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on November 1985Chemical parcel barging is now being offered within the Port of New York, according to a recent announcement from Stolt-Nielsen Inc. of Greenwich, Conn., who will be the marketing agent for the new service on behalf of the owners, Maryland Marine, Inc. Said to be a "first" for the port, the
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on November 1985Blue Streak Industries, Inc. of Pearlington, Miss., recently delivered what is said to be the first self-elevating, self-propelled lift boat with 110-foot "legs" in operation in the Gulf of Mexico. The new 64- by 32- by 7-foot vessel, the Blue Streak 14, is equipped with three 110-foot legs wh
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on November 1985—Literature Available Jack T. Bunt, vice president and general manager of the Seattle division, announced that the Earle M. Jorgensen Company, Forge Division, Seattle, Wash., and Escher Wyss GmbH of Ravensburg, West Germany, have recently signed an agreement which enables Jorgensen Steel to
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on November 1985Deltex of Houston, Texas, a facility of Transamerica Delaval's Turbine and Compressor Division dedicated to the service and repair of rotating machinery bearing the Delaval nameplate, is offering free an attractive full-color brochure on its facilities and capabilities. The publication expla
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on November 1985Bailey Controls has formed a Marine Market Group that will concentrate on worldwide sales of process control systems and related equipment for use on marine vessels and offshore drilling platforms. The new group, based at the Bailey corporate headquarters in the Cleveland suburb of Wickliffe
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on November 1985Hartley Marine Corp. will lease and operate the Riverport General Cargo Facility, according to a recent agreement between Hartley and the Paducah-McCracken County Port Authority. The facility is located at approximately Mile 1.3 on the Tennessee River at the junction of the Ohio and Tennesse
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on November 1985Moon Engineering Company, Inc. of Norfolk, Va., after 65 years of service to Navy and commercial ships, is moving across the Elizabeth River from her old Front Street berth along the Norfolk waterfront to Pinner's Point in Portsmouth, Va., about two nautical miles downriver from the U.S. Nav
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on November 1985The amalgamation of combustion technologies from both the United States and Europe were brought to the maritime world when U.K.- based F.A. Hughes Marine Limited was made a part of the American-based Fuel Tech, Inc. group. Fuel Tech of Stamford, Conn., is a unique organization dedicated to me
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on November 1985The 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman, delivered recently by Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont (Texas) Yard, is the fifth and final vessel to be reconstructed by Bethlehem for the U.S. Navy's Maritime Prepositioning Ship Program. The Bonnyman and her four sister ships, which will be chartered to th
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on October 15, 1985Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of South Korea is constructing four multipurpose, wider-hatch container/bulk carriers for the Jardine Group of Hong Kong and Gearbulk Ltd. of Norway. The first ship in the series, the Hawk Arrow was delivered in August and will operate in the
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on October 15, 1985Colombo Dockyard (Pte) Ltd. (CDL) of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is offering a new 12-page full-color brochure on the yard's facilities and capabilities. The text of the brochure points out that Colombo is in an ideal location, situated at the intersection of sea lanes to the east from the Mediterra
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on October 15, 1985—Data Available Koch-Ellis Barge and Ship Service has been pioneering a new program of aerobic digesting systems for on-sight treatment of wash water. Koch-Ellis has worked closely with the Environmental Protection Agency to help set industry waste disposal standards. The process of aerobic
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on October 15, 1985—Free Literature Available A new, highly sophisticated ship simulator has been developed and built jointly by two British companies for the Finnish Technical Research Center near Helsinki where it will be used for research into ship behaviour and to train deck officers to maneuver vessels in
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on October 15, 1985—Literature Available Shipboard operations can be supervised and controlled using the newly developed Siemens SIGOS 41 Graphic Operation System. At video data terminals, all measured values and conditions needed for shipboard operations are clearly shown in mimic diagrams employing symbols
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on October 15, 1985—Free Literature Available Raytheon Marine Company has introduced the new, multifunction D-600 Digital Depth, Speed and Temperature Indicator. Large, dual LCD readouts display depth (in feet, meters, or fathoms), speed (in knots or miles per hour), surface water temperature (in degrees C or
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on October 15, 1985—Literature Available Trimble Navigation of Mountain View, Calif., recently introduced its newest navigation aid, the Loran*GPS 10X. The combined Loran-GPS (Global Positioning System) 10X provides among the most precise position, navigation, velocity and time systems available. According to
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on October 15, 1985In an effort to more efficiently serve the shipbuilding and offshore markets, Baldt Inc., Chester, Pa., announced a major corporate reorganization. The announcement was made by James E. Palmer, company president. The reorganization includes the formation of three operating divisions—Marine P
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on October 15, 1985—Literature Available Terry Steam Turbine has announced a new single-stage turbine for applications up to 50 hp, incorporating a unique "back-pullout" feature which assures minimal maintenance expense, according to William L. Wathen, Terry president. Called GLT-260, the small turbine meets
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on October 15, 1985The Woodward Governor Company is offering a 14-page booklet on their extensive line of mechanicalhydraulic governors, electronic controls, actuators, and metering valves commonly applied to gas turbines. The publication is divided into seven separate sections: Mechanical- Hydraulic Governors
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on October 15, 1985The Maritime Administration has awarded an $18,396,652 contract to Dillingham Ship Repair of Portland, Ore., for the conversion of a National Defense Reserve Fleet containership into the third in a series of U.S. Navy Auxiliary Crane Ships (T-ACS). When converted, the T-ACS 3 (ex-President