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on August 1984The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of several major U.S. and European survey and port organizations which have ordered Krupp Atlas Elektronik's new Polarfix combined range/azimuth laser based dynamic position fixing system. The Corps has commissioned a system for general inshore survey
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on August 1984— Field Study Available XPLC upper engine cleaner/lubricant from Lubritech International Corporation of Bethesda, Md., is said to reduce maintenance and fuel costs, and extend running time between overhauls for diesel engines. According to Chauncy Willis of Norfolk-based C.G. Willis Towing
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on August 1984Hitachi Zosen recently received an order to build one cantilever type mobil offshore jackup drilling rig. The order came from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India. This drilling rig is the third of its type built by Hitachi Zosen for ONGC, and is to be used as a replacement fo
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on August 1984Willem Pot B.V. of Rotterdam, Holland, has prepared a detailed stocklist of the extensive marine stocks held at the firm's Maassluis works and stockyards, with the object, the company says, of indicating the way in which they can most be of service to customers. The 44-page stocklist is well
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on August 1984Dubai Drydocks in U.A.E. recently announced some of the highlights that marked the new yard's first full year of operation. These included: • Full commisioning of the extensive facilities of the ship repair yard; • Establishment of a worldwide marketing network that has generated an increa
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on August 1984— Literature Available IMODCO, a unit of AMCA International Corporation, has been awarded contracts for single point mooring (SPM) terminals by Pertamina- PDN and India Oil Company. The Pertamina contract, repre- senting IMODCO's first specially designed commercial, lightweight buoy, is
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on August 1984Orange Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Orange, Texas, recently signed a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority of Chattanooga, Tenn. for a 52V2 foot by 22 foot by 8 foot push boat. The vessel is to be named Patricia H and will be used to handle 1,500 ton barges on the Green River at the Paradi
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on August 1984Bjorn Fagerstrom has been appointed president of Alfa-Laval, Inc., Ft. Lee, N.J., the U.S. member of the Swedish-based Alfa-Laval Group of worldwide companies. Mr. Fagerstrom succeeds Ragnar Beyer who, under Alfa-Laval's policy of rotating the assignments of its principal managers, is return
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on August 1984An advanced wear-resistant material (Hexoloy™ SA Silicon Carbide Alloy) has been successfully molded into a one piece Venturi configuration to create the Clemlite liner . . . the key component of Clemco's successful high production nozzle. Clemco's Clemlite nozzles are made from high qualit
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on August 1984Seattle's new fireboat, designed by Nickum & Spaulding Associates, is being built by Nicholas Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., and will carry an ABS classification when completed in mid-1984. The 96-foot by 23-foot by 7-foot aluminum hull and superstructure is capable of 28 knots
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on August 1984The Flexaust Company, the industry leader in ventilation ducting, announces a major improvement in its product line. Most hoses are now flame retardant and are recognized as having an Underwriter's Laboratories 94 V-0 flammability classification. By using a variety of constructions and mate
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on August 1984Following the successful modification of the jack-up drilling rig Britannia from a slot-type drilling unit to a cantilevered unit, completed recently within the contractual time, the Rotterdam Shipyard has contracted another rig modification job. The Houston-based rigowners Reading and Bate
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on August 1984Mississippi Marine, a Greenville based shipyard and repair facility, demonstrated its lift strength, length capabilities and drydocking expertise recently for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The job was to drydock and repair the 279- foot-long dredge Jadwin. This was no small task as the
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on August 1984Two 22,000-hp tugs, the Smit Rotterdam and Smit London of Smit Tak International Ocean Towage and Salvage Company (the Netherlands), recently towed a Concrete Island Drilling System (CIDS) from Nippon Kokan's Tsu Yard in Japan to the north coast of Alaska. Global Marine Development Inc.'s
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on August 1984Eastern Marine, Inc. of Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the 64-foot aluminum passenger launch P.C.C. Colibri (shown above) to the Panama Canal Commission Agency of the U.S. Government. The vessel has a beam of 18 feet and a depth of 8 feet 6 inches. Propulsion equipment on the P.C.C.
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on August 1984Due to the many requests received, Crandall Dry Dock Engineers, Inc. will once again conduct a Dockmasters Training Seminar on December 11-14, 1984, to be held in San Diego, Calif. The 15th such seminar of its kind, it is intended to familiarize dockmasters and their colleagues with the many
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on August 1984At the invitation of Bath Iron Works (BIW), the members of the Northern New England Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers were recently treated to a tour of BIW Portland Repair Facility. This operation is the result of the combined efforts of the city, state and private industry w
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on July 15, 1984Bruce C. Gilman, president of Sonat Subsea Services, Houston, Texas, announced recently that Thomas A. Angel has been appointed senior vice president. Formerly vice president and general manager of Santa Fe Underwater Services, Mr. Angel has more than 20 years' experience in underwater serv
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on July 15, 1984American - Standard, Heat Transfer Division, Buffalo, N.Y., is offering an eight-page bulletin on its FanEX® air/oil heat exchangers. The well-illustrated brochure contains general information on the advantages of FanEX heat exchangers, the Amaspher® turbulation principle on which they work
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on July 15, 1984Charles W. Gower has been named vice president of engineering for Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., according to an announcement by A1 Zang, president of the shipyard. Mr. Gower joined NABRICO in 1978 as manager of design. He was named director of engineering in 1980, an