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on January 15, 1981A highly sophisticated, microcomputer- controlled Loran C from Simrad is said to take the time and work out of blue-water navigation. The Simrad/Taiyo model TL-856 provides the latest stateof- the-art features for accurate and economical navigation. Up to 10 different waypoints can be progra
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on January 15, 1981John E. Folsom has been appointed regional sales manager covering the Gulf of Mexico area for Hydranautics Hydraulic systems, according to James L. Bartlett, president. Mr. Folsom will direct marketing and sales efforts on all Hydranautics Hydraulic systems for shipyard and offshore- relate
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on January 15, 1981Hitachi Zosen recently received an order for construction of another cantilever type, jackup offshore oil drilling rig for J.L. Offshore Drilling A/S, Copenhagen. This is the third rig of this type to be ordered from Hitachi by J.L. Offshore. All three rigs are designed for operation under
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on January 15, 1981W. Barkley Fritz has joined the J.J. Henry Company Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, as supervisor of engineering computer operations, and will be based in the Moorestown, N.J., office. He reports to John H. Klose, director of the hull design division, and is responsible for the c
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on January 15, 1981RCA Service Company has announced the introduction of a new VHF/FM radiotelephone to its marine equipment line. The Model 8080 is a fully synthesized marine radiotelephone that has been designed specifically to meet the needs of the most demanding marine environment, according to Edward B.
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on January 15, 1981Electro-Nav president Robert E. Negron has announced that his company had reached agreement with the Marine Division of Unitra Unitech to furnish spare parts and services as required for the marine electronics of all Polish-flag vessels calling at U.S. ports. Eugeniusz Kazimierczak, director o
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on January 15, 1981RYSCO Shipyard, Inc. recently delivered the tug/supply vessel Tom Martin Pugh to Billy Pugh Offshore. This is the fifth vessel built for Billy Pugh by RYSCO's Blountstown, Fla., yard. The latest vessel has an overall length of 175 feet, beam of 38 feet, and depth of 14 feet, and is capable of
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on January 15, 1981Kockums AB of Malmo, Sweden, has reached a preliminary agreement with a West German consortium for the sale of one of the two LNG carriers now undergoing final outfitting at the yard. Kockums has also granted an option on the second LNG carrier. Negotiations regarding the sales contract hav
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on January 15, 1981Some 45 members and guests of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers gathered aboard the Princess Louise for a recent meeting. The evening's paper, titled "Shipboard Noise," was presented by Dr. Robert Saucedo, president of the Casde Cor
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on January 15, 1981The IMO® Pump Division of Transamerica Delaval Inc., Monroe, N.C., has just published an illustrated six-page bulletin on a new fuel oil blending unit recently introduced by the division. Designed primarily for maritime applications, the new unit is nevertheless exciting widespread interest
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on January 15, 1981Riverway Shipyard Company, Grafton, 111., recently completed construction of the KM-1, a new double-skin side, single-skin bottom raked barge (pictured above) for Kiesel Marine Service of St. Louis. The tank barge will be used as a midstreaming fuel barge for service in St. Louis. KM-1 measur
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on January 15, 1981Halter Marine, Inc. has signed contracts for the construction of 14 supply vessels for the Marsea Marine Companies. The contracts between the New Orleans-based corporations total $53.2 million, and are believed to constitute the largest supply boat order in U.S. history. The new 180-foot vess
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on January 15, 1981FMC Corporation launched an oceangoing tank barge recently at the Marine and Rail Equipment Division in Portland, Ore. The vessel, named Barge 4506 (shown above), was christened by Mrs. Roy D. Jurgensen, wife of Crowley Maritime Corporation's senior vice president and general manager of the N
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on January 15, 1981General Ship Corporation of East Boston, Mass., has been purchased by a group of private investors who will continue the ship repair and shipbuilding activities of the yard. Principals are James Harvie, president and chief executive officer, and Keith A. Brown, executive vice president and tre
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on January 15, 1981A significant event occurred recently at Bergeron Marine when the barge CMS-563 (shown above) slid down the launchways at the company's Port Bienville facility. The 120-foot by 30-foot by 7-foot steel deck barge built for Central Marine Service, Inc., New Orleans, was the 100th vessel construc
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on January 15, 1981Bay Shipbuilding Corp. has announced the signing of a contract to build an oceangoing bulk cargo barge for Universal American Barge Corporation of Greenwich, Conn. This will be the first vessel built for Universal American Barge by Bay Ship. The 550 by 78-foot tug notch barge will be used as
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on January 15, 1981Rados International Corporation, naval architects, marine engineers, consultants, marine surveyors, and ship's brokers of San Pedro, Calif., recently announced the signing of a design and engineering contract for the construction of six tuna purse seiners for the Government of Mexico. The offi
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on January 15, 1981George A. Gabriles, president of Maencor, Inc., a Freeport, Texas, maintenance and engineering contracting firm for the marine, offshore, and chemical industries, has announced the addition of three management employees. Harry F. Koester Jr. joins the firm as c o n t r o l l e r , George H.
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on January 1981Frank W. McBee Jr., chairman and president of Tracor, Inc., has announced the election of Walter A. Clements as group vice president of Tracor Components. Mr. Clements, also president of Littelfuse, Inc., a Tracor subsidiary in Des Plaines, 111., succeeds Jack D. Hughes, who retired from the
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on January 1981The Stanwick Corporation's Operations Engineering Division has been awarded a contract by Bulkfleet Marine Corporation to provide an automated maintenance management system for Bulkfleet's two dedicated, deep-notch tug/barge units (DDNTBU) in the 28,000-dwt class, powered by four economically