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- Hudson Engineering Plans Study Of Offshore Platforms For 1 , 6 0 0 - F o o t W a t e r Depths page: 97
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on April 1986Hudson Engineering Corporation is planning to initiate a study of composite leg platforms for 1,600- foot water depths. The study will develop technical and cost data for a drilling/production platform and a drilling/wellhead platform for environments like those found in the Gulf of Mexico,
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on April 1986Baldt Inc., Chester, Pa., has published a new 12-page four-color fa- cilities brochure detailing the company's recent reorganization. Entitled "Baldt Charts a New Course," this brochure highlights the responsibilities and long-term goals of Baldt's three new operating divisions. These new di
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on April 1986Stork-Werkspoor Diesel bv (SWDiesel) of Amsterdam has moved its Service and Repair Workshop, formerly located in Rotterdam for the past 25 years, to the Wilhelminahaven in Schiedam, The Netherlands. All service and repair work for The Netherlands and Belgium will now be carried out at the n
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on March 1986Ellicott Machine Corporation of Baltimore, marking its centennial this year and well known for its success in dredge manufacturing, has announced the formation of a new subsidiary—Ellicott Engineering, Inc. This new company will provide machining, assembly, fabricating, and computer-aided en
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on March 1986The Chesapeake Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met recently to hear a paper entitled "SWATH AGS Deep Ocean Survey Ships," presented by H. David Kaysen of MAR, Incorporated. The evening began with a discussion of Marine Systems Committee activities by Edward M
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on March 1986Conferees from the Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to appropriate $228.4 million in support of the Navy's Strategic Sealift Program. The money will be used to purchase additional commercial tonnage from private owners for the Ready Reserve Force, as well as to modernize a
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on March 1986The advantages of using Aeroquip Corporation's FT1097 portable hose assembly machine, a simple, fast and reliable way to produce hose assemblies with reusable fittings, are explained in a new company bulletin. Designed to speed production of Aeroquip reusable hose assemblies in sizes up to
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on March 1986—Free Catalog Offered TDI Catalog Sales, Transamerica Delaval, Inc., has introduced a convenient infrared thermometer kit that will handle all non-contact temperature measurement needs. The kit comes complete with thermocouple probe, test leads, type K naked bead probe, infrared thermometer,
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on March 1986Michell Bearings has announced the appointment of Peter Pagan as president of Michell Bearings, Inc. U.S.A. Mr. Pagan was formerly vice president and marketing director of American Metal Bearing. Michell Bearings is the original company founded in England by A.G.M. Michell FRS—the first ma
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on March 1986The semisubmersible rig Ocean Rover has set new world records for drilling the deepest offshore well and running the longest and heaviest casing string from a floating structure. Owned by Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) of New Orleans, the rig achieved the records while drillin
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on March 1986CDI Marine Company recently announced the hiring of Franklin D. DufF as Naval Architecture Division manager for the Bremerton, Wash., office and Robert J. Butera as chief engineer for the Boston, Mass. office. Mr. Duff, as Naval Architecture Division manager, will be responsible for the adm
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on March 1986J.C. Hempel, founder of the Hempel Group of companies and chairman of the Hempel Foundation, passed away in Copenhagen recently at the age of 91. He was a legend in his lifetime, having in just over 70 years built up a worldwide organization from a relatively small beginning in Denmark. Hemp
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on March 1986Paul P. Swensen has been elected vice president and general manager of the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement by Malcolm W. MacLeod, president. Mr. Swensen came ashore in 1976 to join Curtis Bay Towing as a dispatcher in the Baltimore office. In 1978, he
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on March 1986A full-color 28-page catalog featuring both sleeve and flanged water-lubricated bearings is now available from the Duramax® Marine Division of The Johnson Rubber Company, Middlefield, Ohio. This comprehensive catalog serves as a useful guide for both heavy-duty commercial and pleasure craft
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on March 1986The 21,183-dwt heavy-lift cargo carrier Alps Maru was completed recently at Hitachi Zosen's Maizuru Works and delivered to co-owners Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Baba- Daiko Steamship Company. The new ship has an overall length of 475.7 feet, beam of 87.9 feet, depth of 45.3 feet, and full-load
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on March 1986Edward J. McManimon Jr., chairman of the South Jersey Port Corporation, and John J. Noonan, president of Stellar Technology Corporation, have announced the lease by the Port Corporation of 80,000 square feet of warehouse space to Stellar. Aggregate rental of the transaction is in excess of
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on March 1986Literature Offered Intertrade Industries of Huntington Beach, Calif., recently received an additional U.S. Navy contract for the supply of foam-filled marine fenders. Contract DLA500-86-C- 0758 was issued to the firm by the Defense Logistics Agency at Philadelphia for NSN 2040-00-807-4197
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on March 1986Penske GM Power, Inc. of Lodi, N.J., has announced the appointment of Richard J. Paine as marine marketing manager. Mr. Paine will assume the responsibility for the coordination of sales and promotion of Penske's line of high performance marine diesel propulsion units ranging from 135 to 1,8
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on March 1986The Italian State shipbuilder Fin- cantieri recently garnered three contracts for a total of seven sophisticated vessels. These high-value ships account for the greater part of a shipbuilding package awarded to the company since Christmas valued at some $600 million. Fincantieri's Monfalcone
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on March 1986Aquafacs Marine Technical Services of Boston, Mass., and Los Angeles, Calif., has been awarded the in-water inspection and maintenance repair contract for the U.S. Coast Guard District 1, covering Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The contract provides for video inspecti