Short Maritime Reporter 1982Peter Articles
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on April 1983NL Rucker Products, of Oakland, Calif., a division of NL Industries, Inc., has been appointed the North American Distributor of UCC Fluid Power Accessories. The complete range of UCC fluid power accessories and components are available through the NL Rucker Products distributor network in t
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on April 1983A 42-foot explosive ordnance disposal training boat valued at $218,500 has been ordered by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command from Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer of Bellingham, Wash., and Swansboro, N.C., according to James J. Doud Jr., Uniflite president. The vessel is being
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on April 1983Sonatech, Inc. of Goleta, Calif., recently announced that James R. Moyer has joined its staff as director of marketing. Mr. Moyer brings with him over 25 years of experience in air, space, and marine navigation system design, operation, and marketing. His most recent position was director o
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on April 1983Trimble Navigation of Mountain View, Calif., recently introduced a new Loran receiver, the model 200. The 200 offers all the features of the 100A model and some new ones at a 40 percent reduction in price. A brochure is offered describing the capabilities of the receiver. The 200 Loran feat
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on April 1983Boots Hansen of Boots & Coots Inc. of Houston, Texas, and Paul Koomey of Koomey Inc. of Brookshire, Texas, recently announced the development and sale of a new device for high-pressure oil or gas wells they feel is a significant answer to platform safety. The Saf-T Shear model BCK, manufact
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on April 1983The Maritime Administration has released a technical report which provides the documentation f o r an Inland Waterway Port Model. The quantitative mathematical model was developed for use in studying operating characteristics of inland waterway port facilities. The study, "Inland Waterway
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on April 1983Unipar, Inc., of Hazelwood, Mo., is offering a four-page brochure detailing its facilities for the remanufacture of diesel engine power packs, parts, and components for diesel repair, overhaul and rebuilding. The brochure includes a description in photos and text of Unipar's twoyear- old 40
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on April 1983Seabury C. McGown has been elected vice president-contracts of Uniflite, Inc., fiberglass boat manufacturer of Bellingham, Wash., and Swansboro, N.C., with responsibility for governmental marketing, bidding, and contract administration and other commercial boat business, according to James
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on April 1983Broco Inc., headquartered in Pomona, Calif., and a Gulf Coast Division in Marrero, La., is offering free test reports on the company's cutting system. The key to the efficiency of the Broco system is the seven alloy interior rod which provides 10,000+ °F at the tip. The Broco system will cu
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on April 1983A recent meeting of the Puget Sound Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers heard Capt. Emlyn Jones Jr., of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, deliver a presentation on "The Coast Guard of the Eighties." The report focused on the technical improvements in ships and rescue syste
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on April 1983Wesmar Offshore Systems of Seattle, Wash., is offering a brochure describing its high-performance 1100RV color-scanning sonar system designed specifically for small, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Using Wesmar digital color sonar technology, the 1100RV operates over a single pair of con
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on April 1983Mike Lewis has been appointed engineering manager of Butterworth Systems (UK) Ltd., Croydon, England. Butterworth Systems produces equipment for tank cleaning, underwater hull cleaning, o i l / w a t e r separation, and high-pressure water jetting for marine maintenance and onshore industri
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on April 1983Stal Refrigeration, a specialized supplier of marine refrigeration systems, has received its first orders for centralized plants comprising a new system named Stalicon (STAL Individual Container Cooling System) for refrigerated containers onboard ships. The system is now undergoing full sc
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on April 1983Dennis Banta, president of Leevac Shipyards, Jennings, La., a division of the Leevac Corporation, has named Charles A. Hall as sales manager, responsible for U.S. and international sales of marine vessels and repair operations. Mr. Hall, a marine engineer with more than 20 years of manageme
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on April 1983Rivertronics, Inc. of Alton, 111., manufacturer and distributor of the RT-500 Swingmaster swingmeter system recently introduced an upgraded model, the RT-500 AC which is offered at the same price. Norman Matsche, president and chief operating officer, states "Our customers are towboat opera
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on April 1983A task group, under ASTM Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding, was formed recently to develop standards for shipboard sensors and instrumentation for automation and control of the ships' main propulsion and level limit applications. Participants in this area are solicited to write standards for
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on April 1983Litton Systems Incorporated, IngaTET Shipbuilding, has awarded the Westinghouse Marine Division, of Sunnyvale, Calif., a multimillion-dollar contract for four main propulsion gears for the Ticonderoga class, Aegis cruisers. Reduction gears are built to stringent sound dampering criteria. E
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on April 1983Ben C. Montgomery, group vice president of the Pipeline Operations Group of the Crutcher Resources Corporation of Houston, Texas, recently announced that Hugh O'Neill is being promoted to vice president and general manager of the company's Canadian pipeline equipment operations. Mr. O'Neill
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on March 15, 1983William C. Moyer, group vice president for the Applied Sciences Group of Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, recently announced the receipt of a $2.2-million U.S. Navy contract with a potential value totaling $7.3 million to provide technical engineering support services for the Naval Electronic S
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on March 15, 1983Total Transportation Systems, Inc. (TTS) of Newport News, Va., announced recently it was awarded a $1.2-million contract for a panel production line with associated welding equipment by Diques Y Astilleros Nacionales C.A. (DIANCA) of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Rear Adm. Carlos Paez Celis,