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on April 1985W.W. Patterson Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., now has available their new Model M65-H-70I-1.5 constant- tension hydraulic winch. It provides controlled tension for tugs when pushing in the notch of an oceangoing barge. It features a low, 30-inch profile; gearing and rollerchain are splash-lubrica
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on April 1985Bart Turecamo, who owned and operated a fleet of 22 tugs and barges along the East Coast, died recently on his boat in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 64 years old. Mr. Turecamo oversaw the growth of his family-owned business from a fleet of three boats to 19 tugs based in New York and Charleston,
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on April 1985—Literature Available Aeroquip Corporation, Jackson, Mich., has introduced their new Quick Check® Diagnostic Kit. The kit contains Aeroquip FD90 Quick Disconnect couplings for permanent installation in system test ports for easy diagnosis of hydraulic problem symptoms before a failure occurs
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on April 1985Valmet Corporation, Finland, and the engineering and consulting company Foster Wheeler Petroleum Development Limited, United Kingdom, signed a technical cooperation agreement in January with respect to offshore projects. The agreement is part of Valmet's Arctic offshore strategy and a big st
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on April 1985At a recent quarterly meeting of the Shipbuilders Council in Washington, D.C., William E. Haggett, president and chief executive officer of Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Council, succeeding David H. Klinges, vice president-M
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on April 1985Pyramid Pump Division™ of Transamerica Delaval Inc. of Monroe, N.C., has just published an illustrated 16-page catalog that presents engineering information on three lines of positive-displacement pumps. Its AMR™ three-screw pumps are designed for: engine room, fire room, and shipboard hydr
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on April 1985Resources, boundaries, and management of the U.S. continental shelf region will be the focus for the ninth annual Center for Ocean Management Studies conference to be held June 16-19 at the University of Rhode Island. The conference will begin with an overview addressing the natural resources
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on April 1985Scottish marine engineers John G. Kincaid is negotiating a licensing agreement with Red Fox Inc. of New Iberia, La. to produce the U.S. company's range of effluent treatment equipment for offshore oil and other marine installations. The license, which would give Kincaid the U.K. manufacturin
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on April 1985Lips Propellers, a leading manufacturer and repairer of ships propellers, has published a guide on the polishing and 'super' polishing of drydocked or submerged marine propellers. The guidelines insure the desired finish achieved and also defines what is meant by the term "super polish." A
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on March 15, 1985Monarch Instrument of Amherst, N.H. has introduced a new convenient non-contact optical tachometer that is packaged in a pistol grip configuration. The new instrument, called PHASAR-TACH, measures rotational speed over the range of 50 to 20,000 rpm to an accuracy of + / -1 rpm. Speeds are meas
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on March 15, 1985—Literature Available A two-way pilot operated, solenoid shutoff valve designed primarily for high temperature engine bleed air and liquid applications is now available from Valcor Engineering Corporation, Springfield, N.J. Series 450 solenoid valves are extensively used to handle hot gasses
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on March 15, 1985James R. Wittmeyer has been appointed vice president-operations at Pennsylvania Shipbuilding, Chester, Pa. He succeeds John A. Serrie, who has retired after more than 40 years in the shipbuilding industry. Mr. Wittmeyer has 30 years of experience in shipbuilding. He started in the engineeri
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on March 15, 1985Signet Marine Group, an operating entity of Signet Corporation of Houston, has formed an Ocean Transportation Services (OTS) Division, according to a recent announcement by J. Barry Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Signet, and Thomas V. Van Dawark, executive vice president o
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on March 15, 1985The Hamburg yard of Blohm + Voss in West Germany has received an order from Sundance Cruises of Seattle valued at some $3.4 million for renovations to the 26,747-grt liner Scandinavia. Sundance, a consortium of the MacDonald Corporation of Seattle, Johnson Line of Stockholm, and Effoa Finlan
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on March 15, 1985The U.S. Coast Guard has given its approval for courses in radar training at Marine Simulation, Inc., MSI, according to an announcement by David L. Wood, president. The approval of the radar programs at the new training center in Lower Manhattan covers initial, refresher, and re-certificatio
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on March 1985Valmet Corporation in Finland and the engineering and consulting firm Foster Wheeler Petroleum Development Limited in the U.K. have signed an agreement calling for technical cooperation with respect to offshore projects. The pact is part of Valmet's arctic offshore strategy, and a big step t
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on March 1985Promar (Professional Marketing Company) of Tampa, Fla., has been named exclusive representative for Anritsu America's line of marine radar in the Southeast region of the U.S. The Anritsu radar was formerly marketed under the EPSCO name. The line includes 5- and 10- kw models with ranges from
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on March 1985Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrows Point shipyard near Baltimore has entered into a contract with Barber Steamship Lines to refit five of its foreign-flag vessels for use in the U.S. Navy's Ready Re- serve Fleet (RRF). The upgrading work will have a value to Bethlehem of approximately $2
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on March 1985—Literature Available Raytheon Ocean Systems Company of East Providence, R.I., has introduced an inexpensive, microprocessor- based remote display designed for maximum compatibility with the company's established Fathometer ® depth sounder and speed log product lines. The rugged display is
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on March 1985Until 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