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on September 15, 1981A new, water-based, fire-retardant enamel called Devflex 1 was recently introduced by Devoe Marine Coatings Co., Louisville, Ky. Recommended for use in wardrooms, mess rooms, living compartments, and i n t e r i o r areas where safety is the prime concern, this high-quality coating is self-
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on September 15, 1981James J. Convy, chairman of the board, Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York-headquartered naval architectural firm, has announced the appointment of Robert J. Ford to the position of chief engineer and head of the machinery division in New York. Mr. Ford joined Gibbs & Cox in 1942, immediately after
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on September 15, 1981Dravo SteelShip Corporation, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently delivered a 65-foot by 26-foot by 9.5- foot towboat from their stock boat line to Dravo Mechling and on charter to Compass Marine. The Bud Weber (shown above) is powered by twin GM 16V92 diesel engines rated at 600 hp each. The engines
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on September 15, 1981The Amsterdam Drydock Company (Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij B.V.) of the Netherlands, has recently been awarded an order involving the com- plete rebuilding of the twin screw ro/ro passenger vessel Saint Killian for the Irish Continental Line, Dublin, Ireland. The rebuilding will be do
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on September 15, 1981The Burrard Yarrows Corporation, Vancouver, Canada, was recently awarded a major contract— worth nearly five million U.S. dollars—to lengthen the geophysical exploration vessel Hollis Hedberg by 60 feet. The purpose of the lengthening to 262 feet is to permit the installation of new sophist
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on September 15, 1981Cummins Investments has become the first company to purchase the time-saving "Big Blue" barge-moving winch recently introduced by Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn. The winch, the largest currently produced by NABRICO, will be installed at the company's Frontier Terminal
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on September 15, 1981The announcement of the appointment of Marine Technologies & Brokerage, Inc. (MTB), New York, as U.S. agent for Arsenale Triestino San Marco Shipyard, Trieste, Italy, was made recently by William H. Bevan, president of MTB. Arsenale Triestino, a member of the Fincantieri Group, has been op
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on September 15, 1981Taurus, the first of five Patrol Hydrofoil Missileships (PHMs) being built by Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Wash., for the U.S. Navy, takes a flying tour of Seattle's Elliott Bay during pre-delivery tests in Puget Sound. Taurus, to be delivered in October, and the other four hydrofoil comba
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on September 15, 1981RivTow Straits Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, announced the recent delivery of three identical drum seiners to B.C. Packers Ltd. in time for the 1981 herring and salmon fishing season. The Van Isle, Mary Isle and Pender Isle (shown above) are the first three vessels of a six-boat
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on September 15, 1981Four management appointments at U.S. Steel's Great Lakes fleet and associated subsidiaries, Duluth, Minn., were announced recently by William B. Buhrmann, president. Dale W. App has been named general manager of USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., and Calvin W. Main has been named director, marine l
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on September 15, 1981Epsco Marine, the marine electronics manufacturer in Westwood, Mass., has announced the addition of a new 32-nauticalmile radar, model S02R, to its line that now consists of 10 models ranging from 7-inch, 3-kw, 16 nautical miles up to 12-inch, 25-kw, 100 nautical miles. The Epsco S02R was d
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on September 15, 1981A 16-page, five-color brochure describing and illustrating its complete line of Polaris marine electronics is now available from Regency Electronics, Inc. of Indianapolis. The Polaris NC 7200 is said to be the only 55/75 channel VHF radio combined with a computercontrolled direction finder.
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on September 15, 1981Cyrus E. Webb, president of Ingram Tankships Inc., New Orleans, La., announced recently that the company had placed an order for five 37,500-dwt U.S.- flag product carriers to be built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif. The first vessel is scheduled for d
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on September 15, 1981Christening ceremonies were held recently at Krupp Atlas-Elektronik, Bremen, Germany, for the navigation bridge simulator "Susan." The bridge, whose facilities include a motion simulation system, is the most important component of the ship handling simulator Krupp is currently building for th
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on September 15, 1981Hubert E. Russell has been elected president and chief executive officer of Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA), it was announced recently by the San Francisco, Calif., firm of naval architects and marine engineers. Mr. Russell will continue to handle the responsibilities of chief engineer
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on September 15, 1981David A. Wright, president of National Marine Service, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., recently announced the promotion of three persons and the appointment of two others to the staff of the shipbuilding, engine repair, and liquid bulk transportation company. Robert W. Meyer has been named coordinato
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on September 15, 1981The Sperry Division of Sperry Corporation has announced the development of a new doppler navigation sonar system which will give scientific and commercial marine vessels the ability to know their position continuously with errors measured only in feet, according to the company. The system c
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on September 15, 1981"Alfa-Laval — Liquid Processor's Best Friend," a new 20- page, full-color brochure, has just been published by Alfa-Laval, Inc., Ft. Lee, N.J. Alfa-Laval, Inc. is well-known as a leading supplier of centrifugal separators, plate heat exchangers and dairy farm equipment. Formerly known as Th
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on September 15, 1981Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation, Houston, Texas, recently accepted delivery of the Gulf Shark (shown above), a 112-foot by 26- foot by 11-foot, 1,200-hp utility vessel built by Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. The Gulf Shark is the second of two utility vessels delivered to Gulf F
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on September 15, 1981The international maritime consulting firm of Wesley D. Wheeler Associates, Ltd., New York, has elected Edward A. Waryas Jr. to the newly created position of vice president, commercial. Mr. Waryas will assist in developing and maintaining relationships between Wheeler's clients in the Unite