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on November 1986Bob Pope, president of Woodward Governor Company, has announced the appointment of Pete Gomm as general manager of the Engine and Turbine Controls Division in Fort Collins, Colo. Mr. Gomm moved into his new post following the retirement of Norm Alvis, former vice president and general manag
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on November 1986Wartsila Accommodation Systems, Korea Ltd., a company producing ship accommodations, was recently established by Wartsila in the Republic of Korea. The company, in which Wartsila is major shareholder, is situated in Masan near major shipyards. The first delivery from the factory in Korea wi
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on November 1986The Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded a contract on behalf of the Army for the construction of four Logistic Support Vessels (LSV). They will be primarily used to transport cargo from ship to shore and from beach to beach and through inland waterways in intra-theater lift ope
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on November 1986Rauma-Repola's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently laid the keel of a 7,600-dwt hydrometeorological research vessel scheduled for delivery to V/0 Sudoimport of Moscow in the fall of 1987. This vessel will serve as an icebreaker, research, supply, and passenger ship in the Antarctic region. D
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on November 1986Korkut Engineers, Inc. of Metairie, La., is releasing its HYDROS and BENDER programs for commercial use. Korkut Engineers started to establish their CAD system with TI- 980A and TI-990 minicomputers in FORTRAN 66 language in 1964. During that time they were used in house only. Recently the
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on November 1986AB Hagglund and Soner, among the leaders in the fields of cargohandling, heavy-duty hydraulic systems for industrial, marine and offshore applications, is offering a free, 92-page collection of 12 full-color brochures on the company's marine and industrial services products. The Hagglunds pu
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on November 1986—Literature Available One of the latest enhancements to the NETWORK 90® process control system, the newly developed Multi- Function Controller 03 (MFC03) by Bailey Controls is a sequential and batch process controller designed to handle multiple control loops and support redundancy. The MFC
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on November 1986Dr. Robert Johnson has been appointed president of ship engineering and design for Advanced Marine Enterprises, Inc. (AME) of Crystal City, Va. The announcement was made by Simon Glatz, CEO of AME, who said that Dr. Johnson is assuming the leadership of a division currently executing approx
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on November 1986The Spinner II line of in-line flow powered oil cleaning centrifuges, a product of T.F. Hudgins & Associates Inc. of Houston, Texas, is now available from Warehouse Supplier of Lawrenceville, N.J. In addition, a free complete literature package with detailed brochures and pamphlets is being
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on November 1986The Flow Control Division of Rockwell International has published a new 24-page technical article, "Tests of Asbestos-Free Stem Packings for Valves for Elevated Temperature Service." The article describes a test program conducted to evaluate asbestos- free valve stem packing materials propo
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on November 1986Ingersoll-Rand Company is offering a free 16-page full-color brochure entitled "SPACE," (Special Process Air Cooled Equipment) on their line of gas compressors for use in rugged operating environments. SPACE compressors are compact, low weight, highly durable reciprocating units designed ini
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on November 1986Norwegian shipowner Arne Blystad A/S will participate in the parcel tanker fleet managed by Stolt- Nielsen starting in January 1987, according to a joint announcement by the two companies. Two ships, the 25,000-dwt Lake Anette and Dua Mar, will join at that time, while Blystad will have the
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on November 1986The Dutch company Dietsmann International, through its French subsidiary Dietsmann France A.S., and Claude Miguet, managing director of Paoli S.A. of Marseilles, have each acquired 50 percent of the shares of Sudmarine Enterprises S.A. of Marseilles. This transaction ends a 28-month period o
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on November 1986According to figures compiled by Howard Houlder (Chartering) Ltd. of London, the number of very large crude carriers under construction or on order worldwide has reached its highest level for seven years. The 4.9 million tons deadweight involved represents substantial investment, with open m
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on November 1986A free, eight-page color brochure titled "Envirovac Inc. E-Vac Vacuum Sewage Technology" is being offered by Envirovac Inc. of Rockford, 111. The publication discusses and describes E-Vac systems for marine use, in airplanes, trains, and in commercial, recreation, industrial and municipal a
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on November 1986Seven Alaskan oil modules, constructed for ARCO Oil and Gas Company by Daniel International at the Portland Ship Repair Yard, were loaded aboard three ocean barges last week utilizing the shipyard's huge Dry Dock 4. The modules, the heaviest totaling 2,800 tons, will be sealifted to Prudhoe
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on November 1986A.W. Chesterton Co. of Stoneham, Mass., is offering free literature describing the new Chesterton Labyrinth Seal that provides an effective barrier against water or other contaminants that destroy bearings. The publication states that the Chesterton Labyrinth Seal consists of a stationary th
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on November 1986Garlock Inc. of Palmyra, N.Y., a leader in industrial packings, seals and gasketing since 1887, has announced the availability of their 40- page, four-color Engineered Gasketing Products Catalog, featuring such products as Blue-Gard® compressed gasketing, Gylon®, a superior and unique materi
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on November 1986MAN B&W Diesel GmbH of Augsburg, West Germany, has received an order for four BL 58/64 type four-stroke diesel engines with a total output of about 53,000 bhp at 400 rpm from the French shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St. Nazaire, the shipbuilding division of Alsthom. The order totals
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on November 1986Sperry Corporation, Charlottesville, Va., has announced the appointment of George Toma as its marine systems sales representative for Miami, Fla. Prior to joining Sperry's marketing staff, Mr. Toma, a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate, served as a mate on the Sperry Star, a marine resea