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on December 15, 1983An aid in determining possible fuel cost savings derived from burner upgrading is now available from Howe-Baker Engineers, Inc. The data sheet, consisting of four different graphs depicting natural gas, propane, No. 2 (diesel) oil, and No. 6 oil, is a valuable guide for virtually every opera
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on December 15, 1983A large turnout of members and guests attended the recent second meeting of the 1983-84 season of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Guest speaker was David B. Sucharski of ARCO Oil and Gas Company in Dallas. His presentation, which
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on December 15, 1983International Maritime Associates (IMA), a Washington, D.C.- based management consulting firm, has published an extensive report entitled "U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Program: Market Opportunities and Contracting Requirements." IMA's objective has been to produce a tightly written, practical, th
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on December 15, 1983Raytheon Marine Company has appointed John Scott marketing sales manager of its marine electronics for pleasure, fishing, and light commercial craft in Europe. Products include radars, lorans, radiotelephones, depth indicators and recorders, color fish-finders, satellite navigators, sonars a
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on December 15, 1983Western Marine Electronics (WESMAR) of Seattle recently presented the company's first SC44 stability computer and printer to the 860-foot containership President Lincoln. The presentation was in acknowledgement of American President Lines' cooperation in testing the new device. The small comp
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on December 15, 1983Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. in Korea recently delivered a second semi-submersible drilling rig to Santa Fe Drilling Company of Orange, Calif. Both rigs constructed for Santa Fe Drilling, a subsidiary of Santa Fe International Corporation, are self-propelled, Friede and Goldman
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on November 15, 1983The Republic of Indonesia has reached agreement with Boeing Marine Systems for the purchase of four Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoils with an option for six more. The agreement includes cooperative manufacture of Jetfoils in Indonesia. The initial contract, valued at approximately $150 million, is fo
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on November 15, 1983The newest diesel engine factory in Singapore, Wartsila Power Singapore (Pte) Ltd., has started production. Wartsila Power Singapore, is a joint venture comprising Wartsila of Finland and Keppel Shipyard of Singapore. The company manufactures and markets Wartsila Vasa 22HF heavy fuel diesel en
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on November 15, 1983National Security Advisor William P. Clark was the principal speaker at the launching of the attack submarine Honolulu at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard where the submarine was built. Jean Clark, wife of the National Security Advisor, was the ship's sponsor breaking the traditional bottle
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on November 15, 1983Fetterolf Corporation of Skippack, Pa., has acquired the Stacey Value product line, and is currently manufacturing and marketing Stacey® Line Blinds on a worldwide basis. J.W. Williams, president of Fetterolf Corporation, stated in an interview: "Up until now, our endeavors have been concen
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on November 15, 1983Phillip S. (Scott) Mangan has been named Service Manager of National Marine Service Incorporated's East Coast Operations. He will be headquartered at National Marine's new diesel engine repair and parts facility, 4580 Village Avenue, Norfolk, Va. 23502, and reports directly to the regional
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on November 15, 1983The suspension of payments (the Dutch equivalent of Chapter XI) for the ship and offshore repair yard Verolme Botlek B.V. Rotterdam and for its 100 percent subsidiary Verolme Tankcleaning Company B.V. has been lifted. They continue their activities as independent companies, the shares of wh
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on November 15, 1983The Favorite, a 250-ton steel drydock owned and operated by The Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, was recently christened. It is reportedly the largest Lake Erie drydock specifically designed for commercial small craft, such as tugboats and floating equipment. Mrs. Ronald C. Rasm
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on November 15, 1983The recent meeting of The Society of Marine Port Engineers New York, N.Y. heard a paper titled "The Importance of Good Surface Finish on Large Diameter Propellers," presented by James W. Elliott Jr., engineering manager at Michigan Wheel Gulf Coast, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss. In introducing hi
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on November 15, 1983Wartsila Diesel of Finland has received the engine order for Sonat Offshore Drilling's new semisubmersible oil rig, the Henry Goodrich. The contract includes delivery of five heavy fuel diesel engines of the Wartsila Vasa 32 type. The new Sonat rig will be equipped with four twelve-cylinder
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on November 15, 1983Components of an extruded EPDM/butyl fendering system receive the final inspection at the Uniroyal Engineered Systems plant in Mishawaka, Ind., prior to shipping to the ARAMCO maritime company for use on one of its 6,000-bhp Water Tractor tugboats. Neal Olsen (right) Uniroyal senior product e
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on November 15, 1983Gerald A. Gutman, president of Nav-Com Incorporated has announced the appointment of Gary J. Franza to the position of director of marketing. This announcement follows the recent acquisition of Nav-Com by Magnavox Government & Industrial Electronics Company which is designed to broaden the
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on November 15, 1983Thomas Marine's latest offering is a 38-foot 6-inch crewboat which seats up to 22 workmen in a dry cabin plus a crew of three. Speed is 12 knots cruising and 14 knots in a dash. The crewboat is of 1/4-inch aluminum plate construction heli-arc welded and reinforced. Length measures 38 feet 6
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on November 15, 1983Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a multi-year contract from the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., for engineering, analytical, and technical support as required by the NAVSEA Combat System Engineering Station in Norfolk for the AN/SQQ-89 (V) Underwater Sensor System, the Anti-Subma
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on November 15, 1983Papers are now being solicited by the Tidewater Section of the American Society of Naval Engineers for the Naval Ship Maintenance & Modernization Symposium subtitled "Affordability." The symposium, to be held October 3— 4, 1984, at the Omni Hotel, Norfolk, Va., is co-sponsored by Commander-