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on November 1983Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wise., recently commenced work on the conversion of the containership ex-President Harrison. The 668-foot ship is being converted to an auxiliary crane ship (TAC-1) by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration for future use by the U
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on November 1983Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron announced recently the introduction of an inexpensive high-quality point-to-point microprocessor- controlled receiver with important advantages for seagoing vessels and coast stations. A brochure is offered describing the receiver. Microprocessor contr
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on November 1983The Sedco 602, an offshore drilling rig, now in Singapore, has become the 2,000th user equipped for maritime satellite communications. With its newly installed ship earth station, the rig has access to the international maritime satellite system operated by INMARSAT, which provides the satel
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on November 1983Burrard Yarrows Corporation of Vancouver has received an order from the Canadian Government to build two Type 1100 Navaid/Light icebreaking vessels at a total cost of Can. $108.5 million. Construction will begin early next year. The icebreakers are to be constructed at the Burrard Yarrows y
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on November 1983A new generation of premium quality energy-efficient motors with power factor correction to 95 percent has been announced by Reliance Electric Co., Euclid, Ohio. Highly efficient and compact capacitor technology provided by Reliance Electric Company's affiliate Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp
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on November 1983The Seattle Hilton is the site for the November 29 to December 1, 1983, meeting of ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding. The committee's various subcommittees are currently processing hundreds of shipbuilding industry standards. Included is an initial group of Navy MIL-SPECS and Standard Dra
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on November 1983"Zinc: Its Corrosion Resistance," a 200-page book that brings together much detailed information and data on the corrosion resistence of zinc and zinc-coated steel, is available free of charge from Zinc Institute Inc., New York, N.Y. The book is divided into four chapters which deal with th
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on November 1983The 40,876-dwt bulk carrier Kepbreeze was recently delivered at the Chiba Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Tokyo, to her owner, Kepmount Shipping Private Ltd. of Singapore. She is an energy conserving, labor-saving flush deck bulk carrier with forecastle and poop, equipped
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on November 1983Bill W. Rice has joined American Metal Bearing Co. (AMB) of Garden Grove, Calif, as director of its recently acquired Barge Train division. He is a program management, production, and sales specialist with more than three decades of experience. Barge Train's sole product is the Flexor, a fl
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on November 1983Butterworth Systems (U.K.) Ltd., recently announced the appointment of Martin Smith as Tank Cleaning Machine Product Line Coordinator. He is responsible for marketing of crude oil washing and water washing equipment for ships and for rental of portable tank cleaning and land based equipment
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on November 1983The Navy has identified $22 million in cost avoidance through opening previously sole source contracts to competition during the period April—June 1983. Since the spring of 1982, the Navy has established Competition Advocates at all major contracting activities. These Competition Advocates
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on November 1983RMI, Inc., National City, Calif., recently announced the election of four new directors. Edward Hidalgo, partner in the Richmond, Va., law firm of Mays, Valentine, Davenport, and Moore, and former Secretary of the Navy; Barry Shillito, chairman of Teledyne-International, former Assistant Se
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on November 1983Dock Express Shipping, b.v., a specialized heavy-lift shipping company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has undergone a change in management structure, it was announced by Warren R. Wheelock, president of Dock Express Contractors, Inc. The management of Dock Express Shipping, b.v. is no
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on November 1983A new line of ribbed funnel-entry butt splices has been introduced by AMP Special Industries Division of AMP Products Corporation, Valley Forge, Pa. The new wire splices, which are an addition to the company's line of ribbed insulated terminals, offer reliable solderless electrical connectio
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on November 1983Halifax Shipyard of Nova Scotia has won a Can. $54-million contract from the Canadian Government to build one type 1100 Navaid/ Light icebreaker vessel. Construction will begin early next year with delivery to the Canadian Coast Guard scheduled for May 1986. President and chief executive of
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on November 1983Ralph E. Ablon, chairman of Ogden Corporation, has announced that Ogden's board of directors have approved a plan to distribute the stock of Ogden Marine, Inc. (OMI) to Ogden stockholders. It is expected that the spinoff will be completed in late December 1983 or early 1984, conditioned upo
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on November 1983ACR Electronics, Inc., manufacturers of marine search, safety and rescue equipment, held its annual National Sales Conference August 11-13 in Ft. Lauderdale. This year an expanded program included all regional ACR sales representatives and their wives. The conference reviewed sales forecast
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- CRC Welding Systems Moves To Houston page: 18
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on November 1983Crutcher Resources Corporation, announced the move of its CRC Welding Systems, Inc. operation from Nashville to Houston. CRC Welding Systems designs and manufactures high technology welding equipment systems and controls for a variety of industrial applications, including robotic welding. F
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on November 1983Hans Gade's American Harbour Pilot has now been published in a new updated edition—the third in the series. The appearance of the book is the same as the previous editions; however, the 1,100 pages which describe more than 700 harbors and ports of call in North, Central and South America, s
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on November 1983High-strength Micro = Lam laminated veneer lumber scaffold planking is featured in a new brochure released by Trus Joist Corporation of Boise, Idaho. The new eight-page guide illustrates several different applications for the exceptionally durable product and provides specification data on