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on January 15, 1983Lockheed of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced recently that it will build and test six prototype, lowcost underwater vehicles that can be launched from helicopters to destroy enemy naval mines. The battery-powered, wireguided vehicle, dubbed the Lowcost Expendable Neutralization System (LENS), w
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on January 15, 1983Scott Equipment Company of Dayton, Ohio, has announced the availability of their new Model 50 and 55 packaged Barge Spotters (movers) which provide customers with: increased wire rope life; smooth starts and stops; infinitely adjustable speed control; and faster barge loading/unloading, at
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on January 15, 1983The Maritime Administration has released a 172-page report entitled "Shipboard Fuel Handling and Treatment-Guidelines for Onboard Conditioning," which provides guidelines and recommendations for the shipboard treatment and conditioning of fuel oils. Four propulsion systems — steam turbine
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on January 15, 1983Thomas M. Kelly has been named vice president, Pacific Division for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. He replaces William L. Burch who has served as acting director of that division since January 1982. Mr. Kelly joined Lykes in 1972 and held various positions in the company's New Orleans traf
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on January 15, 1983William H. Potter, president of Fairhaven Marine, Inc., has announced the appointment of John Romanelli to the position of vice president-yard manager at the Fairhaven, Mass., facility. Mr. Romanelli will be responsible for directing all operations of the full service repair yard and marina
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on January 15, 1983Tracor, Inc. of Rockville, Md., has received a $5.4-million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical integration and evaluation services for sonar systems aboard U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines. William C. Moyer, group vice president for Tracor Applied Sciences, s
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on January 15, 1983Robert H. Pouch, president and chief executive officer of Barber Steamship Lines, Inc., has been elected by the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry as Commissioner of Pilots of the State of New York, it was announced by James P. McAllister, Commission chairman. The six-member board of
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on January 15, 1983A diesel engine symposium conducted recently in San Francisco by MAN-B&W Diesel was very well attended by a wide cross section of important West Coast shipowners, operators, and naval architects. A brief introduction by the president of American MAN Corp., K. Peter Koch, was followed by a
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on January 15, 1983The recent meeting of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New England section, held at the New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., featured the presentation of a technical paper entitled "Marine Installation and Operating Requirements for Continuous Electric Li
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on January 15, 1983Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans, La., recently demonstrated a reliable, inexpensive method of transmitting data at medium speed from ship to shore via satellite and regular telephone lines. Lykes made repeated transmissions between one of its ships, the Cygnus, and shore on a r
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on January 15, 1983The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a contract "in excess of a million dollars" to Offshore Shipbuilding of Palatka, Fla., for the construction of a 250-passenger/ vehicle ferry. The contract is the second for a ferry awarded to Offshore Shipbuilding since October 19
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on January 15, 1983The Engineering Department of the State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y., recently held the dedication of its newly constructed ship model basin. Prof. Jose Femenia, chairman of the college's engineering department, announced that its availability adds ano
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on January 15, 1983A $1.87-million contract from the U.S. Navy for lease of two shipyard gantry cranes has been awarded to the Clyde Division of the Koehring Group of AMCA International Corporation, according to an announcement by Koehring. The cranes, which are of a new design, designated by Clyde as the Mo
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on January 15, 1983Acadian Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of Apex Resources — an affiliate of the Berger Group, Lake Success, N.Y.—has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the purchase and reconstruction of the 17,525-dwt RO/RO vessel Atlantic Bear. MarAd has conditionally agreed to sell the rol
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on January 15, 1983Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently announced three senior management appointments in its recently established marine construction organization. Niland B. Mortimer has been named vice president, manufacturing, for Dravo Marine Equipment Company. Previously vice president, sales,
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on January 15, 1983A new 12-page full-color brochure has been made available by Skuld of Oslo, Norway, outlining the many insurance advantages offered by Skuld including their system based on the principal of mutuality. Through this association, liability is shared between many thousands of member vessels thr
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on January 15, 1983Roderick K. Bowen has been promoted to manager, contract administration for Aeroquip Corporation's Industrial Division marine and military product lines. He will be-based at division headquarters in Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. Bowen assumes responsibility for contractual obligations with the Indust
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on January 15, 1983J.J. Henry Co., Inc. of New York City, one of the leading naval architects in the U.S., recently announced the appointment of Roger C. Ffooks of London as the company's European representative. J.J. Henry Co. has engaged for many years in the design of ships and systems for the transport of
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on January 15, 1983Elliot Company's Springfield, Ohio operation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, has been awarded a contract to supply a thruster to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass. The unit, which is the fourth Elliot White Gill Thruster contracted by Woods Hole Oceanogr
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on January 15, 1983Jerry Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the LEEVAC Corporation, Morgan City, La., announces the promotion of Terry P. Hardouin from controller to planning manager for the corporation. Mr. Hardouin replaces Alcide S. Mann who was named marketing manager for LEEVAC Marine Trans