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on December 1984A recent meeting of the New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the American Bureau of Shipping Building, a new location for the Section's meetings. A paper titled "Criteria for Capacity Certification of Drydocks and Significance of C
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on December 1984Tracor Hydronautics recently delivered a Part Task Training Aid Marine Simulator to the Panama Canal Commission. The simulator is now located in Balboa, Republic of Panama. It will be used as part of an overall program in the training of pilots for the Panama Canal in ship handling. The sim
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on December 1984To obtain approval of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate for use of its buoys in the North Sea, Seaward International, Inc. recently held collision trials of one of its Sea Float buoys in Stavanger, Norway. The buoy tested was an anchor pendant buoy of 20,000 pounds or 9 tons net buoyancy—ha
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on December 1984A new 16-page four-color brochure on Denny Brown folding fin stabilizers is being offered free by Jered Brown Brothers Inc. of Troy, Mich. Filled with photos, illustrations, charts, features and benefits of the Brown Brothers complete system of folding fin stabilization, the publication sta
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on December 1984The Surface Effect Ship M/V Margaret Jill, built by Bell Halter Inc., was recently christened by her namesake, Mrs. Margaret Jill Hart, wife of an Offshore GAC Services, Ltd. executive. The ceremony was conducted aboard the vessel, which was docked at the Louisiana World Exposition following
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on December 1984Until now, ice, bad weather and poor visibility made navigation dangerous, and at times, impossible. A remarkable new breakthrough called the VIEWNAV™System makes navigation easier, safer and more efficient everyday, even in the worst weather with zero visibility, even when ice causes the re
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on December 1984Tom Collins, president of Desco Marine, Inc. of St. Augustine, Fla., recently announced that the yard has been chosen by Malvin Kvilhaug to build a 107-foot steel fish boat for his Michigan Fishing Corporation. The contract is for a combination scallop dredge and stern dragger to be named Co
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on December 1984Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. announced recently that an initial down payment has been received on a contract with All American Fisheries, Inc., a San Francisco-based fishing company, for the construction of a 5,000-gross-ton 367-footlong Surimi fishing processing trawler. The vessel, which has a
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on December 1984Responding to demands for high reliability mixing seals in aggressive high pressure environments, the Engineered Products Division of EG & G Sealol has developed a seal system with demonstrated service times of 12 to 18 months mean time between maintenance (MTBM). The system is capable of ha
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on December 1984Keel-laying for MCM-3 Sentry, took place recently at Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wise. This ceremony marked the second keel-laying of the three mine countermeasure ships under contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command at PBI. In addition to the MCM construction contracts, Peter
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on December 1984—Literature Available To date some 600 units of the Krupp MaK successful M551/M552 series diesel engines have been manufactured at the factory in Kiel, and another 35 engines have been produced by the licensee UBE Industries in Japan, with a total output of 3 million bhp. These engines have
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on November 15, 1984The rig transporter vessel Ferncarrier (shown above), operated by Dyvi Heavy Lift of Oslo, recently completed her fourth transport of a semisubmersible drilling unit, the Penrod 73, from California to the Gulf of Mexico via the Strait of Magellan. This latest voyage took just over 42 days, dis
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on November 15, 1984—Free Brochure Available The new rasterscan 8600 ARPA manufactured by Krupp Atlas Elektronik has been given type approval by the U.K. Department of Transport following evaluation by the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment. One of the most advanced ARPAs now available, the 8600 is one of f
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on November 15, 1984IMODCO of Los Angeles, a unit of AMCA International Corporation and pioneer offshore marine terminal company, has been awarded a contract by Esso Suez, Inc. for a catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) terminal. This unit for Esso is designed to securely moor tankers of up to 85,000 dwt, primari
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on November 15, 1984—Free Brochure Available Alexander Industries, Inc. of New Orleans and Houston, a specialist in supplying the marine and offshore industries, has been appointed Gulf Coast agent for Clow/Greenberg bronze marine valves and fittings. According to Alexander vice president Jim Bishop, the Clow/G
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on November 15, 1984Renk of Augsburg, West Germany, has published a 24-page booklet that contains a list of marine gear units used in naval vessels. Renk marine gear units are designed in such a way that they are suitable for use in both merchant vessels and warships, and the present reference list includes gea
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on November 15, 1984Matson Navigation Company's twin container barges, Haleakala and Mauna Loa, have been christened and are nearing completion at McDermott Shipyard in New Iberia, La. The 350-foot by 64.5-foot barges will enter service early next year in Matson's "Neighbor Islands" feeder service between Honol
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on November 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystems, Inc. recently announcd that Richard S. Rothermel has been elected vice president- sales. He will be responsible for all activities relating to the sales of TeleSystems' products in North America, including management of the company's sales representatives, distributors, a
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on November 15, 1984—Literature Available WABCO Fluid Power, an American- Standard company, has established a worldwide network of six companies to more efficiently service international oceangoing vessels. A free brochure on the new service is available from the Lexington, Ky., company. The new venture, calle
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on November 15, 1984Comsat TeleSystems, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kenneth H. Hoch as assistant vice president for marketing services and contracts. In this newly created position, he will oversee the company's advertising and promotion, technical documentation/training, and domestic and internationa