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on September 1984Twice in recent weeks Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company in Chester, Pa., has come to the aid of a foreign-flag vessel stranded in the Delaware River and unable to meet her commitment to load cargo. In the first instance, the 74,000-dwt Hong Kong-owned, Liberian-flag OBO Mega Bay had sustained
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on September 1984The Memphis Fire Department had two major requirements when ordering its new fire boat; the craft should be small enough for trailer mounting to give it land mobility but also be large enough to respond to a variety of marine fire problems confronting the department. The boat has to be availa
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on September 1984Two new classes of handy-sized containerships under construction in the Federal Republic of Germany will be propelled by Sulzer's newest series RTA slow-speed diesel engines. The two orders, both from German owners, indicate the great interest aroused in Germany by the RTA series, which offers
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on September 1984A new organization, the Fast Sealift Ship Readiness Support Squadron, has been established under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, with headquarters at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. The squadron commander is Capt. Thomas E. Morin, USN. It will be staffed with two naval officers, three enli
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on September 1984Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. (MECO) of New Orleans has appointed Charles D. Rose vice president of its newly formed Marine Products Group. The announcement was made by MECO president Wil Pergande. Mr. Rose formerly held vice president positions with Aqua- Chem and Riley Beaird, and br
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on September 1984Robert W. Meyer has been promoted to assistant vice president, market operations-river area for the Transportation Division of National Marine Service Incorporated, one of the NICOR basic energy companies. The announcement was made by NMS president W.A. Creelman. Mr. Meyer, a graduate of Wa
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on September 1984Samsung Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Company of South Korea has signed a final contract to build a large bulk carrier for Broken Hill Proprietary Company of Australia. Under the contract, Samsung will construct a 220,000-dwt coal/ore/bulk carrier at its Koje shipyard for delivery in Ma
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on September 1984A hallmark event for Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash., was the recent christening of the M/V Klondike, a unique 72-foot high-speed catamaran built for Yukon River Cruises of Alaska. The first of its kind to be built in the U.S., the vessel, which can carry 210 passengers, is
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on September 1984The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command has chartered an icestrengthened ship for service in the Arctic and Antarctic beginning in January next year. The ship will be chartered from Central Gulf Lines of New Orleans for four and one-half years. Under terms of the charter, the MSC will pay
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on September 1984Howard R. Canter has been appointed president of At-Sea Incineration, Inc. (ASI), according to a recent announcement by B. James Lowe, president and chief executive officer of Tacoma Boatbuilding Company. He succeeds Gerald R. Schiller, who has resigned but will continue to serve as a consu
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on September 1984American Transport, Inc. of Chicago has applied to the Maritime Administration for Title XI mortgage guarantee to aid in financing the conversion of four Great Lakes freighters into unmanned roll-on/ roll-off barges. The vessels are the Champlain and Cadillac, both built in 1943; the Willis
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on September 1984Acting on behalf of the U.S. Navy, the Maritime Administration recently awarded a $5,688,480 contract to Simplex Wire & Cable Company of Portsmouth, N.H., for a system to transfer petroleum distillates, oil, and lubricants from a tanker moored as much as four miles offshore to an onshore dis
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on September 1984States Africa Line has announced the appointment of veteran steamship industry executive James T. Crowley as president of the recently formed ocean cargo carrier that provides liner services between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports and South and East Africa. According to the New Jerseybas
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on September 1984After a construction time of only 10 months, Krupp Ruhrorter Schiffswerft GmbH in Duisburg, Federal Republic of Germany, recently completed two harbor tugs destined for Conakry, the capital of Guinea. The tugs, ordered by the African country's Ministry of Transport, concluded extensive tria
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on August 15, 1984Markey Machinery Co., Inc. of Seattle, designer and builder of auxiliary marine deck equipment, recently delivered a Type WESD- 28S Drum Windlass for a 350-foot barge built by McDermott Shipyards, for Matson Navigation Co. The 10 hp electric windlass has a narrow width drum to ease spooling, a
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on August 15, 1984Baatservice Verft A/S of Mandal, Norway, is currently fitting out a new and larger version of the JKL twin-hulled survey vessel design for J.K. Lindberg of Harstad. The new vessel, with an overall length of about 125 feet and beam of 33 feet, represents a scaling up of the 78-foot Blom Surveyo
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on August 15, 1984— Literature Available Dahl Manufacturing, Inc. plans to market new, improved Racor diesel fuel filter/water separator replacement elements in addition to their standard product lines. Headquartered in Ceres, Calif., Dahl manufactures Dahl Fuel Filter/Water Separators for diesel engines. The
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on August 15, 1984—Issues Call For Papers The annual meeting of the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has been scheduled for October 14-16, 1984 in Boston, Mass.; the association has issued a Call for Papers to be presented at the conference. The NMEA annual meeting will take place immediately p
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on August 15, 1984Ferrous Corporation, Bellevue, Wash., manufacturer of FE-4 Marine Grade Combustion Catalyst, has announced the availability of the Ferrous Marine System (FMS) Catalyst Proportioning Pump and Depulsing Unit. The FMS Catalyst Proportioning Pump and Depulsing Unit is designed to work as part o
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on August 15, 1984The new generation of lightweight marine satcom antennas are achieving large savings for shipowners, according to a study recently completed by Navidyne Corporation. Navidyne's vice president of marketing, Jerry N. Wilson, stated that as much as $8,000 could be saved in a typical satcom ins