Short Maritime Reporter Articles
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985The 68,082-dwt bulk carrier Century Progress was delivered recently by the Tamano Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company, Ltd. to Kohoi Shipping Company of Hong Kong. Built to Lloyd's Register of Shipping classification, the new bulker has an overall length of 730.7 feet, beam of
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985The Falk Corportion of Milwaukee and Zahnraderfabrik Renk AG of Augsburg, West Germany have announced the signing of a license agreement for reverse-reduction drives. Falk will have exclusive manufacturing, sales, and distribution rights in the U.S. for the Renk Series AWS drives. In additio
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Joseph Maurelli, chairman and president of Techmatics, Inc., has appointed Walter S. Szczypinski as vice president of the engineering services company located in Arlington, Va. He joined the firm after 25 years of commissioned service in the U.S. Navy as an engineering specialist. He has fil
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985John B . Chaplin, formerly vice president of engineering at Bell's New Orleans Operations, has been promoted to vice president for development of Bell Aerospace Textron. He began his career with Bell in Buffalo in 1962, and was named program director for surface elfect ships. In 1969, with t
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Lester Rosenblatt, chairman of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers with headquarters in New York City, has announced the recent promotions of two long-time key employees to vice presidential positions. Carmine Laviola, formerly assistant design manager for the Eas
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Construction of a 4,000-cubic-yard hopper dredge is progressing on schedule at Twin City Shipyard (TCS) in St. Paul, Minn. The 8,000- bhp vessel for Gulf Coast Trailing Company of New Orleans is being designed and constructed by TCS using the latest modular and zone construction methods. TCS
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Sea-Land Service, Inc., has announced the promotion of Tom Coburn to area manager, and the naming of Jay Dee Martin as port manager in Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. Coburn will oversee sales and marketing in Alaska's Railbelt, and will supervise Sea- Land's Railbelt area operations. For the past two
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Thomas E. Moran, chairman and president of Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York City, has announced the retirement of Lloyd R. Graham as vice president of marketing and sales, and the election of Robert M. Loftus to that position. Mr. Loftus, a 1953 graduate of the State Univers
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985—Literature Available Whitey Co. of Highland Heights, Ohio, is offering free literature on a new severe service on-off valve that is now available from the company. The valve is rated to 10,000 psi (68,900 kPa) and meets ANSI B- 16.34 Class 4500. Valves supplied with Monel stems meet N.A.C.E
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985With the recent delivery of the United States Lines containerships American Virginia and American Kentucky, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. has reached the halfway point in fulfillment of the largest merchant ship contract ever awarded. The Korean shipyard is carrying out a $570
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985The Department of the Navy has awarded Imi-Tech Corporation of Elk Grove, 111., two research and development contracts valued at more than $300,000. The first contract involves adapting the company's Solimide® foam, a flexible, fireresistant polyimide insulating material, for use in submarin
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985General Thermodynamics Corporation of Plymouth, Mass., has published free literature on the model 300-A BMEP Balancer that is used to equalize the cylinder load of any multicylinder internal combustion engine equipped with individual fuel adjustments. The publication, which contains a photo
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985Peter A. Malcolm, Marine Coordinator of "In the Footsteps of Scott," a British expedition to the Antarctic, has selected the Sweet- Water 400 RO (reverse osmosis) unit as the onboard water supply for this historic, two year voyage. Bob Daniels, president of Marland Environmental Systems, mak
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on February 15, 1985National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego (NASSCO) has announced that a contract option for approximately $14 million has been exercised by the U.S. Navy for the regular overhaul of the tank landing ship USS Bristol County (LST- 1198). A contract awarded by the Navy in 1982 provi
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985—Literature Available A new instrumentation cable, specifically designed to meet the needs of submersible instrumentation systems has been introduced by Sea Data Corporation of Newton, Mass. The company announced the availability of the cable with strain and waterproof molded connectors to me
-
- Gerard M. McAllister 1910-1984 page: 29
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985Gerard M. McAllister, retired executive vice president and general counsel of McAllister Brothers Inc. of New York City, one of the largest towing and marine transportation companies in the world, died recently at his home in Avon, Conn. He was 74 years old and also lived in Lost Tree, Fla.
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985Tracor Marine, Inc. a subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., has received a contract from the Military Sealift Command to man, operate, and maintain the research vessel Lulu for Submarine Development Group One based in San Diego. The contract will bring the company in excess of $2.5 million over the ne
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985Ugland Rederi, a Norwegian shipping company, has commissioned Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. to build a 117,000- dwt shuttle tanker. The contract includes an option for a second vessel. The tanker will measure 260 meters in length and will have a breadth of 46 meters and a dept
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985The General Electric Company's Turbine Business Group has formed a Navy Programs Section to focus on U.S. Navy business, and has appointed Robert M. Eisert to head the section. The announcement was made by George C. Cox, senior vice president and group executive of the Turbine Business Grou
-
pablished in:
Maritime Reporter
on January 15, 1985Todd Shipyards Corporation reports that the U.S. Navy has exercised options amounting to $30 million authorizing Todd's Galveston Division to proceed with modification of the first of two vessels into Aviation Logistic Support Ships (T-AVB), and with advanced procurement of major long-lead i