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on January 1986John F. Borum, vice president, Operations Division of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), was recently elected senior vice president at the semiannual meeting of the board of managers of the ship classification society. The announcement of the election was made by William N. Johnston, chairma
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on January 1986A 28,000-ton floating drydock was launched recently at the Nordenham/ Blexen, West Germany, dock construction yard of M.A.N.'s Machinery, Plant and Systems Division (M.A.N.-GHH) on the Weser River. The dock had been ordered by Iran for the Persian Gulf Shipyard Project (PGSP) at a contract
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on January 1986— N e w Literature Offered The first U.S.-built twin-screw Towmaster® Rudder System has been placed in service on the new tug Esperanza, commissioned re- cently for service in the Panama Canal. The Towmaster Rudder System, now built in the U.S. by the Michigan Wheel Corporation of Grand Ra
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on January 1986Avondale Industries, Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Navy has ordered two additional LSD (Landing Ship Dock) class ships from its New Orleans-based shipyards division. Avondale said the order, worth $300 million, brings to five the number of LSDs the company is building for the Navy.
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on January 1986A free brochure on fiberglass modular marine bathrooms manufactured by the Frenkin Corporation is now available from Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., a distributor of the units. According to the publication, the seamless fiberglass construction of the bathrooms allows d
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on January 1986Byron A. Lirette has been named sales manager for Elliott White Gill thrusters and will be responsible for all White Gill sales outside of Europe and the United Kingdom. Previously a field engineer for Thruster Systems, covering the Gulf Coast, he will make the Elliott office in the New Orle
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on January 1986Two 16-cylinder "Enterprise" R«5 medium-speed engines burning heavy fuel will provide the main propulsion for each of two new oceanographic research ships now under construction by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Md. The contract with Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Oakland, Calif., inclu
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on December 1985Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, Ltd. of London—a joint venture of Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Lloyd's of London Press— has appointed the Maritime Data Network (MARDATA) of Stamford, Conn., to coordinate all of its sales and marketing activities in North America. The Connecticut
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on December 1985—Literature Available Macmeter®, a cost-effective metering device distributed by North American Marine Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., features a rugged and reliable paddlewheel flow sensor used to verify deliveries, shippers documentation, billing and inventory control. The self-contained unit has se
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on December 1985Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $1.292-million contract by the U.S. Navy for the conversion and regular overhaul of YFU-79 (self-propelled harbor utility craft) to HLT-1 (helicopter landing trainer) with redelivery to the Navy in March 1986. Some of t
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on December 1985W. J. Amoss Jr., president of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. and Stanley H. Barer, chairman of Totem Resources Corporation of Seattle, Wash., jointly announced that an agreement in principle had been reached for the acquisition by Totem Resources Corporation of controlling interest in Inter
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on December 1985A contract valued at $115 million has been awarded by Cunard Line to Lloyd Werft of Bremerhaven, West Germany, to convert the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 from steam to diesel propulsion. According to Trafalgar House, Cunard's parent company, no British yard was able to tender for the cont
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on December 1985The chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Interocean Management Corporation, George P. Steele, has announced the election of Robert S. Bassett as president of the company. Mr. Basset previously served as executive vice president and has been with Interocean Management Corporat
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on December 1985The first of 10 Torpedo Weapons Retrievers (TWR) under contract at Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wise., departed the shipyard recently for delivery to the Naval Sea Systems Command in Charleston, S.C. The TWR Class is an entirely new design developed by Marinette in cooperation
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on December 1985Thomas E. Moran, president of Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., has announced new areas of responsibility for vice president W. Anthony Watt. Mr. Watt took over the sales and marketing division of the company. Working with Mr. Watt will be sales representatives Karl B. Eckhardt,
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on December 1985H. Allen Fernstrom was elected president and chief executive officer of The American Ship Building Company according to a recent announcement by George M. Steinbrenner, chairman of the board. He succeeds George A. Chandler, who is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of Aq
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on December 1985Richard J. Quegan has been appointed general manager in charge of the marine department of Texaco Inc., it was recently announced by John K. McKinley, chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Quegan will continue to be located at Texaco's offices at Harrison, N.Y. The marine department man
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on December 1985Fire Combat, Inc., Marinette, Wise., is offering a free 10-page product manual on their fire suppression systems (dry chemical, foam and halon), fire apparatus and custom systems engineering. The 10-page binder-type manual outlines the general scope of the company's fire suppression product
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on December 1985The Offshore Marine Service Association has elected eight new members to its board of directors replacing those whose terms have expired. Capt. W. A. Mayberry, executive director of OMSA said those elected to two year terms are: chairman, Ken Waldorf, Zapata Gulf Marine Corp., Houston; vice
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on December 1985BP Marine International, a major supplier of lubricants to meet shipboard needs of the merchant fleets of the world, has published a free six-page pull-out brochure on products offered by the company. Titled "Energol Marine Lubricants," the publication gives the grade name, application, typi