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on February 1989A free 88-page catalog is available from The Crosby Group, Tulsa, Okla., a North American leader in forged fittings for wire rope and chain, and a subsidiary of Amhoist, which is comprised of Laughlin®, Lebus®, McKissick, National and Western. The companies manufacture every conceivable kind
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on February 1989Jeff Longmore was recently appointed manager of CTI Industries' newly formed Specialty Coatings Division, Fairfield, Conn. Mr. Longmore joins CTI with more than 20 years of technical and plant management experience in the marine and industrial coatings industry. He had been the technical di
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on February 1989The Cooper Bearing Company, Virginia Beach, Va., which was one of the pioneers of split roller bearings with main components made in halves, is offering a free general catalog and marine applications booklet on their roller bearing products. According to the company, the unique design of the
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on February 1989Offshore Industries of Edmonds, Wash., is offering a free brochure on the patented Danish "Lemvig Lift," which can have a 300-ton vessel out of the water and onto the yard deck in 20 minutes or less and move it on a cushion of air to anywhere in the working area. The brochure text explains t
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on February 1989—Literature Offered Schoellhorn-Albrecht Machine Co., a recognized manufacturer of marine equipment on inland waterways since 1887, has recently been acquired by two St. Louis men, Robert Pavlisin and Norman Morgan. Under the new leadership of Mr. P a v l i s i n and Mr. Morgan, Schoellh
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on February 1989The Secretary of Defense recently announced the following Presidential flag officer appointments: Rear Adm. James F. Dorsey Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as Commander Third Fleet. Rear Adm. Henry H. Mauz Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice
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on February 1989The West German firm of Renk Tacke recently reported that another six Renk Constant Frequency (RCF) gear installations have been ordered, bringing the total sold within three years to well over 100 installations representing a value of approximately 100 million Marks (about US$56 million).
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on February 1989The Arctic Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has issued a call for technical papers for the fourth International Ice Tech Symposium, which will be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from March 20-23, 1990. The symposium, which covers ships and marine sys
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on February 1989Cunico Corporation of Wilmington (Los Angeles), Calif., is offering a 60-page catalog of its standard piping components for shipbuilding, offshore and marine piping systems. Featured in the catalog are fittings and flanges in both 90-10 and 70-30 copper-nickel alloys in 200-, 700-, 3,000- an
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on February 1989Colonna's Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., has begun work on a $3.05-million Navy contract for repairs to the frigate USS Donald B. Beary (FF- 1085). The USS Donald B. Beary was docked in early December, and the work is scheduled to be completed at the end of this month. She is the first frigate to
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on February 1989M a r i n e S a f e t y I n t e r n a t i o n al (MSI), a professional training organization, operates a shiphandling simulator training complex in Newport, R.I. The complex houses four interactive ship simulators. Unique features of the complex are a "true" bridge wing simulator, a wheelhous
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on February 1989—Free Literature Offered— Three lightweight Twin-Path® Extra lifting slings, weighing only 250 pounds each, were used in a recent launching of a 419-ton Navy vessel. Southern Industrial Corporation was contracted by the U.S. Navy to launch a 150-foot long, 419-ton Navy ship built by Lanta
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on February 1989ITT Antarctic Services, Inc., under contract to the National Science Foundation, Division of Polar Programs, is seeking the charter/purchase of an icebreaking research vessel to operate in the Antarctic and southern ocean waters in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program. The general purpose,
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on February 1989Textron Marine Systems (TMS), Division of Textron Inc., has been awarded major U.S. Navy contracts for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) Program totaling more than $225 million. One contract valued at $216 million calls for the construction of 12 LCAC and major equipment items. This con
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on February 1989Avondale Industries, Inc. and McDermott Incorporated recently announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent for the sale of certain of the assets of Avondale's Offshore Division, located in Terrebonne Parish, La., that are used by Avondale in its offshore fabrication business. Con
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on February 1989Carrier Transicold, a division of United Technologies, is offering a free 20-page worldwide directory detailing its marine refrigeration and air conditioning sales and services centers. Entitled "Ports of Call World- wide," the publication provides the addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile
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on February 1989SPD Technologies, a leading manufacturer of advanced electronically controlled electrical systems protection equipment, has completed its previously announced acquisition of the ship repair division of Pac Ord, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dyncorp. SPD president George M. Gordon said
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on February 1989SPD Technologies recently marked its first full year as an independent operating company and also commemorated the 100th anniversary of its predecessor company and the birth of its principal product, the circuit breaker. Ceremonies marking the first and 100th anniversaries were held at the c
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on February 1989B.C. Pacific Capital Corporation recently signed an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. to Shieldings Incorporated, a private, Canadian- owned company headquartered in Toronto and Vancouver which has a number of major investments in manufacturing an
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on February 1989Willcox North America, Inc., a manufacturer of composite flexible oil and chemical hoses used for loading/ unloading barges and tankers, recently opened a sales, service and distribution center in Houston, Texas. The new center, which is located at 9366 Wallisville Road, Building 170, Houst