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on February 1986—Literature Available A new primer, specially developed for application on damp steel surfaces, was recently introduced by Hempel's Industrial Coatings, a worldwide manufacturer of industrial, offshore and container coatings. Called Hempadur 1557, the new coating is well suited for surfaces
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on February 1986Carrier Transicold Division president Stephen P. Munn presents Jacques Cousteau with a testimonial plaque,signed with pride by the Carrier employees who built two air conditioning systems donated to the Alcyone, Captain Cousteau's experimental windship. Jacques Cousteau's experimental windship
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on February 1986—Literature Available A new relative-positioning software package, called Geomark, designed to process data collected by TI-4100 Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigators was recently introduced by Texas Instruments. The Geomark software for GPS provides highly accurate postprocessing posi
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on February 1986—Literature Available Puroflow Marine Corporation, which recently announced the development of a new series of compact power-line filters for OEM applications, has reached agreement with Sperry Corporation to provide Puroflow filters for Sperry's new line of "ruggedized" on-board computers
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on February 1986MMA, the Marine Machinery Association, continuing its efforts to foster a better understanding and a better business climate between the Navy and the marine industry, will host two panel discussions at its next meeting on February 26 in Crystal City, Arlington, Va. During the morning, four pan
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on February 1986Jonathan Turley has been named product manager for Marine and Offshore of ASEA Inc., company officials announced. Mr. Turley has some 20 years' experience in the marine business. After spending five years at sea with the British P.O. Lines, he joined the ASEA organization in 1971 in Am- ste
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on February 1986The U.S. Navy is developing a unique universal footing that uses a novel internal water jetting system to install steel foundation pilings in all types of seafloors, more quickly and more economically than present methods. The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) at Port Hueneme, Calif
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on February 1986A new era of Navy shipbuilding was ushered in at Maine's historic Bath Iron Works (BIW) yard recently with the launching of the Aegis guided missile cruiser Thomas S. Gates (CG-51), signalling BIW's entry into the Ticonderoga Class shipbuilding program. The Maine shipyard currently has cont
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on February 1986Brain Watt Associates, Inc. (BWA) of Houston, Texas, in conjunction with H.O. Mohr & Associates, Inc., Coflexip & Services, Inc., and Noble, Denton & Associates, Inc. has announced the initiation of a joint industry study assessing a tanker-based floating production, storage, and offloading
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Offered The Racor Division of Parker Hannifin has introduced the Thermocoil™, a compact, selfregulating diesel fuel heater that can be installed in-line between the fuel tank and the primary filter. In the Thermocoil, fuel flows along and around a coil heating element in a sealed
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on January 15, 1986full-color "VIEWNAV® Master Mariner Electronic Chart Navigation System" brochure is available from Navigation Sciences, Inc. of Bethesda, Md. The four-page brochure describes and illustrates the VIEWNAV system used by operators of pilotboats, ferries, tugboats, and others who want to navigat
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on January 15, 1986Bermuda's Department of Marine and Ports Services is responsible for all maritime services in one of the world's most popular tourist ports. Its hectic work schedule comprises a long list of varied duties. Besides scheduling and providing pilot services. the department is responsible for han
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on January 15, 1986A new Reading & Bates semisubmersible oil drilling rig being constructed at Ishikawajima Harima Industries' Aichi Shipyard, will be equipped with two triple-effect Atlas Danmark water makers with a total production of 140,000 1/24 hours. According to Atlas-Danmark, the offshore triple-effec
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on January 15, 1986—Literature Available The new Furuno Model 1700 is a technically advanced small radar combining a fully digitized non fading display with Furuno's microwave IC circuitry that significantly improves operating reliability and receiver sensitivity. Furuno reports unequaled performance in this
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on January 15, 1986Literature Offered All-rubber bearing staves designed and produced by American Metal Bearing Co. of Garden Grove, Calif., have been approved for use on U.S. Navy ships to replace other rubber and brass staves supporting propeller shafts. The approval was announced by Peter A. Pagan, vice pres
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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