Short Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on November 15, 1983The Favorite, a 250-ton steel drydock owned and operated by The Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, was recently christened. It is reportedly the largest Lake Erie drydock specifically designed for commercial small craft, such as tugboats and floating equipment. Mrs. Ronald C. Rasm
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on November 15, 1983The recent meeting of The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y. heard a paper titled "The Importance of Good Surface Finish on Large Diameter Propellers," presented by James W. Elliott Jr., engineering manager at Michigan Wheel Gulf Coast, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. In introducing hi
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on November 15, 1983Wartsila Diesel of Finland has received the engine order for Sonat Offshore Drilling's new semisubmersible oil rig, the Henry Goodrich. The contract includes delivery of five heavy fuel diesel engines of the Wartsila Vasa 32 type. The new Sonat rig will be equipped with four twelve-cylinder
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on November 15, 1983Components of an extruded EPDM/butyl fendering system receive the final inspection at the Uniroyal Engineered Systems plant in Mishawaka, Ind., prior to shipping to the ARAMCO maritime company for use on one of its 6,000-bhp Water Tractor tugboats. Neal Olsen (right) Uniroyal senior product e
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on November 15, 1983Gerald A. Gutman, president of Nav-Com Incorporated has announced the appointment of Gary J. Franza to the position of director of marketing. This announcement follows the recent acquisition of Nav-Com by Magnavox Government & Industrial Electronics Company which is designed to broaden the
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on November 15, 1983Thomas Marine's latest offering is a 38-foot 6-inch crewboat which seats up to 22 workmen in a dry cabin plus a crew of three. Speed is 12 knots cruising and 14 knots in a dash. The crewboat is of 1/4-inch aluminum plate construction heli-arc welded and reinforced. Length measures 38 feet 6
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on November 15, 1983Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a multi-year contract from the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., for engineering, analytical, and technical support as required by the NAVSEA Combat System Engineering Station in Norfolk for the AN/SQQ-89 (V) Underwater Sensor System, the Anti-Subma
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on November 15, 1983Papers are now being solicited by the Tidewater Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers for the Naval Ship Maintenance & Modernization Symposium subtitled "Affordability." The symposium, to be held October 3— 4, 1984, at the Omni Hotel, Norfolk, Va., is co-sponsored by Commander-
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on November 15, 1983Marinette Marine Corporation has been awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command a contract modification for the construction of three additional Torpedo Weapon Retrievers. Total value of the contract modification exceeds $6 million. The three vessel option is a part of an existing contract f
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on November 15, 1983The Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSESl and the Deleware Valley Chapter of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) are jointly sponsoring a one-day colloquium covering present and future ship survivability issues in Naval, Coast Guard, and commercial marine applications.
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on November 15, 1983Rear Adm. James K. Nunneley, USN, Director, Maintenance and Modernization Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-43) was installed as president of the American Society of Naval Engineers at the Society's annual turnover dinner at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Admira
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on November 15, 1983The following promotions were announced by Jerry L. Hoffpauir, president of Swift Group. The Swift Group, commonly referred to as Swiftships, Inc., is comprised of Champion Swiftships, Swiftships Morgan City, Swiftships Lafitte, Swiftships Freeport, and Swiftships Maroil, Singapore. Bernard
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on November 15, 1983Mitchell Marine, builder of high quality aluminum workboats and crewboats located in Lafayette, La., has recently delivered the fourth in a series of 35-foot water taxis to Jancovich & Son of San Pedro, Calif. The standard 35-foot Mitchell design was chosen to meet the requirement of transpo
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on November 1983Tracor Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a contract to provide production, fabrication, and testing services to the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Md. This contract includes two option years with a total ceiling price of $8,340,000. Dr. William C. Moyer, group vice president of Tracor
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on November 1983A new four-color brochure, describing the substantial fuel-saving potential that cuts fuel costs when retrofitting the modern, highly efficient patented Econoflex Burner System into existing boilers, is now available from Howe- Baker Engineers, Inc., Tyler, Texas. Power, marine and mechanica
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on November 1983Port Allen Marine Service (PAMS), of Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently offering a 14-page color brochure highlighting its many marine capabilities. PAMS, with modern and efficient facilities on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and in the Port of Baton Rouge, is among the most diverse shipyards o
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on November 1983A new full-color brochure from Jamesbury Corp. of Worcester, Mass., describes its broad line of "Fire-Tite" ball and high-performance butterfly valves and its firetested actuators. The products are well-suited for handling flammable liquids, gases, and other hazardous materials where leakag
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on November 1983Krupp Atlas-Elektronik Division of Krupp International Inc., N. J. announced the delivery of Atlas microprocessor-controlled fish-finding systems worth $250,000, for installation on the Arcturus, a new trawler/crabber vessel built for Jeff Hendricks and Associates of Anacortes, Wash. Constr
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on November 1983Squire-Cogswell Company, air and vacuum specialists since 1916, has been providing 100 percent oil-free air for industrial and marine shipboard applications with their Pur-Pax single and two-stage oil-free air compressors. The Two Stage Air Compressor features a unique Dyna-Balance system wh
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on November 1983Caterpillar has introduced a new V925 lift truck designed for the worldwide container handling industry. The V925 has 75,000 pounds of capacity when equipped with a container handling spreader for moving and stacking fully loaded 20 to 40-foot containers at dockside, rail yards, and transfer