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on March 1986Quarterly Update On U.S. Navy Ship Procurement February 1986 IMA provides continuing coverage of the Navy ship procurement market. Each quarter several hundred subscribers receive indepth, analytical reviews of development affecting Navy business opportunities. This article is an excerpt
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on March 1986Moss Point Marine, Inc. of Escatawpa, Miss., has converted the American Gulf I (shown), a former 520-foot T-2 tanker, into an oceangoing bulk grain barge for American Gulf Shipping of New Orleans. The extensive modification required the relocation of longitudinal wing walls and the installat
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on March 1986B&B Dredging, Greenbush, Mich., sales representative for W&S Development Inc., has announced the publication of a full-color brochure on their latest dredge design, the Model D-18, submersible-pump cutterhead dredge. According to the brochure, the Model D-18 offers several features to facil
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on March 1986Midland-Ross Corporation, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has announced that Dr. Gary Carlson has joined the company as executive vice president, with responsibility for directing the overall efforts of the electronics and electrical businesses. Reporting to him will be the three electroni
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on March 1986Amoco's tug Michigan, operating through the winter in Lake Michigan last year, experienced damage to its stainless monobloc propellers necessitating unscheduled drydocking of the vessel twice and the installation of a spare propeller. Lips Propellers was approached as to the feasibility of d
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on February 1986A contract was recently signed between the Federal Republic of Germany and Bremer Vulkan Aktiengesellschaft for the construction of two type F 122 Bremen Class frigates. These two additional frigates will be identical to the six delivered during 1982-84. Bremer Vulkan will construct one of
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on February 1986American Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Lafayette, La., one of the country's largest producers of rope and cordage products, recently announced the appointment of Albert T. Monaco as cordage engineer. Mr. Monaco has spent the last 35 years in a variety of engineering, research and sales position
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on February 1986Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, a leader in the development of the U.S. Navy's revolutionary Aegis weapons system, retired recently after 42 years of Naval service. His last assignment was a deputy commander for weapons and combat systems at the Naval Sea Systems Command. His accomplishments in t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Metropolitan Master Machinists, the Manufacturing Division of Metropolitan Plumbing Supply Corporation, has introduced a new line of Vanstone flanged fittings. According to the manufacturer, the company has doubled its machine shop capacity and they are diversifying th
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on February 1986Reco Crane Company of New Orleans, La., announced the promotion of Gary Hardin to general sales manager. Mr. Hardin, a veteran sales manager of the Xerox Corporation, joined Reco three years ago as assistant offshore operations manager. Reco, with branches in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Ch
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on February 1986Dillingham Ship Repair, a part of the worldwide Dillingham Corporation, is offering a free full-color brochure on their ship repair services and facilities available at the Portland Ship Repair Yard in Portland Harbor. This brochure is divided into six major sections, "Dillingham Ship Repai
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on February 1986The Marine Division of the British company, Houseman (Burnham) Ltd. has been acquired by Vecom B.V. of Maassluis, Netherlands. Aiming at strengthening its water treatment operations in specific geographical areas of the industrial market, Houseman wanted to restructure its International Divi
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on February 1986CELASA (Protexa Group) recently announced the availability of its new yard location in the Port of Altamira in the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Offshore market. In addition to its present Gulf yard in Tuxpan, Veracruz, which is capable of building jackets up to 700 feet, t
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on February 1986—Literature Available Marine Travelift has announced the development of a new "Floating Boat Hoist" model. The 35-toncapacity unit was designed for use in ports where conventional launching pier facilities would be impossible or not practical. Model 35FBH is gasoline powered for adaptabilit
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on February 1986Todd Shipyards Corporation has announced that it has put operations at its New Orleans Division on idle status following a six-month strike by Local 29 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. According to Todd president Hans K. Schaefer, this action was made ne
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on February 1986Dr. Anthony C. Antoniou, formerly general manager of Hellenic Shipyards, Scaramanga, has joined the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard in Bahrain, the yard recently announced. Dr. Antoniou, whose technical and managerial experience includes seven years as head of the design and drawing office
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on February 1986A new line of flow transmitters is included in the free One-Stop Shopping, sensors and controls catalog from Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Catalog Sales, Plainville, Conn. A patented flow-through paddlewheel design is used to give accurate linear output; ± 1 percent. One version is cavitation-fr
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on February 1986The British Petroleum Company p.I.e. is offering a 32-page brochure which gives a statistical review of world energy consumption and production. The full-color publication offers several pages of outstanding color graphs presenting the world energy picture clearly and concisely. Some of the
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on February 1986NICOR Inc., Naperville, 111., recently announced consolidation of various administrative functions of two of its marine subsidiaries, NICOR Marine Inc. and National Marine Service Incorporated, in new offices in New Orleans, La. The corporate offices, financial, accounting, legal and treasur
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on February 1986Oerlikon Welding Industries, Houston, Texas, has announced several key appointments. Jim Finley has joined the company and will have sales responsibility in the Western states. Mr. Finley joins Oerlikon after several years experience with manufacturing companies and welding distributors. He