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on March 1985The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded Sperry Corporation a $16.8-million contract to provide a new shipboard data system for the acquisition and processing of hydrographic information by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The system, know as the Shipboard Data
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on March 1985A new towing company featuring the coordinated efforts of four independent tug operators serving the Great Lakes has been formed, according to an announcement by Warren A. Jackman, a director of the Michigan-based Lakeswide Towing Group, Inc. The Group is said to be the only tug company on
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on March 1985Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wise., has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of two Torpedo Weapons Retriever (TWR) boats. The Wisconsin shipyard had previously been awarded in 1983 a Navy contract for eight vessels of this class. The T
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on March 1985M.D. Maddox, president of Colt Industries' Fairbanks Morse Engine Division in Beloit, Wise., has announced the appointment of Marshall L. Field Jr. as vice president, manufacturing. He will be responsible for all facets of the manufacturing functions including materials, manufacturing engine
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on March 1985Massport's Board recently awarded a $4-million contract to Trust Construction Corporation of Chelmsford, Mass., for construction of a new cruise ship terminal. The facility, to be called Harbor Gateway Terminal, will be located at the Boston Army Base in South Boston. Massport executive dire
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on March 1985Designed to facilitate the optimum mating of actuators and ball valves to meet specific requirements, PBM has announced the publication of its unique Reference Book, Section VII, describing "Performance Packages," the company's power-driven actuators coupled to their Adjust-O-Seal Ball Valve
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on March 1985Thomas A. Cuomo, group vice president of Drew Ameroid Marine, recently announced three executive appointments. Frank Catton has been named staff vice president, responsible for the development of new business opportunities in the worldwide marine industry. Robert K. Fleming has been appoin
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on March 1985Thomas J. Johnson has been named director of marketing for Bulkfleet Marine Corporation, an operating unit of the Houston-based Signet Corporation, J. Barry Snyder, president and CEO of Signet, announced recently. Mr. Johnson will supervise marketing activities and will be involved in new b
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on March 1985Rolls-Royce Holdings Canada Limited, which controls the activities of the Rolls-Royce Group in that country, has been renamed Rolls-Royce Industries Canada Inc. According to company chairman W.J. Mandry, "This new name offers a far more specific and descriptive identity for Rolls-Royce's di
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on March 1985Piatt Bros. & Company of Waterbury, Conn., has announced that it will soon assume complete responsibility for marketing, sales, and manufacturing of steel-cored, zinc ribbon anodes identical to those formerly marketed by Federated Metals Corporation under the trade name Diamond Line®, which
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on March 1985CG-49 Vincennes third of 12 Aegis guidedmissile cruisers ordered by the U.S. Navy for construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., has completed her initial at-sea testing in preparation for commissioning on July 6. The new ship is equipped with the Aegis weapons system, the mos
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on March 1985The 27,622-dwt bulk carrier Sanko Daring (shown above) was delivered recently by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company's Tomano Works to Panamanian owner Kisogawa Maritime S.A. She is the first of six sister ships ordered from MES by Kisogawa. Built to Nippon Kaiji Kyokai classification,
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on February 15, 1985Morris Guralnick Associates, Inc. (MGA) has been awarded two contracts under which the San Francisco- based firm of naval architects and marine engineers will assist with the engineering and design phase in the conversion and modification of two ships to be operated by the Military Sealift C
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on February 15, 1985Island Research and Development Corporation of Victoria, British Columbia, has ordered a Boeing Marine Systems Jetfoil hydrofoil for use in marine research tasks. The approximate value of the sale is $24 million. Jetfoil is Boeing's trade mark name for its computerized hydrofoil. The Jetfoil
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on February 15, 1985The Maritime Administration has given its approval for United States Lines, Inc. to acquire the ships and other assets of Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. Under the agreement, USL will buy the 11 existing Delta ships and will charter the three being built at the Odense Shipyard in Denmark for Cro
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on February 15, 1985The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts valued at a total of some $82.5 million for the purchase of 11 commercial cargo ships that will be assigned to the Ready Reserve Fleet. Lykes Bros. Steamship Company will sell five breakbulk ships— the Dolly Turman, Frederick Lykes, Howell Lykes, Mason Lyk
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on February 15, 1985Two changes in top management positions have been announced by James A. Kolinski, president of Lister Diesels Inc. of Olathe, Kan. J. Leo Amor has been appointed vice president marketing services. He will be responsible for all internal sales activities including sales administration, parts
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on February 15, 1985A six-page brochure that explains the features of the high-capacity "DEB line" of centrifugal pumps is available from FMC Coffin® Turbo Pump Division, FMC Corporation. The brochure includes the two highest capacity Turbo Pumps offered by FMC: the Type DEB 16, with pump capacity to 1,100 gpm,
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on February 15, 1985Gerald J. St. Pe, an executive at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton Industries for the past 20 years, has been elected president of the division, located in Pascagoula, Miss. He succeeds Leonard Erb, a senior vice president of Litton, who will continue in his position as the corporate
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on February 15, 1985Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., a subsidairy of Tracor, Inc., has received a $16-million contract from Waterway Communications System, Inc., according to an announcement by Tracor group vice president William C. Moyer. The contract covers construction and installation of a new, automated rad