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on April 1986— L i t e r a t u r e A v a i l a b le Shipmate has developed a compact VHF radio that meets even the most stringent sea safety requirements. The RS-8000 is a fully synthesized radiotelephone with U.S. and international VHF channels and dual-watch, channel-16 priority with the capacity for a
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on April 1986Robert M. Fraser, 70, of Superior, Wise., well-known Great Lakes shipbuilding and shipping executive, died recently following a lengthy illness. He devoted most of his life to shipbuilding at the head of the Lakes, rising from helper to president of his own company, Fraser Shipyards, Inc. in
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on April 1986Craft Machine Works Incorporated, Hampton, Va., is being awarded a $19,971,248 fixed-price contract for the design, construction and delivery of six 60-ton portal cranes. The contract contains four out-year options for an additional 17 cranes and a potential total value of $73,705,014. Three
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on April 1986Donahue, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations has expanded its professional staff with the addition of Laurence F. Daspit, who will represent the firm in Houston and throughout the Southwest. The announcement of this appointment was made by James C. Donahue, president of Donahue, Inc. As a m
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- H e m p e l O f f e r s Brochure O n N e w T w o - I n - O ne M a r i n e C o a t i n g s S y s t em page: 30
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on April 1986Hempel's Marine Paints, a worldwide coatings manufacturer, is offering a free color brochure detailing their recently launched two-in-one solution for on-board repair and maintenance, Combi-Coat. The new two-in-one system combines both primer and finish in one coat, simplifying on-board repa
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on April 1986COMSAT Maritime Services recently performed a successful experiement transmitting a compressed 768 Kbps service from its Southbury, Conn., Coast Earth Station to the Queen Elizabeth 2 of Cunard Lines. The one-hour program containing NBC Nightly News, ESPN SportsCenter, and Nightly Business
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on April 1986FAST Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is offering a free eight-page brochure on their PACE SM-Series oil/water separators. The publication details the construction, operation, equipment, design, capacity and certification of the PACE marine oil/water separators. The brochure comes complete wi
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on April 1986Biehl & Co., a well-known U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic steamship agency and stevedore, has acquired the major interest in U.S. Navigation, a former subsidiary of Hapag- Lloyd (America) Inc. Hapag-Lloyd decided to divest themselves of U.S. Navigation in order to better concentrate on its own
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on April 1986The Department of the Navy recently announced the commissioning of the dock landing ship Germantown (LSD-42) at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, Wash. The principal speaker at t h e ceremony was Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the ship's sp
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on April 1986— C o l o r Brochure A v a i l a b le Harry S. Burker Jr., president and chief executive officer of Siemens-Allis, has announced that, effective immediately, the company will be named Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. The name change follows Siemens' purchase of Allis-Chalmers' remaining inter
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on April 1986Jotun has introduced a new two-pack modified epoxy coating specially formulated for application by brush, roller or spray, to steel surfaces that cannot be shotblasted or otherwise carefully prepared. Known as "Jotamastic," the new product can be applied over existing coatings of many kinds, a
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on April 1986—Brochure A v a i l a b le Jamesbury Corporation, a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc., and a leading manufacturer of valves, actuators and associated controls, has announced the introduction of the Jamesbury Series 3000 ball valve. The Series 3000 ball valve is intended for general s
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on April 1986The Moss Point, Miss., yard of Halter Marine, a Trinity Industries company, recently launched the catcher/processor fishing vessel Atlantic Prince being constructed for Lund Fisheries of Cape May, N.J. The 150-foot boat had an extremely short engineering and building period— less than six mont
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on April 1986CompuNav Systems Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, has made available a color brochure on its marine autopilot. Since its introduction in 1982, the Comdev Marine 2000 Autopilot has gained a solid reputation in the commercial fishing industry for its unwaveringly reliable and trouble-free operations.
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on April 1986Savings averaging 15-20 percent on a project basis are claimed for selecting Falk's 1000G crowned tooth gear couplings compared with smaller-bore designs. According to The Falk Corporation, the 1000G series has the largest bore on the market, permitting the same size coupling to be used on a
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on April 1986Boyer Towing, Inc. of Ketchikan, Alaska, will take delivery in April this year of a new 86-foot, twinscrew tug under construction at Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation in Tacoma, Wash. The 1,800-bhp vessel, with a beam of 25.5 feet and depth of 15 feet, was designed by Glosten Associates of S
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on April 1986The Flow Control Division of Rockwell International has published a new technical article, "Rockwell McCannalok® Bidirectional Fire- Seal® Butterfly Valves Development and Qualification." The 12-page technical article describes the development and test program of Rockwell's new bidirectional F
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on April 1986An all-aluminum crewboat delivered recently by Aluminum Boats, Inc. of Crown Point, La., to Five Star Marine Service of Belle Chasse, La., the Joe Lynn II (shown), is described by Five Star president Clyde A. Giordano as "a 50- foot crewboat that has the look, feel, ride, and performance of a
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on April 1986Ciserv AB of Gothenburg and ScanMarine Services BV/ScanMarine Trading BV of Rotterdam has agreed to collaborate in a new, jointly owned company—Ciserv Rotterdam BV. Ciserv will buy 50 percent of ScanMarine; at the same time the name will be changed to Ciserv Rotterdam. The partners foresee p
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on April 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation recently announced that David Black was elected by the board of directors to the position of president and chief executive officer of The ARO Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Todd. In addition, the board elected John T. Gilbride, Todd chairman, to the pos