
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available Armco's Specialty Steels Division has begun commercial operation of a $7-million Automated Pickle Line at its Baltimore Works. The new "tunnel" pickle line and accompanying pollution control facility is one of the most modern in the world. The pickling cycle and bath t
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on January 15, 1986Aalborg Vaerft A/S in Denmark recently lauched its newbuilding No. 249, a refrigerated vessel with a capacity of about 10,000 cubic meters, for the Soviet organization V/O Sudoimport. The reefer, named the Akademik Zavaritskij, is the last in a series of three sister ships, and is scheduled
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on January 15, 1986Frank W. McBee Jr., chairman and president of Tracor, Inc., has announced that the temporary suspension of the company by the Department of the Navy was lifted, effective November 22, 1985, and that Tracor has resumed contracting activity with government agencies. Tracor was suspended Octobe
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on January 15, 1986Hagglunds of Sweden is offering free an impressive 72-page full-color booklet on the company's extensive line of cranes and equipment, and on its organization, services and capabilities. The handsome publication consists of some six brochures bound together to form a single elaborate volume
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on January 15, 1986Combustion Engineering, Inc. (C-E) has been awarded four separate contracts for boilers and related equipment to be installed on U.S. Navy ships, the company recently announced. The value of the contracts, booked in the third quarter, is approximately $12 million. C-E will supply two propuls
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on January 15, 1986Three new materials have been formulated by Philadelphia Resins, Montgomeryville, Pa., to resist abrasion, impact, cavitation and corrosion at elevated temperatures and in adverse environments. Developed especially for high-temperature, high-friction aerospace, marine and industrial applicat
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on January 1986Port Allen Marine Services (PAMS), a subsidiary of Midland Affiliated Company, recently delivered the first of two butadiene tank barges to Shell Oil Company. The second barge is scheduled for delivery one month after the first. These barges have an overall length of 205 feet, beam of 52.5 f
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on January 1986—Literature Offered InterTrade Industries, Ltd. of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Washington, D.C. area, one of the world's largest suppliers of marine fenders, has been selected by the U.S. Navy to protect their ships and piers at the U.S. Naval Base in Norfolk, Va. The award, under contract
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on January 1986The Sparrows Point Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Corporation has been awarded a major contract for the repair of the S.S. Energy Independence, according to David Watson, general manager. The 666-foot-long coal carrier, owned by the New England Collier Company in Philadelphia, Pa., entered the
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on January 1986The Los Angeles Division of Todd Shipyards Corporation has been awarded a $33-million fixed-price contract by Matson Navigation Company, San Francisco, Calif., to convert and expand the RO/RO trailership Matsonia into a combination lift-on/lift-off container and RO/RO trailer carrier. Accor
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on January 1986Marathon LeTourneau Company, Houston, Texas, a Marathon Manufacturing company, has reorganized its marine and offshore energyrelated operations, it was announced by Charles P. Siess Jr., president and chief executive officer. Mr. Siess said that the principal changes involve the following ma
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on January 1986The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has announced that the 1986 Chesapeake Marine Engineering Symposium is to be held on January 24, 1986, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. The featured speaker for the reception and luncheon will be R
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on January 1986Sulzer Brothers Limited of Winterthur, Switzerland, has introduced a longer-stroke version of their 400-mm bore medium-speed, four-stroke cycle engine. The new engine, called the ZA40S, is a longstroke version of their proven ZA40 engine. By increasing the engine stroke from 480 mm to 560 mm