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on November 1984Hydranautics Hydraulic Systems has received a contract from Marathon Oil UK, Ltd. for two rig-skidding systems for use on the Brae B platform for the North Brae gas condensate field in the North Sea. Each system consists of two 420- metric-ton and two 210-metric-ton, push-pull capacity hydra
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on November 1984—Literature Available Regency Electronics, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind., announces the introduction of the Polaris MT6500, a systhesized marine band transceiver. The MT6500 operates all U.S. and international channels, 10 weather channels, and has capacity to add up to 10 private channels. Th
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on November 1984Three offshore service companies— Gulf Fleet Marine Corporation of New Orleans; Jackson Marine Corporation of Aransas Pass, Texas; and Zapata Marine Service of Houston—plan to merge into a new company that will have $600 million in assets and a fleet of 325 vessels to serve offshore oil and
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on November 1984Acting on behalf of the United States Navy, the Maritime Administration recently awarded a $17,952,454 contract to Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc., San Francisco, to convert a government- owned containership into a naval auxiliary crane ship. The ship, the ex-President Monroe bu
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on November 1984New, three-hole punched, literature from Simpson Timber Company of Shelton, Wash., describes their line of seaworthy marine panels. It contains complete specifications for Marine DecraGuard, MarinePly, SkidGuard and Guardian MDO along with a color illustration of the products. Ideal for int
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on November 1984—Literature A new mechanically applied pipe connecting system called PYPLOK ® that eliminates the costly expense, hazard and time of welding and brazing has been designed for use in the marine shipbuilding/ repair industries and introduced by Deutsch Metal Components Division, Los Angeles,
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on November 1984American Marine and Machinery Company, Inc. (AMMCO) of Nashville, Tenn., has announced the signing of an agreement with Damen Shipyards, Ltd. of Gorinchem, Holland, for the manufacture and marketing of selected models of the Damen line of vessels. The pact establishes AMMCO as exclusive Dam
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on November 1984Peck & Hale Inc., W. Sayville, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of material handling and cargo securing systems, has completed their contract with Bell Aerospace in Buffalo, N.Y., for a container lashing system to be used on the new LACV-30 vehicle. The LACB (Lighter Air Custion Vehicle) is c
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on November 1984The Maritime Administration has submitted for publication in the Federal Register a final rule governing the evaluation of bids submitted to federal agencies by subsidized U.S.-flag bulk vessel operators for the carriage of dry-bulk preference cargoes. The new rule requires that operating-
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on November 1984As part of the recent consolidation of the Executive Marketing and Contracts and Sales Departments, Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. of Houston named J. Robert Browning to the position of vice president-contracts and sales, a position that has been vacant for some time. Prior to this change, he
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc. of Modesto, Calif., which was founded in 1969 to manufacture and market innovative diesel fuel filter/water separator systems, has made available an eight-page brochure describing these and other items that the company has extended its product line to include. Drawing
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on November 1984Racor Industries, Inc., of Modesto, Calif., is offering literature on its Thermoline™ Self-Regulating Diesel Fuel Line Heater. The text of the literature, which contains a performance chart, specification table, photographs and drawings to complement the descriptive material presented, expla
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on November 1984Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the 78-foot tour boat Amarya to the Government of Nigeria. The vessel will be operated as a V.I.P. harbor tour boat by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, with her home port being Lagos. Thoroughly modern in her
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on November 1984Closely following the completion of its first catamaran, Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., has just christened the Spirit of Alderbrook, its second 72-foot, all-aluminum, high-speed passenger catamaran, this time for the Wes Johnson family of Union, Wash. Some 600 guests gat
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on November 1984Asea Marine, an operating group of Asea Inc. of White Plains, N.Y., has appointed C.A. Richards & Associates, Inc. of Houston as a manufacturer's representative for marketing and sales of marine electrical equipment for installation on board ships, offshore rigs, and supply vessels. Bo Stenh
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on November 1984AB Siwertell of Sweden has de- veloped a design for floating bulk transfer stations based on a catama- ran platform equipped with various configurations of unloading and loading towers according to re quired capacity and duty. It is in tended for direct trans-shipment between oceangoing carr
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on November 1984Mirrlees Blackstone, one of the world's largest manufacturers of medium-speed diesel engines, has moved into its recently constructed sales, service, and warehousing facility in Houston. The facility, located near Intercontinental Airport, will house a large inventory of spare parts for the
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on November 1984$2.5-million contract to build a penumatic ship's unloader has been won by the Brazilian marine, offshore, and industrial equipment manufacturer CEC Engineering of Rio de Janeiro. CEC is part of the CCN shipbuilding, shipping, and equipment group. The unloader, which will be used for the unl
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on November 1984Moody-Tottrup International, a Reliance Consulting Group Company, has available a new six-page brochure on services it offers to the offshore and marine industry. The publication features a large three-page "marine activity" color photograph over which boxes are laid out somewhat in genealog
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on November 1984—Literature Available Bulletin A4-63.00 from WABCO Fluid Power Division, American- Standard, describes the new Type 740 pneumatic directional control valve, designed for lightweight installation in critical environments. The Type 740 is a family of highly chemical-resistant valves with high