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on November 1983The Nichols Brothers, Whidbey Island, Wash., facility completed the second of the two hulls comprising the 265-foot by 54-foot by 22-foot split hull, self-propelled hopper dredge for Manson Construction Company in Seattle, in May of this year. Each of these massive sections was towed from Whid
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on November 1983Thomson-Gordon Limited, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, a leading manufacturer of marine propeller shaft and rudder bearings, has developed an experimental bearing designed for extremely abrasive service conditions. Probably the most severe test for a marine propeller shaft bearing in abrasive
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on November 1983Hoffman Maritime Consultants Inc. are pleased to announce the appointment of Finn C. Michelsen as Technical Director. Dr. Michelsen will be responsible for all products, including the Helm family of guidance systems currently being marketed to the offshore industry, new products under devel
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on October 15, 1983The drillship Petromar North Sea, will be auctioned on November 1, in Singapore Harbor, it was announced by Max Rouse & Sons, Inc., Los Angeles auctioneers handling the sale. Owned by Petromarine Drilling Co., the 380-foot vessel was built by Bethlehem Steel and converted to a drillship by To
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on October 15, 1983A new floating drydock and innovative transfer system were commissioned recently in the Daewoo shipyard at Okpo, South Korea. The drydock, designed by U.K.-based A.P. Appledore, features four fixed towers which serve as wing walls, differing from the traditional concept with full-length wing w
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on October 15, 1983Oy Wartsila AB Turku Shipyards, Finland, has delivered the gas tanker Paramacay to Maraven S.A. of Venezuela. The vessel and its accommodations were designed for tropical conditions. It is equipped with four tanks with a total volume of 14,000 cubic meters. Pressure and temperature may be reg
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on October 15, 1983The Mitsui Supermaran CP30 type Marine Hawk was recently delivered at the Tamano Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, to her joint owners, The Maritime Credit Corporation and Nankai Ferry Co., Ltd. She is a catamaran type highspeed passenger vessel built of light
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on October 15, 1983A shiplift system designed and constructed by Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems, Goleta, Calif., was recently commissioned at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Maritime Engineering Department's facility at Ulsan, Korea. The system's platform is approximately 66 by 400 feet and has a capacity of 4,1
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on October 15, 1983Stanley Clark, president of Raytheon Marine Company and Apelco Marine Electronics, has announced the relocation of Apelco's headquarters for sales, service and distribution from Manchester, N.H., to Tampa, Fla. At the same time, Mr. Clark announced John Vourloumis, formerly national sales m
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on October 15, 1983American M.A.N. Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Augsburg, West Germany, has acquired B&W Diesel Inc., New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of B&W Diesel A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. The acquisition consolidates and strengthens the marketing, sales and service of M.A.N.—B&W Diesel in t
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on October 15, 1983Farboil Company, of Baltimore, Md., has published a new Directory of Farboil Marine Coatings Systems. It is available free upon request. The brochure provides paint characteristics for new construction and repair work as well as paints for topside, weather deck, superstructure and cargo spac
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on October 15, 1983National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., reported that a contract option for approximately $13 million has been exercised by the U.S. Navy for the regular overhaul of the U.S.S. Cayuga (LST-1186) A contract awarded by the Navy to NASSCO in October 1982 provided for the re
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on October 15, 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle a joint application by Coastal Cruise Line, Inc., Republic Cruise Line, Inc. and Liberty Cruise Line, Inc., all of 120 S. Central Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three passenger cru
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on October 1983To further strengthen National Supply Company's technical support to customers, Robert L. Ayers has been named product manager and sales administrator for the firm's National Drilling Equipment Division. "In addition to division materials management, Mr. Ayers new responsibilities focus ent
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on October 1983The Environmental Systems Division of Electrolux-Wascator AB, Stockholm, Sweden, has been renamed as Electrolux Envirovac. The name "Envirovac" has long been used in the United States, where the subsidiary company Envirovac Inc. has installed the Vacuum Toilet System in innumerable vessels,
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on October 1983Terry Steam Turbine Company, of Windsor, Conn., and AEGKANIS, a German manufacturer of steam turbines, gas turbines, and electrical control systems, have signed an agreement granting Terry the rights to sell, manufacture, and service AEG-KANIS reaction steam turbines within the U.S., Mexico
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on October 1983Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a multiyear contract from the U.S. Navy Electronic Systems Engineering Activity, St. Inigoes, Md., to provide engineering support services for test and evaluation programs. William C. Moyer, Ph.D., group vice president of Tracor Applied Sciences, sa
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on October 1983National Marine Service Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo., a recognized leader in shipyard and diesel engine repairs, announces the opening of its new East Coast diesel engine parts and service facility at 4580 Village Avenue, Norfolk, Va. (804) 855-9277. National Marine indicates the Norfolk fa
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on October 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from Lamberts Point Barge Co. of One Commercial Place, Norfolk, Va., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in the financing of a 35,000- deadweight-ton self-discharging coal barge to be used in export coal top-off operations in D
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on October 1983The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an application from Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., One Market Plaza, San Francisco, Calif., a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing or refinancing one ice-strengthened oil/deck cargo