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on October 1984Eastern Marine Inc. of Panama City, Fla., recently launched a ferryboat being built for the Lake Champlain Transportation Company of Burlington, Vt. The vessel has an overall length of 180 feet, beam of 43 feet, and design draft of 8 feet 2 inches. Main propulsion will be supplied by two Cate
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on October 1984American Hydromath Company of Germantown, N.Y., is the producer of LOADOSCOPE GP, a desktop general-purpose computer programmed to meet the needs of the marine industry in ship's cargo loading and business management, both shoreside and shipboard. It can include ship's store control, financ
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on October 1984Ralph Helm, president and chief operating officer of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. of Manitowoc, Wise., has announced the promotion of Dexter Defnet to vice president- marketing of the Manitowoc Engineering Company. Since joining the firm in 1983, he has served as director of marketing. Mr. D
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on October 1984Construction of amphibious tracked vehicles will be continued at the Port of Iberia, La., following the recent completion of a $4-million order for the People's Republic of China. Cheryl Wilson, president of the Kori Corporation of Lafayette, La., has announced that, following shipment of 32
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on October 1984George U. Curry, president of Henschel Corporation, a unit of General Signal, Newburyport, Mass., has announced the promotion of John R. Carter to vice president—advanced programs. Mr. Carter has held a succession of engineering positions at Henschel since 1960. His most recent position was
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on October 1984Harbormaster of Quincy, Mass., Division of Mathewson Corporation, has available a free eight-page brochure on the Harbormaster® propulsion units produced by the company. Harbormaster deck-mounted and thru-hull mounted propulsion units are illustrated in the publication, with pertinent data
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on October 1984The U.S. Maritime Administration, on behalf of the Navy, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the acquisition of roll-on/roll-off vessels with a high military utility for the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). A similar RFP earlier this year invited owners of U.S.-built, U.S.- flag ships of
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on October 1984Personnel changes at LEEVAC Shipyards in Jennings, La., were an- nounced recently by Jerry Bostic, president of LEEVAC Corporation Bob Burlet, formerly involved with sales and marketing for the shipyard, has been named marketing manager for LEEVAC Corporation, responsible for all divisions
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on October 1984The first Sulzer RTA84 engine, a six-cylinder model, is now undergoing test-bed trials at Mitsubishi's Kobe engine works. Started in August, it has already run successfully at full load and is now going through a series of optimization trials. As the largest bore size in the RTA series, the
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on October 1984Steven Wolgamot has been named executive vice president of Waterways Transportation and Trading Company and Maritime Transportation and Trading Company, Twin Cities, Minn.-based barge and marine equipment companies. Mr. Wolgamot was formerly assistant to the president of Twin City Barge, In
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on October 1984The Falk Corporation and Zahnraderfabrik Renk of Augsburg, West Germany, have signed a license agreement that grants Falk the exclusive sales and manufacturing rights in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for Renk Marine Reversing Gear Drives. These drives, which will be offered in addition to th
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on October 1984John Arbizzani, president of Marine Coatings, Inc., recently announced that Jordan Lieb has joined the company as vice president. He was formerly with Atlantic Sandblasting and Coatings, Inc. as manager of sales and estimating. Prior to that he worked at Tampa Shipyards as a senior ship repa
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on October 1984Hayward Industrial Products, Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., a leading manufacturer of pipeline strainers, has published a new technical bulletin on strainer baskets and screens. Entitled "The Heart of a Hayward Strainer is the Basket or Screen," this 8-page bulletin will assist engineers and end use
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on October 1984Amos Baki, vice president and manager of the M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. Washington Area Office, has announced the appointment of Robert R. Miller as deputy director of marine engineering. He will be responsible for implementing a recently awarded contract for engineering and technical support
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on October 1984A contract worth about $17 million was signed recently in the Netherlands between Rolls-Royce and the Dutch shipbuilder Royal Shelde for the supply of Marine Spey gas turbines to be manufactured at Rolls-Royce's Coventry, England, plant. The engines are for a new class of multipurpose (M) fr
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on October 1984Marine Management Systems (UK) Ltd. has named John D. Gregory as managing director. Prior to joining Marine Management Systems, Mr. Gregory was a director of Turnkey and Applied Computer Systems, Ltd. Where he was responsible for development and marketing of shipping systems for marine and
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on October 1984Robert E. Wiltz, senior vice president and general manager of Alfa-Laval's Industrial Group, recently announced that Kirk E. Spitzer, general manager of the Thermal Group, has been promoted to divisional vice president. Mr. Spitzer's responsibilities as head of the thermal division focus on
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on October 1984Global Marine Inc., Houston, Texas, announced that E. Hunter Sheridan has been named president of its products development subsidiary, Global Marine Development Inc. Mr. Sheridan's previous position was vice president, drilling for Applied Drilling Technology Inc. (ADTI), another subsidiary
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on October 1984Under a licensing agreement with Hatlapa Uetersener Maschinenfabrik GmbH of West Germany, the first Mitsui/Hatlapa electro-hydraulic, ram-type steering gear for commercial use was completed recently at the Takatori Manufacturing Company in Kobe, Japan, a subsidiary of Mitsui Engineering & S
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on October 1984Shaver Transportation Company of Portland, Ore., kept the 149.5 gtd tug Columbia in the Stork-Werkspoor family when it repowered the vessel to keep pace with the ever larger ships at the Port of Portland. The firm replaced two RHO 218K SWDiesel engines, each developing 700 hp at 720 rpm, wit